Increased energy efficiency in a Swedish iron foundry through use of discrete event simulation

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1971-1976

  Solding, Petter ^a   Thollander, Patrik ^b  

^a Swedish Institute of Casting Technology   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FOUNDRIES; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; INDUSTRY; IRON; IRON FOUNDRY PRACTICE; RESEARCH;

DISCRETE EVENTS; ENERGY COSTS; ENERGY PARAMETERS; ENERGY PRICING; ENERGY RESEARCH; ENERGY USES; LONG LASTING; SIMULATION MODELLING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 46149089689     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2006.322982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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