Optimising compressed air system energy efficiency - The role of flow metering and exergy analysis

Re-Engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 129-134

  Harris, Paul ^a   Nolan, Sean ^a   O'Donnell, Garret E ^a   Meskell, Craig ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Compressed air; Energy efficiency; Measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE VESSELS;

AIRFLOW MEASUREMENTS; COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM; DEVICES AND SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; PRODUCTION MACHINES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SENSOR SELECTION; STANDARDISED APPROACHES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84893613709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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