On the implementation of exergy efficiency metrics in discrete manufacturing system: The dissipative nature of production processes

Leveraging Technology for a Sustainable World - Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 545-550

  Renaldi, R ^a   Kellens, Karel ^a   Dewulf, Wim ^a,b   Duflou, Joost R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Group T Leuven Engineering College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discrete manufacturing; Exergy efficiency; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; LIFE CYCLE;

DISCRETE MANUFACTURING; DISCRETE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY METRICS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; PRODUCTION MACHINES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84905692197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29069-5_92     Document Type: Conference Paper

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