Energy efficiency in pneumatic production systems: State of the art and future directions

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 363-368

  Harris, Paul ^a   O'Donnell, Garret E ^a   Whelan, Tom ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Hewlett Packard (Manufacturing) limited   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Compressed air; Energy efficiency; Pneumatic production

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; CONDITION MONITORING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE VESSELS;

COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM; ENERGY OPTIMISATION; MONITORING APPROACH; PNEUMATIC DEVICES; PRODUCTION EQUIPMENTS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84926207590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29069-5_62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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