Towards a Framework for the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE): How to Systematically Evaluate and Reclaim Waste Energy in Manufacturing

The extensive body of research dedicated to optimizing energy consumption and efficiency in the manufacturing sector demonstrates a significant and well-established legacy. Despite a peak of publications in this field over recent years, the subject of reusing residual energy is only infrequently dis...

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Main Authors: Jannis Eckhoff, Vincent Adomat, Christian Kober, Marc Fette, Robert Weidner, Jens P. Wulfsberg
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-08-01
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description The extensive body of research dedicated to optimizing energy consumption and efficiency in the manufacturing sector demonstrates a significant and well-established legacy. Despite a peak of publications in this field over recent years, the subject of reusing residual energy is only infrequently discussed. Where authors target this topic, research is often exclusively directed towards specialized applications or industries. In this article, an initial attempt of approaching residual energy reclamation in industrial manufacturing in a structured and universal manner is made. By employing a systematic literature review and design science research, a universal tool chain for decomposing individual industrial manufacturing systems to successfully reclaim and reintegrate residual energy is developed. A comprehensive overview of technologies available for energy conversion in industrial scenarios and their corresponding efficiency ranges are presented in the form of a table, called the energy conversion overview (ECO) table. The main contribution poses a multistep sequential framework guiding through identifying, assessing, harnessing, reusing, and validating residual energy in manufacturing systems. As a universal tool, the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE) framework is empowering its adopters to systematically approach residual energy recovery in their individual context by a universal tool. The application of both tools is showcased in a case study from the large-aircraft carbon fiber manufacturing industry.
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spelling doaj-art-5cbf171a382c4df5bcaa3694e7203c8c2025-08-20T01:55:38ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022024-08-0112959410.3390/machines12090594Towards a Framework for the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE): How to Systematically Evaluate and Reclaim Waste Energy in ManufacturingJannis Eckhoff0Vincent Adomat1Christian Kober2Marc Fette3Robert Weidner4Jens P. Wulfsberg5Institute of Production Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-University, 22043 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Production Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-University, 22043 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Production Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-University, 22043 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Production Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-University, 22043 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Production Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-University, 22043 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Production Engineering, Helmut-Schmidt-University, 22043 Hamburg, GermanyThe extensive body of research dedicated to optimizing energy consumption and efficiency in the manufacturing sector demonstrates a significant and well-established legacy. Despite a peak of publications in this field over recent years, the subject of reusing residual energy is only infrequently discussed. Where authors target this topic, research is often exclusively directed towards specialized applications or industries. In this article, an initial attempt of approaching residual energy reclamation in industrial manufacturing in a structured and universal manner is made. By employing a systematic literature review and design science research, a universal tool chain for decomposing individual industrial manufacturing systems to successfully reclaim and reintegrate residual energy is developed. A comprehensive overview of technologies available for energy conversion in industrial scenarios and their corresponding efficiency ranges are presented in the form of a table, called the energy conversion overview (ECO) table. The main contribution poses a multistep sequential framework guiding through identifying, assessing, harnessing, reusing, and validating residual energy in manufacturing systems. As a universal tool, the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE) framework is empowering its adopters to systematically approach residual energy recovery in their individual context by a universal tool. The application of both tools is showcased in a case study from the large-aircraft carbon fiber manufacturing industry.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/12/9/594residual energyenergy reclamationenergy conversionframeworksustainable manufacturingindustrial sustainability
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Machines
residual energy
energy reclamation
energy conversion
framework
sustainable manufacturing
industrial sustainability
title Towards a Framework for the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE): How to Systematically Evaluate and Reclaim Waste Energy in Manufacturing
title_full Towards a Framework for the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE): How to Systematically Evaluate and Reclaim Waste Energy in Manufacturing
title_fullStr Towards a Framework for the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE): How to Systematically Evaluate and Reclaim Waste Energy in Manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed Towards a Framework for the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE): How to Systematically Evaluate and Reclaim Waste Energy in Manufacturing
title_short Towards a Framework for the Industrial Recommissioning of Residual Energy (IRRE): How to Systematically Evaluate and Reclaim Waste Energy in Manufacturing
title_sort towards a framework for the industrial recommissioning of residual energy irre how to systematically evaluate and reclaim waste energy in manufacturing
topic residual energy
energy reclamation
energy conversion
framework
sustainable manufacturing
industrial sustainability
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/12/9/594
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