Demand-Side-Management by flexible generation of compressed air

Böhm R, Franke J (2017)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2017

Publisher: Elsevier

Pages Range: 195-200

Conference Proceedings Title: Procedia CIRP 63 ( 2017 )

Event location: Taichung TW

URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827117303396

DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2017.03.157

Abstract

Industrial compressed air systems embrace significant potential for saving both energy and cost due to their share of approximately 7 % of the
total industrial electricity consumption in Germany. As in electric energy systems based on renewable generation plants supply and demand often
do not occur in the same period of time, volatile prices occur and demand side management is gaining importance. Decentralized automation
offers opportunities in industrial environments for control of the equipment according to availability of electrical energy. Product-service systems
on industrial plants supply manufacturing equipment with compressed air, nitrogen and other technical gases, which partly can be obtained from
air by deposition processes. Those systems consist of air compressors, gas separators, reservoirs and lines. With suitable dimensioning and by
equipping with automation technology those product-service systems can be used for demand side management purpose. In addition to basic
operating parameters like current air pressure and status, those systems can process further information and create, for example, profiles on
compressed air consumption over time. By enriching those profiles with data on pressure, volumes, system restrictions and current production
requirements, the system control can identify the available potential for demand side management. Evaluation of operational strategies has to
optimize conflicting objectives within the triangular relationship of storage design, control of the production according to price prospects and
influencing or predicting the use of compressed air.

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APA:

Böhm, R., & Franke, J. (2017). Demand-Side-Management by flexible generation of compressed air. In Procedia CIRP 63 ( 2017 ) (pp. 195-200). Taichung, TW: Elsevier.

MLA:

Böhm, Ralf, and Jörg Franke. "Demand-Side-Management by flexible generation of compressed air." Proceedings of the The 50th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems (CMS), Taichung Elsevier, 2017. 195-200.

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