5
Development of a Simulation-based
Methodology for Energy Efficiency
Optimization
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to
add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup´ ery (Antoine de
Saint-Exup´ eryaviator, writer and philosopher in
„Wind, Sand and Stars“ (original title „Terre des
Hommes“ first published in 1939) [Sa2000].)
The identification of research gaps has shown that there is so far no applicable
approach in industrial practice that dynamically integrates the energy consumption
behavior of machines in classical production simulation and provides recommendations for energy-efficient control of machines during non-value-adding
production times. This chapter therefore first defines the objectives and requirements of such an approach, followed by the development of a conceptual
framework in section 5.2. Sections 5.3 and 5.4 show how the simulation and
optimization components of a methodology for simulation-based optimization of
energy efficiency in production can be structured, followed by software selection for the practical implementation of the methodology in section 5.5 and a
prototypical implementation using a fictional production example in section 5.6.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this chapter
(https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32971-6_5) contains supplementary material, which is
available to authorized users.
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part of Springer Nature 2021
A. C. Römer, Simulation-based Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Production,
Forschung zur Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft | Advanced Studies
in Business Digitization, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32971-6_5
91
Development of a Simulation-based
Methodology for Energy Efficiency
Optimization
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to
add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup´ ery (Antoine de
Saint-Exup´ eryaviator, writer and philosopher in
„Wind, Sand and Stars“ (original title „Terre des
Hommes“ first published in 1939) [Sa2000].)
The identification of research gaps has shown that there is so far no applicable
approach in industrial practice that dynamically integrates the energy consumption
behavior of machines in classical production simulation and provides recommendations for energy-efficient control of machines during non-value-adding
production times. This chapter therefore first defines the objectives and requirements of such an approach, followed by the development of a conceptual
framework in section 5.2. Sections 5.3 and 5.4 show how the simulation and
optimization components of a methodology for simulation-based optimization of
energy efficiency in production can be structured, followed by software selection for the practical implementation of the methodology in section 5.5 and a
prototypical implementation using a fictional production example in section 5.6.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this chapter
(https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32971-6_5) contains supplementary material, which is
available to authorized users.
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,
part of Springer Nature 2021
A. C. Römer, Simulation-based Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Production,
Forschung zur Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft | Advanced Studies
in Business Digitization, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32971-6_5
91