Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Designing a simulation study: how to conduct a successful simulation study
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
Applying energy aspects on simulation of energy-intensive production systems
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Simulation-based sustainable manufacturing system design
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
PerMIS '09 Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems
Proceedings of the 2011 Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
Proceedings of the 10th Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop
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There is a long lasting debate concerning the rapidly increasing energy prices in Sweden. For industry the prices has increased by roughly 100 percent the last 5 years. This situation has resulted in an extensive energy research and the work of this paper is part of that development. The paper presents a methodology to analyze and reduce the energy use within energy-intensive companies where the Swedish foundries are the main targets. The methodology is tested on a Swedish iron foundry. The paper shows that using specially built simulation models companies can lower their energy costs by planning the production in a more efficient way. The methodology described helps breaking down energy parameters into groups and gives examples of how the simulation model can be built to take energy use into consideration.