Monitoring and Modelling of the Energy Consumption in Polymer Extrusion

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作者
Abeykoon, Chamil [1 ]
Kelly, Adrian L. [2 ]
Vera-Sorroche, Javier [2 ]
Brown, Elaine C. [2 ]
Coates, Phil D. [2 ]
机构
[1] Glyndwr Univ, Sch Engn & Appl Phys, Wrexham LL11 2AW, Wales
[2] Univ Bradford, IRC Polymer Sci & Technol, Bradford BD7 1DP, W Yorkshire, England
来源
2014 EUROPEAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ECC) | 2014年
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
Polymer extrusion; Process monitoring; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Power factor; Modelling;
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TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Extrusion is one of the fundamental methods in polymer processing and is involved in the production of various commodities in diverse industrial sectors. Being an energy intensive production method, process energy efficiency is one of the major concerns and the selection of the most energy efficient processing conditions is a key to reduce operating expenses. Usually, extruders consume energy through the drive motor, barrel heaters, cooling fans, cooling water pumps, gear pumps, etc. Typically the drive motor is the dominant energy consuming device in a polymer processing extruder while barrel/die heaters are responsible for the second largest energy demand. This study was focused on investigating the total energy demand of an extrusion plant while identifying ways to optimise the energy consumption. Total energy consumption of a single screw extruder was measured over different processing conditions and then modelled as a function of a number of major process variables. The results show that the extruder energy demand is heavily coupled with machine, material and process parameters. Also, the proposed models show excellent agreement with the experimental measurements and hence these should be useful in optimising process energy efficiency.
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页码:1030 / 1035
页数:6
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