The Industrial Digital Energy Twin as a Tool for the Comprehensive Optimization of Industrial Processes

Alejandro Rubio-Rico; Fernando Mengod-Bautista; Andrés Lluna-Arriaga; Belén Arroyo-Torres; Vicente Fuster-Roig

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The Industrial Digital Energy Twin as a Tool for the Comprehensive Optimization of Industrial Processes

Alejandro Rubio-Rico Fernando Mengod-Bautista Andrés Lluna-Arriaga Belén Arroyo-Torres Vicente Fuster-Roig

Processes Vol. 11 No. 8 pp. 2353 · MDPI AG

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Abstract

Industrial manufacturing processes have evolved and improved since the disruption of the Industry 4.0 paradigm, while energy has progressively become a strategic resource required to maintain industrial competitiveness while maximizing quality and minimizing environmental impacts. In this context of global changes leading to social and economic impact in the short term and an unprecedented climate crisis, Digital Twins for Energy Efficiency in manufacturing processes provide companies with a tool to address this complex situation. Nevertheless, already existing Digital Twins applied for energy efficiency in a manufacturing process lack a flexible structure that easily replicates the real behavior of consuming machines while integrating it in complex upper-level environments. This paper presents a combined multi-paradigm approach to industrial process modeling developed and applied during the GENERTWIN project. The tool allows users to predict energy consumption and costs and, at the same time, evaluates the behavior of the process under certain productive changes to maximize consumption optimization, production efficiency and process flexibility.

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Published: Aug 04, 2023
Vol/Issue: 11(8)
Pages: 2353
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Authors

A

Alejandro Rubio-Rico

Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (ITE), Avda. Juan de la Cierva, 24, 46980 Valencia, Spain

F

Fernando Mengod-Bautista

Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (ITE), Avda. Juan de la Cierva, 24, 46980 Valencia, Spain

A

Andrés Lluna-Arriaga

Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (ITE), Avda. Juan de la Cierva, 24, 46980 Valencia, Spain

B

Belén Arroyo-Torres

Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (ITE), Avda. Juan de la Cierva, 24, 46980 Valencia, Spain

V

Vicente Fuster-Roig

Instituto de Tecnología Eléctrica, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n Edificio 6C, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Funding

IVACE (Instituto Valenciano de Competitividad Empresarial) Award: IMDEEA/2022/16

Cite This Article

Alejandro Rubio-Rico, Fernando Mengod-Bautista, Andrés Lluna-Arriaga, et al. (2023). The Industrial Digital Energy Twin as a Tool for the Comprehensive Optimization of Industrial Processes. Processes, 11(8), 2353. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11082353

The Industrial Digital Energy Twin as a Tool for the Comprehensive Optimization of Industrial Processes

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