Energy efficiency in discrete-manufacturing systems: Insights, trends, and control strategies

C Ocampo-Martinez - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2019 - Elsevier
Since the depletion of fossil energy sources, rising energy prices, and governmental
regulation restrictions, the current manufacturing industry is shifting towards more efficient …

Improving energy efficiency of thermal processes in healthcare institutions: A review on the latest sustainable energy management strategies

PA Hohne, K Kusakana, BP Numbi - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Healthcare institutions consume large amounts of energy, ranking the second highest
energy-intensive buildings in the commercial sector. Within developed countries, the energy …

Energy-efficiency building retrofit planning for green building compliance

Y Fan, X Xia - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
To promote sustainable development and expedite the progress on moving to a green
building sector, the government of South Africa has developed an energy performance …

Life cycle assessment of opencast coal mine production: a case study in Yimin mining area in China

L Zhang, J Wang, Y Feng - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
China has the largest coal production in the world due to abundant resource requirements
for economic development. In recent years, the proportion of opencast coal mine production …

Model predictive control of heat pump water heater-instantaneous shower powered with integrated renewable-grid energy systems

EM Wanjiru, SM Sichilalu, X Xia - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy and water are two inseparable resources that are crucial for human survival, yet,
most developing nations are struggling to reliably provide them to the population especially …

Sustainable energy-water management for residential houses with optimal integrated grey and rain water recycling

E Wanjiru, X Xia - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
South Africa is a semi-arid developing country facing water and energy insecurity. There are
colossal challenges in reliably providing these resources amid growing population …

Robust stability analysis of an energy-efficient control in a networked control system with application to unmanned ground vehicles

A González, A Cuenca, J Salt, J Jacobs - Information Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the robust stability and disturbance rejection performance analysis of an
energy-efficient control is addressed in the framework of Networked Control System (NCS) …

A design approach for multiple drive belt conveyors minimizing life cycle costs

MS Masaki, L Zhang, X Xia - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy efficiency of belt conveyors has recently gained in importance worldwide. While
significant research efforts were consecrated to the operational aspects, the literature study …

Economic and production-related implications for industrial energy efficiency: a logistic regression analysis on cross-cutting technologies

FO Neves, H Ewbank, JAF Roveda, A Trianni… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increased industrial energy efficiency (EE) has become one of the main environmental
actions to mitigate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, contributing also to industrial …

Optimized response to electricity time-of-use tariff of a compressed natural gas fuelling station

C Kagiri, EM Wanjiru, L Zhang, X Xia - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Compressed natural gas propulsion of vehicles has been shown to have advantages over
petrol and diesel propulsion due to lower carbon dioxide emissions as well as the increased …