Analysis of energy usage for RTG cranes

Papaioannou, V, Pietrosanti, S, Holderbaum, W, Becerra, VM and Mayer, R (2017) Analysis of energy usage for RTG cranes. Energy, 125. pp. 337-344. ISSN 0360-5442

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study and analyse the energy that is used by the various motors of a craneof the Rubber Tyred Gantry type. For this reason a single Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) crane has beeninstrumented at port of Felixstowe and data has been collected during normal operation for eight days.This data has been analysed in terms of active and idle modes and also in terms of energy usage by thevarious motors. From this analysis it is possible to determine that on average about half of the energyconsumed is potentially recoverable. It is also estimated that the recovery of this proportion of energycould lead to savings of 32,600 L of fuel and 8100 tonnes of CO2per year at Port of Felixstowe.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2018 14:58
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in Energy, published by and copyright Elsevier.
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering
Subject terms:	0913 Mechanical Engineering, 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering, Energy
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/620872
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.122
ISSN	0360-5442

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