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Ghadiri Nejad, M, Vatankhah Barenji, R 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2933-0954, Güleryüz, G and Shavarani, SM,
2023.
Energy consumption optimization for sustainable flexible robotic cells: proposing exact and metaheuristic methods.
Energy and Environment.
ISSN 0958-305X
Abstract
Many manufacturing companies are always looking for a way to reduce energy consumption by utilizing energy-efficient production methods. These methods can be different depending on the type of products and production technology. For instance, one of the ways to increase energy efficiency and keep the precision of production is to use robots for the transportation of the parts among the machines and loading/unloading the machines. This technology is affordable compared to the technologies used in manufacturing companies. Manufacturing companies that rely on robotics technology must have a strategy to reduce energy costs and at the same time increase production by adjusting the intensity of processing or controlling the production rate. This study presents an exact solution method for flexible robotic cells to control the production rate and minimize energy consumption, which aims to both reduce electricity prices and minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under a lead time of production. Then, considering the NP-hardens nature of the problem, a heuristic solution method based on the genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed. Using the proposed approach, manufacturing companies will be able to make more accurate decisions about processing intensity and process scheduling while ensuring sustainability.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Energy and Environment |
| Creators: | Ghadiri Nejad, M., Vatankhah Barenji, R., Güleryüz, G. and Shavarani, S.M. |
| Publisher: | Sage |
| Date: | 23 August 2023 |
| ISSN: | 0958-305X |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1177/0958305x231193868 DOI 1833671 Other |
| Rights: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology |
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher |
| Date Added: | 08 Nov 2023 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2023 14:03 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50329 |
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