Analysis of energy usage for RTG cranes

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study and analyse the energy that is used by the various motors of a crane of the Rubber Tyred Gantry type. For this reason a single Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) crane has been instrumented 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 the various motors. From this analysis it is possible to determine that on average about half of the energy consumed is potentially recoverable. It is also estimated that the recovery of this proportion of energy could lead to savings of 32,600 L of fuel and 8100 tonnes of CO2 per year at Port of Felixstowe.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.122
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Engineering and Technology > Mechanical, Biomedical & Design
Additional Information: © 2017, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Publication ISSN: 0360-5442
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2024 12:06
Date Deposited: 02 Aug 2019 10:59
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-04-01
Published Online Date: 2017-02-22
Accepted Date: 2017-02-20
Authors: Papaioannou, Vicky
Pietrosanti, Stefano
Holderbaum, William (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1677-9624)
Becerra, Victor M.
Mayer, Rayner

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