DocumentCode
2749951
Title
A Thermodynamic Characterization of Manufacturing Processes
Author
Gutowski, Timothy ; Dahmus, Jeffrey ; Thiriez, Alexandre ; Branham, Matthew ; Jones, Alissa
Author_Institution
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge
fYear
2007
fDate
7-10 May 2007
Firstpage
137
Lastpage
142
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to characterize the material and energy transformations that take place in manufacturing processes. The measures used here are energy, and a related property "exergy". We summarize thermodynamic data for three aspects of the manufacturing processes: 1) the energy requirements for the materials used in manufacturing processes, 2) the energy requirements for manufacturing processes themselves, and 3) the efficiency of the material and energy transformations in manufacturing processes.
Keywords
energy states; exergy; manufacturing processes; production materials; energy transformations; exergy; manufacturing materials; manufacturing processes; thermodynamic characterization; Energy conversion; Energy measurement; Entropy; Large-scale systems; Manufacturing processes; Reservoirs; Shafts; Steel; Temperature; Thermodynamics; Energy; Exergy; Manufacturing Processes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics & the Environment, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
ISSN
1095-2020
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0861-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISEE.2007.369382
Filename
4222871
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