Analysis of energy usage for RTG cranes

Vicky Papaioannou; Stefano Pietrosanti; William Holderbaum; Victor Becerra; Rayner  Mayer

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.122

Analysis of energy usage for RTG cranes

Vicky Papaioannou, Stefano Pietrosanti, William Holderbaum, Victor Becerra, Rayner Mayer

University of Reading

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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 litres of fuel and 8,100 tonnes of CO2 per year at Port of Felixstowe.

Original language	English
Article number	EGY-D-15-05153R2
Pages (from-to)	337-344
Number of pages	8
Journal	Energy: The International Journal
Volume	125
Early online date	22 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.122
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2017

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energy analysis
RTG crane

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