Net energy savings in Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes equipped with an active front end

Stefano Pietrosanti; Ian Harrison; Antonio Luque; William Holderbaum; Victor Becerra

doi:10.1109/EEEIC.2016.7555814

Net energy savings in Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes equipped with an active front end

Stefano Pietrosanti, Ian Harrison, Antonio Luque, William Holderbaum, Victor Becerra

University of Reading

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Abstract

The continuous increase in the energy consumption of container terminals could be tackled by equipping Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes with an Active Front End (AFE). To assess whether an AFE could offer benefits to a terminal, simulations have been performed using data recorded at the Port
of Felixstowe (UK). A MATLAB/Simulink model of an RTG crane has been modified by adding an AFE, which has been developed in order to regenerate into the network the energy recovered from lowering containers. Results show that the addition of an AFE could reduce by 47 percent the net energy consumption of an RTG crane, resulting in significant energy savings for a container terminal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-2320-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5090-2321-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEIC.2016.7555814
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016
Event	16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering - Florence, Italy Duration: 7 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

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Conference	16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering
Abbreviated title	EEEIC 2016
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	7/06/16 → 10/06/16

Keywords

active front-end
crane
energy saving
energy consumption
power converters

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Pietrosanti, S., Harrison, I., Luque, A., Holderbaum, W., & Becerra, V. (2016). Net energy savings in Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes equipped with an active front end. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) 2016 (pp. 1-5). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEIC.2016.7555814

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Pietrosanti, S, Harrison, I, Luque, A, Holderbaum, W & Becerra, V 2016, Net energy savings in Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes equipped with an active front end. in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) 2016 . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-5, 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, Florence, Italy, 7/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEIC.2016.7555814

Net energy savings in Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes equipped with an active front end. / Pietrosanti, Stefano; Harrison, Ian; Luque, Antonio et al.
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) 2016 . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 1-5.

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