Energy flexibility in aerospace manufacturing: the case of low carbon intensity production
| dc.contributor.author | Haddad, Yousef | |
| dc.contributor.author | De Bonneval, Elena Galigny | |
| dc.contributor.author | Afy-Shararah, Mohamed | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carter, Joseph | |
| dc.contributor.author | Artingstall, James | |
| dc.contributor.author | Salonitis, Konstantinos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-23T13:47:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-23T13:47:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-05-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper, the prospects of energy flexibility in mitigating the environmental impact of aerospace manufacturing are explored. In collaboration with a UK-based aerospace manufacturing enterprise, demand response, in particular production time, is explored under different stochastic scenarios. This is done through a decision-support framework that consists of a stochastic discrete-event simulation model that tests different scenarios under a full factorial design of experiments framework. The simulation model tests various improvement strategies pertaining to prioritisation rules, production start-up rules, and operating hours. The model aids in scheduling energy-intensive processes, so the time of performing such processes can coincide with times of the day when the energy’s carbon intensity is at its lowest. The use case constitutes a family of aluminium structural aerospace components that are characterised by high production rate. Results demonstrate promising potential of the proposed approach, with the best-case scenario resulting in a 7% reduction in CO2e emissions. Analysis of the results demonstrate that operational decisions that do not require infrastructural changes or capital expenditures can contribute favourably to achieving net-zero targets. This research offers useful insights on leveraging operational short-term decisions to meet the aerospace manufacturing’s sector decarbonisation targets. | en_UK |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was carried out as part of the Metallic Aerospace Structures Technologies for Eco-social Returns (MASTER) project, under UKRI ATI grant number 103040. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.citation | Haddad Y, De Bonneval EG, Afy-Shararah M, et al., (2024) Energy flexibility in aerospace manufacturing: the case of low carbon intensity production. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. Volume 74, June 2024, pp. 812-825 | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1878-6642 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0278-6125 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2024.05.004 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/21660 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_UK | en_UK |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_UK |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | Sustainable manufacturing | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Energy flexibility | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Demand response | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Aerospace manufacturing | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Discrete-event simulation | en_UK |
| dc.title | Energy flexibility in aerospace manufacturing: the case of low carbon intensity production | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | en_UK |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2024-05-10 |