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- Industry 4.0 - Digital Twin Applied to Direct Digital ManufacturingPublication . Vitorino, João; Ribeiro, Eliseu; Silva, Rúben; Santos, Cyril; Carreira, Pedro; Mitchell, Geoffrey; Mateus, ArturMarinha Grande is a city in Leiria’s district, Portugal. Marinha Grande is known as the moulding city, influenced by the glass, plastic and rapid manufacturing industry. Its history comes from the 18th century with the first glass factory. In order to improve technological development in the local industry, Centre for rapid and sustainable product development (CDRsp) was established in 2007. With that historical know-how and data-based moulding manufacturing, this work goal is to link that data with today’s technology, implementing the Industry 4.0. That information would be stored in a Cloud-Based Design and Manufacturing (CBDM) as well as the real-time operational data. Accessing to that cloud, the design and production engineers can work together to digitally create a product without having to stop the machinery. To implement these concepts, this paper suggests a Digital Twin (DT) to take advantage of the historical information allied to the existent industrial machinery. It suggests a digital twin of a robotic arm with an additive or hybrid manufacturing tool, printing big parts (e.g. garden benches or urban furniture) with reused materials such as tire, cork, wood or stone pow loads.
- HVAC system energy optimization in indoor swimming poolsPublication . ribeiro, eliseu; Jorge, H. M.; Quintela, D. A.Buildings with indoor swimming pools are recognised as very high-energy consumers and present a grate potential for saving energy. The management of indoor ambient conditions must act upon the most sensible parameters that affect the energy consumption; the energy is spending in several ways: Evaporation heat loss from the pool; ambient temperatures very high; and High rates of ventilation required. Control Strategies adapted to the reality of each building is an important way to reduce energy consumption. These paper presents control strategies that can implemented in the building automation system and the HVAC system of an existing indoor swimming pool complex, in order to minimise energy consumption. Taking into account the complexity of the parameters involved in a feasibility study of measures to reduce the energy consumption of the building, the choice of energy simulation programs is actually the better way, either from both economical and time perspectives, to quantify the benefits that can achieved by different control strategy. In the present case study, an appropriate control strategy, in conjunction with pool cover at night and electrical consumption reducing during peak hours, considered as rational use of energy measure, can lead to the reduction of 85 toe/year, which represents 25.125€ in 2006 energy price savings.