Analysis of energy usage for RTG cranes

Vicky Papaioannou; Stefano Pietrosanti; William Holderbaum; Victor M. 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 M. Becerra, Rayner Mayer

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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 L of fuel and 8100 tonnes of CO2 per year at Port of Felixstowe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-344
Journal	Energy
Volume	125
Early online date	22 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.122
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2017

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