Abstract
Many manufacturing companies fail to exploit hidden potentials in optimizing their water operations. This aspect is often shown by unorganized water efficiency effort with sub-optimal results. Against this background, the paper presents a structured approach for systematically improving the water efficiency in manufacturing companies. It comprises the identification and visualization of water related hot-spots subdivided into different respective water flows as well as six different water consuming sectors of a factory. Based on the outcome, the approach further proposes basic principles each represented by promising measures to increase water efficiency which can be assessed individually.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 34-39 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Procedia CIRP |
Volume | 28 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 3rd CIRP Global Web Conference, CIRPe 2014: Advancement beyond state of the art - University of Naples Frederico II, Naples, Italy Duration: 3 Jun 2014 → 6 Jun 2014 Conference number: 3 http://www.cirpe2014.unina.it/ |
Keywords
- Manufacturing
- Resource efficiency
- Water efficiency
- Water system
- Work steps