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Flow Shop Scheduling For Energy Efficient Manufacturing, Hao Zhang
Flow Shop Scheduling For Energy Efficient Manufacturing, Hao Zhang
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A large number of new peaking power plants with their associated auxiliary equipment are installed to meet the growing peak demand every year. However, 10% utility capacity is used for only 1%~2% of the hours in a year. Thus, to meet the demand and supply balance through increasing the infrastructure investments only on the supply side is not economical. Alternatively, demand-side management might cut the cost of maintaining this balance via offering consumers incentives to manage their consumption in response to the price signals.
Time-varying electricity rate is a demand-side management scheme. Under the time-varying electricity rate, the electricity price …
Flow Shop Scheduling For Energy Efficient Manufacturing, Hao Zhang
Flow Shop Scheduling For Energy Efficient Manufacturing, Hao Zhang
Open Access Dissertations
A large number of new peaking power plants with their associated auxiliary equipment are installed to meet the growing peak demand every year. However, 10% utility capacity is used for only 1%~2% of the hours in a year. Thus, to meet the demand and supply balance through increasing the infrastructure investments only on the supply side is not economical. Alternatively, demand-side management might cut the cost of maintaining this balance via offering consumers incentives to manage their consumption in response to the price signals.
Time-varying electricity rate is a demand-side management scheme. Under the time-varying electricity rate, the electricity price …