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Rapid urbanization has resulted in enormous demand for energy in all sectors. There is a need to break the gap between demand and supply by devising energy-efficient approach. Through this study, an attempt has been made to bring down the power and to save energy utilized for cooling in the blow molding process. Cooling of the products was the biggest hurdle in plastics processing technology, which consumes the maximum amount of energy. Geothermal cooling system was explored for cooling of water used for blow molding process in lieu of the prevailing system using a chiller. Underground soil was used as a cooling medium for cooling the water emerging out from the molds. The system was thus analyzed with software simulation using ANSYS. The results have indicated a substantial reduction in energy utilization. The percentages of saving energy amounted to 15.28 and 24.27% when the geothermal system was implemented partially and fully. In the future, there is a scope to implement the geothermal cooling system in the plant in order to get a clear picture of the energy benefits.
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Vasudevan, H., Khavekar, R., Sayed, N. (2020). Productivity Improvement in Blow Molding Process Through Energy Savings. In: Vasudevan, H., Kottur, V., Raina, A. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4485-9_18
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