DrySense

Motivation

The importance of parts cleaning and drying in the metalworking industry is increasing due to rising quality requirements. At the same time, rising energy prices and climate policy goals create growing incentives to reduce energy consumption.

Objectives

The objective of the project is the development of an innovative monitoring system for parts drying in order to enhance the energy efficiency of industrial cleaning processes by selecting energy optimal operating parameters.

Approach

The work at PTW, Technical University of Darmstadt, includes:

• Research and development of grey-box models for inline prediction of parts dryness
• Development of a virtual sensor with sensor data fusion from multiple physical sensors
• Research on determination of optimal operating parameters to increase energy efficiency.

Acknowledgment

The research project is supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWE) on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag. We thank for the opportunity to work on this project.

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