Assessing possible energy potential in a food and beverage industry: Application of IDA-ANN-DEA approach

Autor: Oludolapo A, Olanrewaju, Josiah L. Munda, Adisa A. Jimoh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 74-85 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1021-447X
2413-3051
DOI: 10.17159/2413-3051/2015/v26i1a2223
Popis: In the food and beverage industry, where growing, processing, packaging, distribution, storage, preparation, serving and disposing of food is the order of the day; energy consumption becomes an important input. Various energy models have been developed since the early 1970s, the period when energy caught the attention of policymakers due to the sudden price increase. Among the models are the index decomposition analysis (IDA), artificial neural network (ANN) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The purpose of this study is to combine the strengths of these models, i.e., IDA, ANN and DEA, to allow biases in one model to offset biases in the other, so as to examine the effectiveness of energy management policies in a particular food and beverage industry. The integrated model applied to the food and beverage revealed that approximately 11% of energy consumed could be saved.
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