Processes, Vol. 11, Pages 842: Review on Energy Conservation of Construction Machinery for Pumping Concrete

Processes, Vol. 11, Pages 842: Review on Energy Conservation of Construction Machinery for Pumping Concrete

Processes doi: 10.3390/pr11030842

Authors: Huiyong Liu Qing Zhao

The excessive consumption of fossil fuel, energy shortage and global warming along with environmental deterioration have increasingly become a global issue. In order to deal with the energy crisis, energy conservation has been developed and applied in vehicles and construction machineries, i.e., excavators, loaders and forklifts. Due to the shortcoming of low efficiency, high-energy consumption and bad exhaust, the energy conservation of construction machinery for pumping concrete is necessary and urgent. This paper aims to carry out a review on energy conservation of construction machinery for pumping concrete. The research methodology comprises a quantitative analysis method and literature investigation method. First, the structure and working principle of construction machinery for pumping concrete are expounded, and energy consumption ways of construction machinery for pumping concrete are analyzed. Then, research developments in the energy conservation of construction machinery for pumping concrete are summarized. Finally, challenges with the energy conservation of construction machinery for pumping concrete are presented.