Industrial energy management
Edelhoff fine wire plant
Complete plant, offices and power grid connected in SiMonSiMon combines the fine wire plant's electricity-heat-cooling network, central room heating control for the offices, and power purchase and feed-in in one energy management system.
The starting point
Consider production energy, building supply and grid interaction together
At the Edelhoff fine wire plant, industrial energy flows interact with heat supply for the office areas. Electricity, heat and cooling must be managed transparently across the complete plant, while purchase and feed-in through the public power grid remain visible at all times.
Separate views for production, buildings and the grid would hide important relationships. A shared energy management system was therefore required to connect technical states and energy flows throughout the plant.
The system scope
From the grid connection to room heating in the offices
Power purchase and feed-in
SiMon
Electricity, heat and cooling
Production
Offices and room heating
SiMon represents the complete plant on one platform. The energy network, electrical grid interaction and central individual-room control for the office building are treated as one connected operating task.
The implementation
Make distributed energy and building data centrally usable
Capture energy flows
Electricity, heat and cooling data from the complete plant were combined in one shared energy model.
Integrate grid interaction
Power purchase and feed-in are monitored centrally and made available for operations.
Connect office areas
Individual-room control in the office building was integrated into the overarching heat management system.
Visualize the operating picture
SiMon presents energy states and plant relationships transparently for monitoring, analysis and adjustments.
The SiMon solution
One energy management system instead of multiple technical islands
Complete plant
Manage all energy forms together
SiMon connects electricity, heat and cooling in one continuous plant model and makes their interactions visible.
Power grid
Monitor purchase and feed-in
The platform presents electrical exchange with the grid together with internal energy flows.
Buildings
Control room heating centrally
Heat supply for individual office rooms is not operated separately, but integrated into energy management for the complete plant.
Results and customer value
More transparency from the production process to the workplace
Understand overall relationships
Production, technical supply, office buildings and the grid connection become traceable in one shared view.
Use operating data centrally
Energy and plant states are available for monitoring and optimization without manually reconciling separate systems.
Integrate building comfort
Central room heating control connects comfortable office operation with the plant's energy management.
Edelhoff demonstrates how SiMon flexibly represents classic industrial energy management tasks across plant and building boundaries.
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