Industrial energy management
Paul Müller Nordhausen
Electricity, heat and cooling as one systemSiMon connects generation, consumption, heat recovery and thermal capacity availability in a complex industrial plant – transparently from the energy cockpit down to individual storage states.
The starting point
Multiple energy flows and high temperatures in an industrial plant
At Paul Müller Nordhausen, electricity supply, heat generation, cooling demand and thermal production processes interact directly. Process heat above 90 °C must remain available while recovered heat and varying operating states need to be used economically.
Looking at individual generators or consumers in isolation is not sufficient. Operations require one common view of energy flows, storage, thermal capacity and grid interaction.
The system scope
From the power grid through heat recovery to production processes
Grid purchase and feed-in
SiMon energy management
Electricity, heat and cooling
Recovery and storage
Industrial processes above 90 °C
SiMon represents the complete plant as one connected energy system. Generation, recovery, buffer storage, consumers and currently available thermal capacity are linked in a shared operational view.
The implementation
Connect distributed plant data into a reliable operational picture
Combine energy flows
Electricity, heat and cooling were represented in an overarching plant model instead of separate partial views.
Integrate heat recovery
Recovered thermal energy becomes visible and usable as an available resource within the complete network.
Evaluate thermal capacity
SiMon monitors how much capacity is actually available at the required temperature levels.
Visualize operations
The plant diagram, storage states and energy cockpit make relationships traceable for operation and optimization.
The SiMon solution
Energy quantities alone are not enough – availability matters
Overall optimization
Manage the electricity-heat-cooling network together
SiMon makes interactions between electrical supply, thermal generation, cooling demand and production processes controllable in one system.
Thermal quality
Consider temperature level and capacity
Not every quantity of heat is usable for every process. The platform therefore also monitors thermal capacity availability and temperature level.
Grid interaction
Make power purchase and feed-in transparent
Electrical exchange with the grid is monitored together with internal energy flows and included in operations.
Results and customer value
Clear operating states for informed decisions
Use recovered heat
Available waste heat becomes visible within the plant network and can be used where temperature and capacity match demand.
Safeguard thermal availability
Operations and production can see whether sufficient usable capacity is available for processes above 90 °C.
Make optimization traceable
Shared visualization and operating data provide a robust basis for decisions and adjustments during ongoing operation.
Paul Müller Nordhausen demonstrates how SiMon develops a complex industrial plant from separate energy systems into one transparently managed network.
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