With little effort and without interfering with existing systems, consumption data can be recorded and used to optimise energy consumption:On the one hand potential energy savings are shown, on the other hand it becomes evident where energy is wasted.
Many counters or sensors feature pulse outputs or S0 interfaceswhich can be used for automated consumption metering. Among others, heat meters, electricity meters, water meters, flow sensors and gas meters have S0 interfaces.
Consumption metering is common practice in many sectors of industry today, but has not yet become automatic in many cases. This means that there is no central evaluation of individual consumption, peak consumption or the sum of all consumption. Outside the operating hours, there could be additional unintentional consumption which cannot be identified. Neither can cost drivers in energy consumption be identified.
For the assessment, optimisation and cost reduction of the total energy consumption, automatic metering of the consumption is necessary.
In addition to the selected meters or sensors, the following basic components are necessary to implement such a project:
The counter module detects the pulses and adds them up. This counter value is transmitted to the IO-Link master via IO-Link and then processed by moneo RTM.
Transparent energy consumption thanks to moneo RTM. The visualisation of the total consumption also makes it possible to identify energy guzzlers. This in turn saves costs and energy. The assessment of peak loads means more planning reliability.
In summary, this is an effective contribution to the energy transition since energy waste can be identified and avoided.
The dashboard provides a quick overview of all consumption values. The different visualisation elements offer a clear and concise presentation of the respective consumption values. In the following example this is illustrated by two electricity meters measuring the consumption of line 1 and line 2. Using the Calculated Values function, the total consumption was determined, which can be displayed additionally:
moneo permanently stores the data in the background. This enables detailed analysis of the consumption values at a later stage. Flexible analyses allow users to compare different process data. Peak consumption periods can thus be easily identified. These insights can then be used for optimisation.
The IO-Link adapter transmits the detected pulses to the moneo system. The Calculated Values function converts them into immediately usable process data.
The DP2302 has two counters (main counter and batch counter). The maximum counting range of the main counter is 0 to 99,999,999. If the maximum is exceeded, it is reset to zero and the batch counter is incremented by one. This makes it possible to count values > 99,999,999. The batch counter must be included in the calculation. In this example, 1 pulse corresponds to 1 Wh. So only with the main counter it is possible to count up to 99,999 kWh (= 99,999,999 pulses). With the batch counter, the counting range can be increased by a factor of 9,999 (approx. 999 million kWh = 999 MWh).
Power consumption (kWh) = ((Batch counter * 99,999,999) + Main counter) / 1,000