Feasibility Study of Virtual Energy Reporting based on Process Data in Historian
This master's thesis is titled "Feasibility Study of Virtual Energy Reporting Based on Process Data in Historian," and is conducted as part of the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology - Automation for the academic year 2023-2024. The goal of this thesis is to develop a virtual, low-cost energy monitoring system using process data. This research was supervised by Dr. ir. Nele De Geeter and ir. Jeroen Pandelaere from Actemium Beverage Aalter. The thesis explores the feasibility of implementing a virtual energy reporting system based on existing process data stored in a historian database.
The aim of this work is to gain a better understanding of the energy consumption of an industrial process in a cost-effective way. It is applied to a UHT process at Puratos, one of Actemium's customers.
From an economic and environmental point of view, it is important to minimize the energy consumption of such a process, but the problem is that there is little insight into the energy consumption. In addition, process optimization is done by trial and error, resulting in an inefficient and costly method of improvement.
The developed system uses data from existing sensors used to control the relevant industrial processes. By analysing these data and components, the theoretical energy consumption is calculated, providing an approximation of the actual energy consumption.
The main advantage of this type of virtual energy monitoring system is that a virtual model can be used to evaluate different scenarios without the need for extensive real-world testing. This approach allows the optimal solution to be identified more quickly and cost-effectively. It also provides a better idea of the production cost of treating the product, resulting in a better revenue model.
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