Building Automation & Energy Management
Location: USA
Project Introduction:
Rising energy costs are forcing many enterprises to step up their efforts to reduce energy consumption and improve energy management. Making the most of all available energy and facility resources is becoming crucial for all business across all industries. Advantech's open networking technologies combined with compact and robust platforms and reliable controllers are a powerful solution for any Energy Management System (EMS). Successfully applied in a large American chain store, this EMS solution allowed our client to control and manage energy resources in hundreds of their stores across the USA.
System Requirements:
This client was looking for a flexible, robust and rugged Energy Management System to improve energy usage and efficiency, aimed at reducing their costs across hundreds of stores nationwide. While they wanted to implement their own energy-saving software, the required a complete hardware solution consisting of reliable, compact and open products to withstand harsh conditions, allowing alternative communication connectivity and support for Microsoft platforms.
Project Implementation:
System Diagram:
System Description:
This EMS includes an UNO-2053E, an ADAM-5510KW/TCP with ADAM-5000E, an EKI-2525 anda legacy power input module. ADAM-5510KW/TCP system were chosen as field controllers as they are designed to independently perform a number of data acquisition and control functions, acting as a centralized measuring, supervisory & control system the EMS. ADAM-5000E works as a local controller to read data from different sensor equipment operating conditions, utility condi-tions (temperature, infrared, humidity, sunlight and more) and other power consumption devices then enact optimized conditions for energy saving based on the decision of the SCADA software running on UNO-2053E platform. UNO-2053E is an open platform and allows WinCE, XP & Linux OS, also providing industrial NAT (Network Address Transfer) functions, for communication with the central monitoring room.
Conclusion:
As a pure hardware-oriented solution, Advantech stepped in and provided this client with the products and platforms needed to run an efficient EMS. The UNO-2053E and ADAM-5000 series are compact systems with open, PC-based control platforms and PAC controllers designed for harsh, varied environments with wide temperature ranges. The capability to withstand these environments and still be fitted inside a local compact cabinet provides reliable and robust performance for EMS requirements. All features not only increase reliability but also reducethe total costs of ownership.