Performance Monitoring
Identify wear and tear and abnormal operating patterns before they become costly. Ensure the optimal economic and technical operation of your plant through continuous monitoring.
Maximum efficiency through intelligent system monitoring
Efficiency doesn’t just happen overnight. Only continuous monitoring and targeted adjustments in the event of process deviations can ensure the sustainable and efficient operation of plants.
Our digital solutions for performance monitoring of energy plants reliably detect changes – whether caused by contamination, ageing components or deviations in operating procedures. This enables you to take well-founded measures at an early stage to optimise operations economically.
The basis for this is a physical model of your plant in EBSILON®Professional. This specific, digital process model creates direct added value for further areas of application: from precise mass and energy balances based on validated measurement data, through to the balancing of combined heat and power (CHP) plants, right up to scenario calculations for planned retrofitting measures.
Fleet
Transparency provides a clear overview: Get a snapshot of the efficiency and availability of your own assets. This is the ideal starting point for centralized performance and asset management teams. Relevant data from individual digital solutions (such as performance monitoring or predictive maintenance) is aggregated across the entire fleet. This creates a unified database for discussing topics critical to success.
Performance Monitoring
Flexible operating modes, changing environmental conditions, and a focus on safe operation often cause energy efficiency to take a back seat. However, a precise understanding of performance and process losses is crucial for economic success. SR::EPOS continuously measures these parameters across the entire load range. Based on actual measurement data and a thermodynamic plant model in EBSILON®Professional, process quality can be reliably evaluated from both technical and economic perspectives.
Cold End Optimization
One direct way to improve efficiency is through recooling. By optimizing the operation of cooling water pumps, shell-and-tube coolers, or air-cooled condensers, you can achieve the ideal balance between internal demand and system efficiency—perfectly tailored to current load and environmental conditions. This significantly improves your economic performance.
Data reconciliation
High data quality and the use of redundant information are at the heart of modern digital solutions. SR::Validate determines the most probable process state and measurement uncertainties in your plant based on standards (in accordance with VDI 2048). Deviations indicate changes in measured values, in the process (e.g., leaks), or in operating procedures. This enables a reliable assessment of process quality—both during ongoing operations and during acceptance testing.
KWK Calculation of Key Performance Indicators
Subsidized combined heat and power (CHP) plants are subject to reporting requirements, such as those regarding the proportion of CHP-generated electricity. Based on the data recorded in the thermodynamic model, these parameters can be determined continuously and reliably. They are then automatically incorporated into the required analyses.
PQ Evaluation
When electricity and heat are generated simultaneously, a characteristic operating window emerges that depends on external conditions. Continuous calculation enables improved operational planning and provides clear insights into the heat-specific levelized cost of electricity. This lays the foundation for a comprehensive assessment of economic efficiency and plant utilization.
WhatIf Scenarios
“What if” you could test measures in advance? Using your specific plant model, you can quickly simulate maintenance measures and adjustments to operating procedures and evaluate them from a cost-effectiveness perspective. This provides peace of mind and establishes a solid foundation for making the right decisions.
