Abstract
Energy-saving strategies cannot be implemented without having detailed and regular power consumption data of a facility. The installation of an energy monitoring and data logging system can help in planning energy efficiency improvement policies by providing daily, monthly, and yearly energy consumption reports and graphs. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the impact of an energy monitoring and management system on the improvement of energy efficiency in the industrial sector of developing countries. This study introduced an energy monitoring and data logging system installed in an automobile factory in Pakistan. Energy consumption data, which also included power quality data, were collected with the help of energy analyzers and transmitted to a centralized supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software for data logging and monitoring purposes. This system was developed by combining Modbus with industrial Ethernet to communicate real-time energy consumption data of the factory to multiple local and remote locations. Monitoring and logging the real-time energy consumption data helped the user to find the significant energy losses inside the factory and to implement various energy conservation policies inside the facility, resulting in energy efficiency improvement. The energy consumption results indicate that the proposed system can help achieve an approximately 8% improvement in energy efficiency.
Highlights
Global energy demand is increasing gradually due to constant economic growth, and research shows that growing demand is leading toward environmental hazards since a significant portion of the energy is produced by burning fossil fuels [1]
The system discussed discussed in this study provides all real-time energy consumption consumption data of the factory in graphical trend charts and bars, which makes it very easy for the user to to check check any any abnormal abnormal behavior shows thethe basic overview of the withwith real-time behavior of ofthe theelectrical electricalpower powersystem
The system enabled the logging of real-time sensitive energy parameters from analyzers and transferred them into the graphical environment, making it easy for the user to plan the modification and maintenance of the energy distribution system without any major shutdown
Summary
Global energy demand is increasing gradually due to constant economic growth, and research shows that growing demand is leading toward environmental hazards since a significant portion of the energy is produced by burning fossil fuels [1]. Massive investment and infrastructure are required to increase the overall capacity of generation plants, and it can take several years to develop new energy sources in developing countries [2]. Developed countries have already been focusing on this topic, but consumers in developing countries still need to be educated about the active measures required to improve energy efficiency by reducing energy wastage. Communities should focus on the improvement of energy efficiency rather than burning more fossil fuel to increase the overall energy production capacity. The industrial consumer has a significant share of energy consumption. According to the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA), the industrial sector
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