Industrial Energy Management Systems

What is an industrial energy management system?

An energy management system (EMS) monitors, controls, and optimizes energy performance in a plant. That means it measures the generation, transmission, and consumption of energy. It should also help diagnose problems like over-consumption and leaks across the entire plant.

Elements of industrial energy management

What do we need to create a product? We need a workforce, raw materials, and energy. In many industries, we can use one or more of the energies found in the acronym WAGES.

• Water
• Air
• Gas
• Electricity
• Steam

Therefore, to efficiently manufacture any product, we will need an industrial energy management system. This system will monitor the processes and provide data on a plant’s performance and energy performance to help make critical decisions.

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Designing an industrial energy management system

There are a number of ways to design and use an energy management system. To ensure efficient functioning, we will have to think about three key factors:

• Correct installation: We have to set our device(s) to collect data in the right places in the process.
• Accuracy: Accuracy means our device(s) must measure and collect the right data.
• KPI Monitoring: Choosing the right KPI and monitoring it accurately from a KPI platform can be crucial to the plant efficiency.

All the field information comes through a gateway, field data manager, or programmable logic controller. Thus, one can integrate the information into a system or KPI platform to analyze all this data. Then, its easy to make better decisions and improve your plant’s energy consumption. This brings us to the standards for that consumption, the ISO 50001.

The ISO 50001

The International Organization for Standardization has created a set of standards for energy performance, the ISO 50001. If we live in one of the 163 member countries, then we need to know and follow the ISO 50001.

The ISO created the 50001 to support the reduction of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In essence, it helps companies implement industrial energy management systems.