Achieving Excellence in Energy and Utilities Management

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Another crucial benefit is that the software can integrate with existing plant and business systems, whereby information can be automatically extracted (i.e., planning and scheduling systems, historical data and ERP systems for resource planning).

The AspenTech approach is based on defining and improving the energy business processes that are important to the economic performance of the site. By considering all site utilities systems within a single environment, Aspen Utilities can capture all relevant data and provide clear and consistent recommendations on how to achieve the lowest cost operation. The system can be used both offline, such as for ‘what-if’ analysis, and also online to provide real-time recommendations to operations personnel.

Planning is the Key for Efficiency

The Aspen Utilities Planner improves weekly and daily planning, forecasting plans and demands based on current and future asset results. In addition, it eliminates or reduces fuel and steam venting and investigates likely imbalances. The software calculates a utilities forecast based on actual and future production demand while considering penalties, peak demand charges and load factor contract clauses. The optimum utilities production plan accounts for operational, economic and environmental constraints.

The benefits of using these tools are significant. AspenTech’s energy optimization solution improves energy management to enable users to reduce site energy costs by up to 5 per cent with a project payback in less than one year.

Energy optimization tools have three main areas of application:

• Online operational advice system for operators to optimise the utilities plant operation

• Tactical and strategic advice system to improve utilities plant planning, including utilities nomination, CO2 trading, power trading, maintenance scheduling, as well as contract negotiations and investment analysis

• ‘Plan versus Actual’ management system for utilities consumers to allow the tracking and evaluation of actual performance compared to target performance

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