Throughout history, countries around the world have paid high attention to issues such as energy security, environmental protection, sustainable development, and energy prices. It is expected that in the futureIn 25 years, global energy consumption will soar by 40%! Unless we can discover a huge coal mine, we cannot meet the current demand!

·Faced with the intensification of the global pandemic, various industrialized enterprises can only choose to quickly respond: while tightening their belts globally, energy scarcity is no longer just a problem on red paper.

·Energy consumption and management costs continue to rise. Only by accelerating the construction of energy management systems, rationalizing the layout of energy facility configuration and control functions, effectively improving facility and energy utilization efficiency, and reducing costs, can enterprises achieve better, healthy, and stable growth.

Sifer has been actively exploring technologies that can help optimize processes and remotely manage assets. For example, in the automotive manufacturing industry, even for companies with similar products, production volumes, manufacturing processes, and geographical locations, the energy consumption per unit product can vary by up to50%The above.

The SFERE-EMS energy management system can help managers comprehensively grasp the energy consumption situation of the enterprise, while decomposing the energy consumption plan tasks of the enterprise into various departments and workshops, exploring energy-saving potential, and enabling energy-saving managementStandardization and refinement of management promote the healthy and stable development of enterprises.

Case Analysis

Global certainAutomobile companies establish new production plants for key components of sedan engines and chassis,At present, in the various production processes of automotive parts in the factory area, the main energy sources are electricity, water, gas, and compressed air. If manual meter reading is used to calculate the proportion and total amount of energy consumption, it will consume a lot of time and labor costs.

SFERE-EMSSchematic diagram of energy efficiency management platform

The EMS energy management system manages energy sources such as electricity, water, gas, heat, oil, etc. of enterprise units, and combines them with other factors of the enterprise (production, cost, etc.) to make comprehensive data analysis, providing decision-makers with efficient and accurate data analysis; Deeply mine energy data for users, eliminate energy waste, and achieve energy-saving and emission reduction effects. The functions and significance of energy management systems go beyond that.

The Function and Significance of Energy Management System

real-time monitoring


Establish an energy consumption plan for the company. Perform statistical, comparative, and trend analysis on the energy consumption data of all major secondary energy consuming units and major energy consuming equipment of the company by time, energy type, and measurement level. Establish a production energy control system that integrates data collection, process monitoring, and energy management through real-time monitoring of energy usage. An energy flow diagram that can visually summarize the overall situation of the enterprise's energy system and a measurement network diagram that can describe various energy flows and the equipment of energy measuring instruments. Store at least5 years of historical data, and can be accessed at any time. The energy management system is integrated with MIS system, OA system and other systems to achieve energy management that covers functions such as energy planning management, energy performance management, energy balance management, energy statistical analysis reports, etc. It provides accurate and effective analysis data and improves the energy management level of the entire company.

Energy consumption benchmarking management


Support manual import of production data; Real time online display of main product unit consumption, unit output energy consumption, and key equipment energy efficiency indicators; Realize dynamic benchmarking of product consumption indicators and key energy consuming equipment. By comparing and analyzing energy consumption indicators from multiple perspectives, comparing them with national standards, provincial and municipal standards, and enterprise standards, as well as comparing quotas and energy saving targets. When there are problems with benchmarking, look for outliers (high or low), quickly analyze and judge the trend and causes of energy consumption changes, and facilitate managers to explore energy-saving potential and find the key to energy-saving management.

load management


Equipment load tracking and contract limit management, providing load declaration suggestions.

load control


Develop a comprehensive load control strategy based on the level of energy consuming equipment on site, and write the strategy into the software self-control program. When energy consumption occurs, the load control system prioritizes the supply of safety load energy, followed by the supply of important load energy, in order to maximize the safety of factory production.

Energy efficiency assessment


Conduct energy consumption assessment through energy consumption statistics and analysis of major secondary energy consuming units.

data entry

Improve the historical data structure through manual data entry.

Equipment Management

By using methods such as information code recognition and manual input to input energy consuming equipment information into the system, the system will automatically classify and provide regular maintenance reminders based on the classification of energy consuming equipment. At the same time, provide comprehensive, timely, and accurate equipment information reports for selected time periods for energy management professionals in various fields, and be able to output and print them.

Simulation of key energy consuming equipment


Simulate key energy consuming equipment such as melting furnaces and heat treatment equipment, provide expert opinions and reminders on potential hidden dangers of key energy consuming equipment by comparing actual operating data, and timely warn and alarm information on equipment energy consumption exceeding standards, low energy efficiency, and equipment failure prediction.

Mobile terminal applications

To meet the real-time monitoring needs of users, we provide a platform based onIOS and Android terminal applications can display important monitoring data and warning and alarm information of the energy management system in real time on mobile terminals through internal networks or Internet networks.

decision support

By comparing and analyzing energy consumption data, provide real-time decision analysis and guidance for enterprise managers.

Alarm screen and warning disposal expert plan system

Based on basic energy consumption data, a baseline is established. When the baseline is exceeded or there is a significant fluctuation in energy consumption, alarm information can be promptly issued. The fault location can be displayed on the company's energy consumption plan, and a red alarm signal can be issued to improve the efficiency of event handling by management personnel.

Classification and sub item measurement

Energy supply and demand are measured step by step, flexible according to demandComparison and assessment of energy consumption in workshops, teams, and production lines. Conduct multidimensional statistical analysis of enterprise energy consumption, explore energy-saving potential, and truthfully and standardly submit energy statistical data.

Energy consumption system

Accurately record the energy consumption status of each link and equipment, decompose and analyze energy consumption data, and establish a key assessment index system to help managers timely grasp various links of industrial production, discover excessive consumption or waste of energy consumption in a timely manner, effectively promote enterprise energy-saving transformation work, reduce production costs, and minimize pollution.

Unit energy consumption index


The energy management system is integrated with the production system, reading product data from the production system to calculate energy consumption per unit of product output, energy consumption per 10000 yuan of output value, energy consumption per unit of building area, and energy consumption indicators for major processes. It is then compared and analyzed with international standards to systematically plan and implement energy management control activities, incorporate energy-saving technology progress mechanisms into the energy management system, and strengthen energy management.

Scientific control and decision-making assistance


Using mathematical statistical methods to process energy consumption related data, design and draw various charts, and adopt input-output methods to macroscopically analyze energy utilization status. Through energy consumption reports, display the completion of energy consumption quotas, reasons for energy consumption and cost increases or decreases and their influencing factors, improvement measures, and energy-saving potential, providing high-quality decision support services for enterprise managers.

Energy index analysis module

The system provides comprehensive data aggregation, statistical analysis and other functions to identify energy consumption levels, achieve abnormal analysis of enterprise indicators, timely discover problems in the development process of enterprises, facilitate timely solutions, and fully tap the energy-saving potential of enterprises. By collecting real-time data and conducting in-depth calculations, important energy consumption indicators of enterprises can be obtained. Through comparative analysis with various constraint indicators, optimization plans for the energy consumption situation of enterprises can be obtained. As an important component of enterprise automation and informatization,The EMS energy management system not only plays an important role in the unified scheduling of energy, optimizing resource balance, reducing coal-fired power emissions, improving environmental quality, reducing energy consumption, and increasing labor productivity, but also is highly effective in the formulation and implementation of accident plans, rapid analysis and timely judgment of accident causes, reasonable adjustment and balance of energy supply and demand, as well as energy performance analysis, energy planning, energy quality management, and energy system prediction based on objective information.

In conclusion

With the intensive introduction of energy-saving laws, regulations, policy standards, and the continuous rise in energy prices and costs, enterprises (especially key energy consuming enterprises) attach increasing importance to energy-saving work, and urgently need to achieve informationization, refinement, and systematization of energy management in order to improve energy performance, reduce energy consumption costs, and enhance market competitiveness.

With the support of national and local encouragement policies, energy management systems, as an integrated energy management and control system that integrates automation, informatization, and centralized management modes, have received attention and recognition in various industries such as automobile manufacturing, steel, coal, cement, mobile telecommunications, schools, and construction. A large number of energy management systems have been built and put into use one after another.