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Low-voltage power distribution
Intelligent energy management
Innovative automation contributes considerably to cost savings in
production
Energy resources are becoming more scarce and more expensive all the
time and this is forcing operators of industrial plants to make their production
more energy efficient. TIA provides intelligent and efficient
energy management, which pursues the goal of reducing operating
costs and increasing the plant's availability through efficient energy use.
Various products for power distribution can be integrated in the energy
management system. These include hardware and software components
such as the energy management add-on SIMATIC powerrate for
PCS 7 and WinCC, 7KM PAC measuring devices, communication-capable
3WL/3VL circuit breakers, the SIMOCODE pro motor management system,
and protective devices such as SIPROTEC.
Reduction in operating costs
• Identification of loads with high energy consumption in order to
implement more energy-efficient measures
• Support of energy purchaser through provision of historical requirement
profiles and energy consumption patterns
• Optimization of capital expenditure for plant expansion projects
through localization of hidden reserves in power distribution
• Improvement in energy cost awareness in the departments through
exact allocation of costs
• Avoidance of peak loads through automatic load management
Increase in plant availability
• Increase in operating times through immediate and automatic
recognition of critical conditions (e.g. alarm and event logs)
• Avoidance of overload situations through early recognition of the
capacity limits of your power distribution
• Securing of quality of electrical energy through continuous
monitoring and analysis
• Optimization of maintenance requirements through analysis of the
usage of your power distribution components
224 Siemens TIA Product Guide 2011
© Siemens AG 2011