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Optimized Energy Efficiency

with Tecnomatix
Energy-related simulation and
evaluation with Plant Simulation 11

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Energy prices

World prices for energy, 1991-2010


2000 = 100

Germany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_economics

Electric power prices


in Eurocent per kWh
Source Eurostat

Austria
Sweden

*3 in 10 years

Spain

UK

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Result:

Energy prices
become more
and more
relevant in terms
of

Production
cost

Product cost

Competitivenes
s
For line builder
For any
production facility

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Plant Simulation with energy simulation

Energy simulation is a core


function of Plant Simulation
version 11.

The same energy dialog is


available in the Plant
Simulation building blocks

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License

The Plant Simulation Energy


Simulation is available in all license
configurations
Professional, Standard
Application, Runtime, Viewer
Education, Student

without additional licenses or fee.

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Setup

Using energy simulation in Plant


Simulation is very easy.
Set energy simulation to active.
Insert the power input for Working, Setup,
Operational etc. in kW.
You can (but do not have to) define times
to change from one energy state to the
next energy state.

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Energy States

Working: A part is on the machine and it's being


worked on
Operational: All Engines are running, but the machine is not
working e.g. because its empty
Standby: Electronic is ready but main engines are switched off;
e.g. Standby is a result of the pausing time
Off: Lowest status of energy consumption

Failed: Correlates with the


failure status of the resource
Setting up: Correlates with the
setup behavior of the
resource.

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Transition times

Change energy level:


Transition times are
defined between:
Off, Operational and
Standby
Working, Setup and
Failed are statuses
resulting from the
material flow.

Off

Operation
al
8

Standby

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State transition
The energy simulation
feature in Plant
Simulation is simple
and easy to use. The
behavior for pausing
times and unplanned
times in the shift model
are already predefined
and can be selected
from a pull-down menu.

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State transition
Why switch machines to
Standby or completely Off?
Most modern machines allow users
to easily switch off the main engine
and go into a predefined standby or
off mode.
This feature is seldom used as many
companies do not know the savings
potential.
The state transition used in the class element of a machine enables users to
calculate the result with one click.
In the example shown here, changing the machine status during breaks and
during nonproductive night time to Standby saves 6% and to Off saves
12% of the total energy consumption!
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Dont be afraid

to lower production to save


energy by turning off machines.
Modern control units
(e.g. Siemens S7 300 /400 using the PROFIenergy
Protocol)

Enable users to program a wake


up time
The machine changes to the
previous status before the break or
to Standby when the Off shift time
is over
This action is predefined in Plant
Simulation with the Power up
early function

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Simtalk
The energy simulation feature can
be addressed using Simtalk.
To get an overview, mark the
relevant resource and press F8 to
visualize all attributes.
To restrict the table only to the
energy-relevant attributes, click on
the power flash

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Working with energy simulation


To change a machines status to
Off when the machine in front is
empty:
Change the EnergyTargetState to
Off
Plant Simulation automatically uses
the defined time to turn the machine
off
Vice Versa
To start the machine early enough to
assure its operational when a part
enters, set EnergyTargetStatus to
Operational

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Charts
The Plant Simulation Statistic Wizard
Is predefined for Energy analysis
Sorting e.g. by Operational points out
which resource has a high potential to

save energy without reducing


productivity by changing the state
actively to Standby

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Energy Analyzer
As a new function in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation version 11, we
are proud to announce the Energy Analyzer, patent pending; U.S.
Patent Appl Pub. No. 2013/001863.

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The unique Energy Analyzer

Plant Simulation version 11 offers a unique


Energy Analyzer
We are proud to announce the Energy
Analyzer, patent pending; U.S. Patent Appl
Pub. No. 2013/001863.

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Plotter
Visualize peak
energy
consumers

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Save Energy
Built-in conveyor lines function

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Save energy
Built-in method to save energy on
accumulating conveyors.
If the conveyor is accumulating, and all parts
have accumulated and no new part enters,
the conveyor stops to save energy (and
reduce belt friction).
In this small example the energy
consumption is reduced from 72kWh to
25.6kWh

64% energy savings with one click!


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Summary
Energy consumption will be a major differentiator for or against a line
builder
Plant Simulation version 11 offers an OTS toolset to
Model
Analyze
Optimize
Manage energy consumption in complex dynamic production
environments

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Thank you!

Matthias Heinicke
Siemens Industry Sector
Siemens Industry Software GmbH & Co. KG
I IA PL GS&SE ST MBG EMEA
Weissacher Strasse 11
70499 Stuttgart
Germany
Tel: +49 711 1389 225
Mobil: +49 160 904 504 32
matthias.heinicke@siemens.com
www.siemens.com/plm

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