MODULE M5

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• MODULE M5
• The EINSTEIN software tool energetic
  optimization and saving potentials

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Contents

• Architecture of the software tool
• Calculation modules
• Main features
• Key concepts
• Levels of analysis
• Levels of user interaction
• Design Assistant
• Auto-pilot
• Questionnaire for data acquisition
• Databases
• Structure of the software tool

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EINSTEIN Software Tool

• EINSTEIN  is a free and open source software
  project under GPL license
• www.sourceforge.net/projects/einstein
• EINSTEIN uses open source components
• Python main programming language
• MySQL data base server
• EINSTEIN is an independent platform
• It can run on Linux, Unix, Windows, etc.

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Architecture of EINSTEIN Software Tool
DATA ACQUISITION AND CHECK
DATA ANALYSIS
ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS DESIGN
ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS EVALUATION
REPORT
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Architecture of EINSTEIN Software Tool
TOOL
DATA ACQUISITION AND CHECK
DATA ANALYSIS
ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS DESIGN
ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS EVALUATION
REPORT
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EINSTEIN The Software Tool

• Einstein
• Has a lot of experience, combined with intuition
  and imagination soYou dont have to tell him
  everything one by one ...
• Knows which information are strictly required to
  perform an exhaustive audit (Questionnaire)
• Checks the data correctness (Crosscheck and )
  and
• estimates the non-available data (Data
  Estimation module)

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EINSTEIN The Software Tool

• Einstein
• Detects potential for process optimisation and
  heat recovery (Process Optimisation and Heat
  Recovery module)
• Designs new alternatives (Design Assistant in
  Heat and Cold Supply module),
• combines and compares the alternatives
  (Evaluation module)
• Carries-out complex energy, environmental and
  economic calculations
• Writes a nice report ready to present (Reporting
  module)

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TOOL MODULES
DATA ACQUISITION AND CHECK
DATA ANALYSIS
ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS DESIGN
ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS EVALUATION
REPORTING
REPORT
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Key-concepts

• EINSTEIN uses the following 3 concepts
• Industry
• Project
• Saving potential alternative

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Industry

• The industry is the OBJECT of the STUDY
• It is a given production site of a company
• Industry data -gt considered as fixed parameters,
  optimisation not within the scope of EINSTEIN
• Products, production volume, sells etc.
• Location of the plant
• Size and number of existing buildings
• Working shifts

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Project

• A project is a STUDY of a given industry
• There can be several projects on the same
  industry, e.g.
• first fast quickdirty assessment by distance
• second, updated fast assessment in-situ during
  walk-through audit
• pre-feasibility study
• detailed energy audit
• different studies at the same level, but carried
  out by different auditors
• All projects are (or can be) complete/independent
  energy audits
• But one (e.g. the more detailed) can be based on
  the experience gained from the previous

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Saving potential alternative

• An alternative is a full PROPOSAL for the energy
  and economic optimisation of the industry
• Analysis and breakdown of the energy supply and
  demand
• Optimisation of process technology
• Optimisation of heat recovery
• Optimisation of heat cold supply and
  distribution
• Several alternatives may exist for a given
  project
• Each alternative contains the full information on
  the industry
• The present state is stored as alternative
• Alternative No. -1 Data gathered
• Data can be incomplete and contradictory
• Alternative No. 0 REFERENCE CASE
• Complete and coherent data real estimated data

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Levels of Analysis

• EINSTEIN allows different levels of detail of
  analysis
• Quick dirty fast assessment
• Evaluation based on few data (10 of basic
  questionnaire inputs) and few mouse clicks -gt
  First impression on present state, inefficiencies
  and saving potentials
• Standard level of detail
• Analysis completeness that can be reached out
  when the data required in basic questionnaire are
  available
• Detailed analysis
• Full tool potential of analysis reachable when
  all data required in detailed questionnaire
  available

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Levels of user interaction

• EINSTEIN allows different levels of user
  interaction
• Automatic mode
• Data analysis and design completely automatic
• User interaction only in case of emergency (when
  reasonable automatic estimates or default
  decisions are impossible)
• Semi-automatic mode
• Data analysis and design mainly automatic
• User interaction only for critical decisions
• Interactive mode
• Parameters can be changed manually by the user.
• The tool helps, but does not decide on its own

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Design Assistants

• Design assistants help to design and dimension
  new equipments

Information on actual configuration
Manual adding of equipments
Automatic design
User defined criteria to be used in auto-design

• Additional information to suppport design
• Energy flows
• Temperatures

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EINSTEIN AUTO PILOT

• Two ways to move through the 10 EINSTEIN audit
  steps
• Manually via the tree in the tool
• Using the EINSTEIN auto-pilot
• - EINSTEIN automatically guides You through all
  the audit steps
• EINSTEIN automatically guides You to the design
  of some standard combinations of alternative
  technologies
• The auto-pilot can be used in automatic,
  semi-automatic and fully interactive mode

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Questionnaire for data acquisition

• EINSTEIN likes to save time so he adopts a
  standard procedure to collect data
• EINSTEIN helps to gather the appropriate
  information thanks to questionnaires
• But the information gathered can be incomplete

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Questionnaire for data acquisition

• Fast-check questionnaire 1 2 pages
• Most relevant information (extract of basic
  questionnaire) energy supply equipments, most
  energy consuming processes, operating
  temperatures, Note not yet implemented in
  Version 1.0
• Basic questionnaire about 8 10 pages
• All the basic information to perform a complete
  EINSTEIN audit at standard level
• Detailed questionnaire annexes
• Optional complements that allow a deeper analysis
  (such as detailed process time schedules, )
  Note not yet implemented in Version 1.0

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Questionnaire for data acquisition

• Data collection on
• Industry
• Total energy consumption
• Processes
• Energy supply and distribution systems
• Heat recovery
• Renewable energies
• Factory buildings
• Economics

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Questionnaire for data acquisition

• The EINSTEIN questionnaire is available in the
  following formats
• Electronic version as part of the tool
• Paper version
• Spreadsheet version
• Can be automatically imported/exported from the
  tool
• Note not yet implemented in Version 1.0

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Databases

• All what EINSTEIN knows is stored in databases
• Physical properties
• Fluids
• Fuels
• Benchmarks and BATs
• Equipments
• Technical data (nominal power, efficiency,
  manufactures )
• Economic data (investment cost, OM costs)
• Best Available Technologies

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Databases

• All what EINSTEIN knows is stored in databases
• Projects
• EINSTEIN learns from previous experience !!
• Similar industries benchmarks stored in addition
  to literature values
• Most frequently proposed solutions in similar
  industries
• EINSTEIN learns from other EINSTEINs
• Information can be shared
• Auditors database
• EINSTEIN has an address book of those who fed him
  with information. So in the case of doubts he
  can ask again

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External system simulation tools

• Possibility to do a more accurate system
  simulation by external tools will be foreseen
• Export demand data
• Import simulation results
• Note not yet implemented in Version 1.0

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Tool structure

• Database in the core of the tool
• -gt allows for sharing of information
• -gt remote access via internet possible
• User interface (rather) independent from
  calculation modules
• -gt web application will be possible in the future

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WELCOME to EINSTEIN

• Main Menu bar general functions and features of
  the tool
• Edit Industry data data entering
• Consistency check cross-check and estimation of
  missing data
• Energy statistics components of energy supply
  and demand, energy indicators
• Benchmarking
• Alternative proposals create and design
  alternatives
• Process Optimization
• Hear recovery
• Heat and Cold supply systems
• Energy performance
• (Economic analysis) more in MODULE M6
• Comparative study energetic, environmental and
  economic comparison of alternatives
• Report presentation of energy audit results

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Welcome to Einstein !