Requirements & Benefits of EMS
System Requirement :
- Intel P-II or Higher Processor
- 128 MB RAM
- 40 GB Hard disk
- Windows 2000
- RS-485 Converter
- Energy Meter
- Power Supply for RS-485
Benefits :
The Energy Monitoring System [EMS] is the solution to look forward. This is appropriately applicable to Industries, manufacturing plants, commercial Buildings or any situation where an electrical system is used on a major scale. The system provides the centralized Power Monitoring and Control. The Energy Management System leads to savings in the overall cost by identifying the causes for loss / inefficient use of it. Once the identification of causes is confirmed, the corrective action in turn savings would be achieved. X-Force EMS would then be seen as a tool to achieve the same. Some of the tangible benefits are better utilization of manpower, savings in the energy consumption, non breakdowns in the system etc… It provides many benefits that includes the majoring of the consumption through which user can get all over information of power consumption like at which plant power consumption is higher and at which point power extends its limit that to be maintained.
Following are some of the key benefits of EMS.
- Improves data accuracy by eliminating human errors in data collection
- On Line Monitoring energy to determine usage and demand profiles
- Recording the daily sequences of events and Power quality
- Identification the inefficient Electrical equipment for corrective action.
- Determine root causes of electrical problems / losses / leakages
- Analyze the capacity utilization of the entire electrical distribution system
- Analyze the power quality problems e.g. voltage sags and swells, harmonics, etc.
- Accurate demand prediction and Load Shifting / scheduling is achievable.
- Reduces the trouble shooting, switching errors and improved maintenance.
- Better utilization of manpower and cost reduction
- Reports generated every day through which user can get and maintain overall day-by-day consumption of the day.
- Graphical format provides user graphs, which provides important information about power consumption by showing data values through graphs.
- Configurator is beneficial though it provides device, report and tag settings.