SIMATIC WinCC powerrate is an add-on to WinCC which throws light on power consumption from the infeed to the load. Power data are continuously collected, archived and processed further. With an exact knowledge of the consumption profile, it is possible to identify savings potential, optimize your power supply conditions and hence, lower your power costs. Monitoring the contractually agreed power limit helps on the one hand to prevent unnecessarily high power prices or penalties and on the other hand to make full use of the fixed power limit.
Batch-related consumption recording enables the exact recording and evaluation of power consumption per batch.
The integration of switches through digital inputs/outputs enables the monitoring or indication of switch status and, with suitable authorization, remote switching. With integration through DPV1, selected measured values and signals of the SENTRON PAC3200 and SENTRON PAC4200 power monitoring devices can be indicated online.
Data recorded and archived by SIMATIC WinCC powerrate can be exported to Excel, and they can also be presented in different reports.
Full integration in WinCC enables the easy use of standard interfaces or standard functionalities from WinCC.
Components
SIMATIC WinCC powerrate is made up of the following components:
- Function blocks for the acquisition and processing of power data
- Faceplates for the presentation and processing of power data
- Components for implementing load management (calculating trends, monitoring limits, enabling/disabling loads)
- Function blocks for batch-related consumption recording
- Function blocks for the integration of measuring devices and switches
- Other components, for example, for time synchronization, data buffering or data exchange with archives
- Faceplates for presenting results and for entering values (e.g. for configuration or from manual measured values)
- Excel-based reports for allocating power data to cost centers, for batch-related evaluation and for determining and presenting the duration curve
- Exporting data to Excel