Specifications

When an idea becomes a great idea …
The introduction of the Climate Change Levy (CCL) is
affecting consumers of energy in one way or another.
The basic outcome is that users who are inefficient in
their use of energy will pay more than efficient users.
There are several ways to avoid or reduce the extra
costs of the CCL but most of them involve some major
investments in plants or new technologies such as CHP,
wind power or other renewable energy sources. The
easiest way to offset these extra costs is to control your
consumption of energy.
Energy Management and Dupline Field Bus . . .
making energy metering easy in very noisy plants
The fundamental questions you have to ask
in order to find a solution to save energy
and money
•
How much energy is consumed?
• Is there any energy waste?
… and the answers?
•
Find an easy way to measure it
• For sure, there are loads that are running even
if it is not necessary. For instance, lights and
extractor fans when the building is empty.
Therefore a smart system to automatically turn
the loads ON and OFF is needed.
The unlimited efficient solution possibilities
provided by the Dupline Field Bus
• Light control, switching ON/OFF and dimming lights.
• Temperature control, detecting signals from infrared
remote controls or PIR sensors and acting on heating
elements and/or valves.
• Ventilation control, measure of room and outdoor
temperature.
• Monitoring of doors, locks and windows.
• Monitoring of fire alarms from smoke detectors.
• Water leakage detection using proper sensors.
• And many others …
Main application advantages
• Free topology for a fast, flexible and easy to build
step-by-step installation; the system can be easily
adapted to new unexpected requirements.
• User friendly: easy to code addresses and test, easily
accessible data from a PC/PLC.
• High electrical noise immunity; no shielded cables
are needed, therefore existing cable/conduit/pipe
can be exploited.
• Data communication up to 10 km; no signal repeaters
are needed.
• Integration of the metering system with the Dupline
door-light-intrusion-remote controls and load switching.
• Cost-effective solution when compared with the
ordinary systems.
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