Artificial Intelligence, Diagnostic and Recommender System for Energy Efficiency and Performance Optimization of Industrial Process Equipment

有效的设备优化通过最大限度地减少停机时间、延长设备寿命、降低能耗和优化性能来保护行业投资。在自动化和智能技术时代，关键目标应该是设计下一代预测监控系统，该系统可以通过远程分析当前性能的数据来建议对现有工艺设备的实质性改进。LeapFrog Energy Technologies Inc.是一家安大略省公司，已完成对制造业和采矿业以及基础工艺设备(包括空气压缩机、风扇和鼓风机、泵和工业制冷)的1500多项工业能效和水效率审计。认识到客户的能源消耗并不均匀，LeapFrog Energy开始开发简单的算法，以针对特定客户的能效和需求响应计划。兰伯顿学院兰伯顿能源研究中心通过这一应用研究项目与LeapFrog合作开发自动化集成解决方案，包括收集和分析仪表数据、数据清洗和组织、模式识别、预测和建议，以及目标工艺设备，包括泵、压缩空气系统、风扇和鼓风机以及工业冷水机组。该系统的驱动因素是通过提高能源效率、提高可靠性和减少温室气体排放来降低成本。该项目的成果将提供经济增长、出口机会、创造就业机会和全球竞争力。加拿大也将从能源和温室气体减排中受益。

Effective equipment optimization protects industry's investments through minimizing downtime, extending equipment life, reducing energy and optimizing performance. In the age of automation and smart technology, the key goal should be designing the next generation of predictive monitoring systems, which can recommend substantial improvements of the existing process equipment through remotely analyzing the data for current performance.LeapFrog Energy Technologies Inc. is an Ontario company that has completed more than 1500 industrial energy and water efficiency audits of manufacturing and mining sectors and underlying process equipment including air compressors, fans and blowers, pumps and industrial refrigeration. Recognizing that customer's energy consumption is not homogeneous, LeapFrog Energy moved to developing simple algorithms to target specific customers for energy efficiency and demand response programs. Lambton College's Lambton Energy Research Centre through this applied research project is collaborating with Leapfrog to develop an automated integrated solution of gathering and analyzing instrumentation data, data cleansing and organization, pattern recognition, prediction and recommendations, and target process equipment including pumps, compressed air systems, fans and blowers, and industrial chillers. The driving factors for this system are cost reduction through energy efficiency, reliability improvements and GHG reduction. The results of the project will provide economic growth, exporting opportunities, job creation and global competitiveness. Canada will also benefit from energy and GHG reduction.