Digitalisation of the food industry

Important results from the project

We now have the opportunity to follow up energy performance and other operating information such as actual running cycles. This gives us the opportunity to control these optimally via follow-up. The project also contributes information about what additional investments Magnihill needs to make to increase system efficiency, for example if improvements are required in their cooling distribution system, if they need a cooling accumulator to further equalize the power loads and to what need Magnihill should project any new refrigeration machines to replace the elderly.

Expected long term effects

The goal is to, with more available data and with innovative control, be able to optimize the system efficiency of the cooling facilities and prioritize cooling production to when there is better electricity capacity. We assess that by using the now installed operational monitoring, we can identify the optimal work cycle of each machine, while less advantageous work cycles are blocked by the control system. This will be able to increase system efficiency by up to 25%.

Approach and implementation

** Denna text är maskinöversatt ** The food industry is one of the actors that have opportunities to control their power output throughout the day in order to reduce their production costs in this way. This cannot be done manually as the hourly costs vary day by day, but this control having to be automated and integrated into existing systems. Connectitude was hired to build a superior system with follow-up of energy performance and other necessary follow-up to control these performances optimally. First analysis of data from the system shows a savings potential of up to 25%.