The ever-increasing cost of energy puts industries under pressure. Industries are forced to monitor their energy consumption and to manage energy more efficiently and responsibly. Some industrial companies have multiple operations spread out over a wide area, making it logistically difficult to get a holistic view of the company's energy performance. Valuable information is freely available in the form of electricity bills. However, to benefit from the information in the bills, the data should be extracted and analysed, which is a time-consuming process. In this paper, a need for an automated centralised system that extracts and analyses electricity data from bills was identified. The methodology for extracting, organising, and presenting the electricity bill information is explained in detail. The system is implemented for a gold mining company, and the results are interpreted and discussed. It was found that the system is beneficial for companies with many operations. As the number of operations increases, the value of automated bill analysis increases. OPSOMMINGDie kostes verbonde aan elektrisiteit in Suid-Afrika neem vinnig toe en die befondsingshekkie vir energiebesparinginsentiewe verminder. Daarom, met die toenemende internasionale mededinging en operasionele kostes, moet marginale industrieë fokus op energiebestuurstrategieë waar groot besparings met klein kapitaalbestedings verwesenlik kan word. ʼn Behoefte aan ʼn omvattende energiebestuur informasiestelsel word uiteengesit in hierdie artikel. Energiebestuur slaggate word uitgelig en energiebesparinginsentiewe word bespreek. Nuwe fokuspunte wat kliëntbewustheid verbeter en gevolglik die volhoubaarheid van energiebestuuringrypings verhoog word ook uitgelig. Om voordeel te trek uit energiebesparings word egter meer ingewikkeld en gevolglik ly baie kliënte daaronder, behalwe as hulle industriekenners betrek. Hierdie industriekenners vereis egter groot hoeveelhede data om ʼn kliënt se energie effektief te bestuur. Daarin lê die noodsaak vir ʼn omvattende energiebestuur informasiestelsel. So ʼn energiebestuur informasiestelsel is ontwikkel en geïmplementeer vir verskeie industrieë in Suid-Afrika. Data is outomaties ingesamel, geprosesseer, analiseer en voorgehou op ʼn daaglikse basis. ʼn Gevallestudie ondersoek die enorme hoeveelheid data en verslae wat outomaties bestuur word. Dit beklemtoon die behoefte aan ʼn omvattende energiebestuur informasiestelsel.
Electricity costs in South Africa are increasing rapidly, and the funding hurdle rates for energy conservation incentives are decreasing. Therefore, with rising international competition and increasing operational costs, marginal industries need to focus on energy management strategies where larger savings can be achieved with lower capital expenditure. This paper sketches the need for a comprehensive energy management information system (EMIS). Common industrial energy management pitfalls are identified and energy conservation incentives are outlined. New focus points that improve client awareness and in turn improve the sustainability of energy management interventions are also highlighted. However, benefitting from energy incentives is becoming more complex. Therefore, many clients do not benefit from these incentives unless specialised Energy Service Companies (ESCos) are employed. ESCos, however, require large amounts of data to manage clients' energy effectively. Herein lies the need for a comprehensive EMIS that aids ESCos and their clients with the energy management process. An EMIS was developed and implemented for several industries in South Africa. Data is automatically collected, processed, analysed, and presented on a daily basis. A case study investigates the exorbitant amounts of data and reports that are managed automatically, which further highlights the need for a comprehensive EMIS. OPSOMMINGDie koste van elektrisiteit in Suid-Afrika neem vinnig toe en die befondsing struikelblok vir energiebesparing innovasie is besig om weg te kwyn. Met die toenemende internasionale mededinging en bedryfskostes moet marginale industrieë fokus op energiebestuurstrategieë wat groter besparings kan bewerkstellig met laer kapitaalbesteding. Hierdie artikel skets die behoefte vir ʼn omvattende energiebestuur inligtingstelsel. Algemene industriële energiebestuur slaggate word geïdentifiseer en energiebesparingsinsentiewe word uiteengesit. Nuwe fokuspunte wat kliënt-bewustheid verbeter en dus die volhoubaarheid van energiebestuur verbeter word uitgelig. Om voordeel te trek uit energiebesparingsinsentiewe word meer kompleks en baie kliënte trek nie voordeel daaruit tensy daar van energiediensmaatskappye gebruik gemaak word nie. Energiediensmaatskappye benodig egter groot hoeveelhede data om hul kliënte se energie doeltreffend te bestuur. Die behoefte lê dus in ʼn alomvattende energiebestuur inligtingstelsel wat energiediensmaatskappye en hul kliënte kan bystaan. So ʼn inligtingstelsel is ontwikkel en geïmplementeer by verskeie industrieë in Suid-Afrika. Data word outonoom bymekaargemaak, geprosesseer, geanaliseer en voorgehou op ʼn daaglikse basis. ʼn Gevallestudie ondersoek die buitensporige data volumes en verslae wat outonoom genereer word. Dit beklemtoon die behoefte vir ʼn alomvattende energiebestuur inligtingstelsel. In energy-strapped environments, like South Africa, incentive and rebate programmes provide crucial financial and legislatorial assistance to the industrial, commercial, and residential sectors ...
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The paper briefly presents the unsymmetrical control system provided for the ESCOM 132 and 400 kV static compensators and describes its interaction with the ac system with reference to i) parallel operation of compensators, ii) second harmonic resonance problem, iii) fault clearing by sinqlephase auto-reclose, and iv) voltage control.
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