OPNOR – EcoSuiteTM

Smart Energy Management System

for batch and process industries

Opnor-EcoSuite is a group of energy and GHG (greenhouse gases) management software tools that can help organize,
manage and optimize energy consumption in real time. The EcoMap, which includes comprehensive Calculation Library
and energy balance functions, helps to simplify energy mapping distribution and the need for new instruments. The
EcoSuite is designed to address energy management challenges for both batch and process industries.
Your plant staff will know on a minute-by-minute basis just how much energy is used by department, by energy intensive
process, and what actually should be used, given the ambient conditions and the amount of product output. EcoSuite tells
plant operations where power and/or steam are lost and where energy usage has increased for different plant equipment.
This system provides the tools to control, display, trend, alarm, archive, diagnose, and automatically report the information
desired by different plant users ranging from control room operators to plant managers.

EcoMap EcoMonitor EcoSuite enable the

to map energy to monitor in process to understand
usage and to real time KPI, which energy data to
modelize alarms and collect, where to collect
processes global cost from, how frequently to
collect that data and how
to use all the data together
to make effective
decisions and to control
key energy processes.
EcoSC
“Providing the right data to
to control in real the employees is the key
time critical energy to making effective energy
parameters decisions.”

~ Energy Director,
Paper Mill

6 reasons to use Opnor-EcoSuite

1. Fast return on investment (ROI) that frees up valuable liquidity. Potential For large energy consumers, typical
reductions of 2 to 3% with EcoMonitor Benchmarking and alarms and up to payback in only a few months.
5% with appropriate EcoSC (Supervisory Control) Modules where little or no
capital is required for a well instrumented plant.
2. Used by large energy consumer since 2003 and has generated millions of With low or no capital, Opnor’s proven
dollars in proven savings. track record of generating savings,
combined with the EcoSuite system, is a
guarantee results.
3. The initial configuration of EcoSuite and EcoMonitor Baseline will help to Clogged heat exchangers, wrong header
identify short term opportunities which will pay for software licenses and pressure set-points, slightly lower
most of Opnor’s initial engineering costs plus any required instrumentation. temperatures on large air make-ups are
examples of small changes detected by
EcoSuite which could lead to large
savings.
4. It gives a ‘dollar sense’ perspective to address energy issues which have no
impact on production, just on the bottom line. It displays actual energy dollars Take advantage of energy price
spent compared with good practice (benchmarks), cumulative losses and fluctuations.
deviations from budget.
5. Forecasts and maintains energy cost within budget.
6. Tracks the performance of new energy saving initiatives while projecting and
maintaining energy reductions continuously over the long term.

OPNOR Inc Contacts: dmaltais@opnor.ca (514) 238-3802

36B Lakeshore Rd, Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada, H9W 4H3 smaltais@opnor.ca (514) 861-7880
File: OPNOR-EcoSuite-Overview r1 jelittle@opnor.ca (418) 826-0541
 OPNOR – EcoSuiteTM
Smart Energy Management System
for batch and process industries

Opnor-EcoMap - to map energy usage and to modelize processes

The EcoMap software is an engineering tool that easily and efficiently organizes the data processes that are to be used by
the EcoSC software. It has functions to create projects, manipulate input and output and manage data link interfaces.
• It includes a comprehensive Performance Calculation Library of 100+ proven engineering calculations for assessing key types
of equipment and machinery, including boilers, air heaters, heat recovery system, pumps, fans, compressors, condensers,
dryers, steam generator, refiner, etc.
• It develops energy consumption
paths in line with KPI’s (Key
Performance Indicators), sectors,
processes and KEP (Key Energy
Parameters),
• It maps your critical energy flow
with simple energy balance
models,
• It maximizes use of existing
instruments and limits the requirement for new ones.

Opnor-EcoSC – to control critical energy parameters in real time

The Opnor-EcoSC (Supervisory Control) software is a server application designed to generate energy calculations and
optimization set points based on real time process data. To accelerate results, a series of pre-engineered modules are
available to address key energy processes by industry. The software has functions to visualize and manage process input
and energy model calculations.
• Generate a smart energy balance in real time,
• Control critical energy parameters in real time
• Equipped with a built-in standard communication interface (OPC, PI).

Opnor-EcoMonitor (XL addIn) - to monitor KPI’s, alarms and global cost in real time
EcoMonitor software is an energy management tool designed to continuously model, track and maintain the lowest possible
energy and utility service costs
• Continuously access energy costs and the minimum achievable Benchmarks (BM’s) or good practices for current production
and ambient conditions.
• Identify at any time the internal consumers (departments) that are not meeting their prescribed Benchmarks.
• Thanks to critical parameter alarms, quickly re-establish the required operating conditions that comply with the desired
Benchmarks.
• Develop baseline and Benchmark (good practice) references,
• Built-in thermodynamics properties to create more sophisticated energy balances
• HTML report available through LAN/WAN.
EcoMonitorTM Last Update 01/15/2009 08:58
EcoMonitorTM Last Update 01/15/2009 08:58
Global Analysis - KPI Hyperlinks KPI Power Plant PM1 TMP
Global Analysis Hyperlinks KPI Balance Power Plan PM1 PM2 TMP Trends 24h Alarms
Trends 24h Alarms
Variables 24HR BM Avg. 6d MTD units
Current Cumulative
Bunker Cons. Units 74.4 55.3 72.1 59.4 kgBunk/TonPap
24hr BM Deviation units 1 day Month YTD units +-- Total Bunker Cons. incl. Ele. Boiler 3183.2 2201.3 3147.4 2676.2 kgBunk/hr
Globa Costs 112.3 108.4 (3.9) $/T (4.2) (46.0) (175.7) k$ +-- Total Paper Prod. 42.8 0.0 43.6 44.7 TonPap/hr
+--- Electric 95.4 94.5 (0.9) $/T (1.0) (10.8) (41.1) k$ Steam Cons. Units 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.9 TonSteam/TonPap
+--Total Steam Cons.incl. Boiler-6 67.0 72.9 62.4 88.5 TonSteam/hr
+--- Fossil 14.2 10.4 (3.8) $/T (4.0) (44.5) (170.1) k$
TMP Steam Recover 59.1 100.0 62.7 103.3 Gj/hr
+--- Water 2.7 3.5 0.8 $/T 0.8 9.3 35.4 k$ +--Nbr of Ref. to Steam Gen. : [52HIC812.PV 4.3 3.3 4.1 5.7 num
Power Plant Global Efficiency 13.2 13.7 11.3 11.1 TonSteam/TonBunk
Global Consumption 588.1 565.8 (22.3) Gj/hr (20.1) (220.8) (843.2) Gj TMP Avg. Steam Cons. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 __None__

+--- Electric 146.2 144.8 (1.4) MW-hr (1.5) (16.5) (62.9) +--Total Ene. Used 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Gj/hr
MW
Power Plant Avg. Steam Cons. 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 TonSteam/TonSteam
+--- Fossil 76.4 59.0 (17.4) Gj/hr (18.6) (204.3) (780.2) Gj +--Total Ene. Used 6.9 0.0 6.8 4.8 Gj/hr
Water 96.5 124.6 28.1 m3/hr 30.1 330.9 1263.3 m3 +--Steam Prod. Incl. Boiler-6 41.5 47.4 35.3 30.0 TonSteam/hr

OPNOR Inc Contacts: dmaltais@opnor.ca (514) 238-3802

36B Lakeshore Rd, Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada, H9W 4H3 smaltais@opnor.ca (514) 861-7880
File: OPNOR-EcoSuite-Overview r1 jelittle@opnor.ca (418) 826-0541