Former studies have shown that a considerable part of industries’ energy usage can stem from idle times in the production. This thesis, carried out at Siemens Industry sector, evaluates the potential for using the control system to automatically put machines into energy saving mode during idle times. The main part of the thesis consists of a case study performed on machine tools at a Scania production site in Södertälje. Through load measurements the potential for energy savings was determined. The results show that there is a great potential for energy savings during idle times at the site. 20 to 50 percent of the machines’ energy usage can be reduced if they are put into energy saving mode when they are not used. However, the implementation of pause management in an existing control system is often too expensive to be motivated alone. Instead this should be considered before overhauls or rebuilds of machines and production sites. Another way of reducing costs can be to use a standard for pause management like PROFIenergy. A general conclusion is that industries with discrete manufacturing and long pause times have a great potential for energy savings. The same holds for machines with position control, such as robots and machine tools. The thesis also highlights the need for proper energy measurements at a production site in order to evaluate the potential for and results of an energy efficiency measure.

Det finns begränsningar i elnätet i Sverige. Tillsammans med utmaningar som uppstår vid omställningen av energisektorn till förnyelsebar energi så uppstår det en problematik som behöver lösas då samhället är beroende av elektricitet. En dellösning för att möta problemen är energibesparingar. I examensarbetet utvecklades enprototyp för att undersöka möjligheterna med visualisering av elförbrukningen. Resultatet i examensarbetet blev en färdig prototyp för att visualisera elförbrukningen från en elmätare. Slutsatsen som drogs var att energivisualisering kan minska energiförbrukningen. / There are limitations in the electricity grid in Sweden. Together with the challenges that arise due to the conversion of the energy sector, these constitute to a problemthat needs to be solved when society is dependent on electricity. One possible solution to meet the problem is energy savings. In the thesis project, a prototype was developed to investigate the possibilities of visualization of the electricity consumption.The result of the thesis project was a complete prototype for visualizing the electricity consumption from an electricity meter. The conclusion that was drawn was that energy visualization facilitates energy reductions.

Energimätning och övervakning kan bidra till minskad energiförbrukning genom att hjälpa en användare att ta beslut över energianvändandet. Valet av examensarbete gjordes p.g.a. behovet att ge användarna möjlighet att påverka sin energiförbrukning och övervaka sina elprodukter. Ett koncept togs fram där toppvärden på spänning och ström, effektfaktor, spänning-ens vågform, aktiv, reaktiv och skenbar effekt mättes. Samtliga värden skickades till en server som lagrade informationen och innehöll en hem-sida för presentation. Användaren kunde därefter ta beslut om att stänga av eller på produkterna via hemsidan. Systemet kompletterades även med möjligheten att öka övervakningen med hjälp av externa sensorer. Ett re-sultat av arbetet blev en prototyp som demonstrerar konceptet, ett annat resultat var flertalet möjliga förbättringar som kan göras för vidareutveckl-ing av konceptet. / Energy monitoring can lead to lowering energy consumption. This infor-mation would help the user to make decisions in regards to the power us-age. The measurements can also give the user the possibility to study the power quality to find bad loads and minimize the effects on the power grid. The choice of thesis was done to give the users the possibility to affect and monitor their environmental effect in a way that is otherwise not possible. A concept was developed that measure the voltage and current peak, the voltage and current RMS, power factor and the voltage waveform. The measurements are then sent to a server that is also containing a website. With the website the user can monitor their power usage and turn on or off the power consumers on the website. Added to the system is also the pos-sibility to add external sensors to increase the monitoring. The result of the project is a functioning concept to demonstrate. Another big result is the amount of improvements discovered to make it a really good base to con-tinue developing on.