MESFRUITS optimizes the energy consumption of its cold rooms with the collaboration of Eqinov and Wattsense.

Client Summary

THE CHALLENGE

Reduce the energy bill of the cold rooms.

FOCUS ON ELECTRICAL FLEXIBILITY:

The flexibility of electrical consumption consists of modulating energy consumption from time to time to meet the electrical suppliers needs or to balance the electricity system. For example, the national grid operator can call on companies consuming electricity to vary their consumption up or down to respond to the traffic on the electricity network.

We talk about demand response when we lower our electricity consumption, in case of peak consumption or a production shortage. On the contrary, upward flexibility consists of increasing consumption to absorb the surplus of renewable electricity. Either way, adopting flexibility can save up to 20% of the cost of electricity.

Solution

Promote the flexibility of electrical consumption in cold rooms.

The advantages of the DR’IVE© solution:

IMPLEMENTATION AND RESPECT OF PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS:

FOCUS ON THE DRIVE SOLUTION

The DR'IVE © solution is the result of close collaboration over several months between Wattsense and Eqinov.

The solution developed by Wattsense aims to transform an existing non-communicating building into a smart building in just a few hours. This solution is an easy-to-install electronic module equipped with embedded software, the Box, plus a powerful Cloud service. When combined, they create a reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure.

As a result of the exchanges with Eqinov, the DR'IVE © Box was born to solve the challenge of managing the flexibility of electrical consumption of equipment present in the industrial, agricultural and tertiary sectors and also the control of energy or production indicators.

This collaboration has enabled Eqinov to be entirely autonomous for the deployment of the Box, the collection of data, and the management of the equipment connected to the MESFRUITS sites.

DEPLOYMENT OF THE DR'IVE © SOLUTION FOR MESFRUITS

MESFRUITS installed two Boxes on each of its sites.

Eqinov remotely manages the operation of the cold rooms production units so that they meet both the MESFRUITS temperatures needs and the needs and constraints of the electrical system.

Eqinov makes available in real-time for MESFRUITS the temperature data from its warehouses and its energy consumption.

What is Modbus?

Since the 1970s, Modbus has been a means of communication, allowing the exchange of data between Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and computers. It represents an essential communication protocol in buildings, and the energy sector. Its simple architecture, easy integration, and its high reliability prove to be ideal for providing efficient monitoring of automated equipment. Industrial automation and real-time data acquisition and control (SCADA) systems also use the Modbus protocol extensively.

DREAMS ©, INTERACTIVE PLATFORM FOR ENERGY FLEXIBILITY MANAGEMENT:

Wattsense has designed an infrastructure that allows Eqinov's flexibility platform, Dreams ©, to connect to any building and can, therefore, be easily deployed on a large scale.

RESULTS

By putting to the disposal of the electricity network, the flexibility of the electrical consumption of its cold rooms MESFRUITS benefits from a financial bonus each year from Eqinov.

In practice: After several tests carried out successfully on the sites, the two DR'IVE © Boxes are operational and flexibilize the electrical consumption of the refrigeration units automatically to balance the electrical system.