6AV2108-0AA00-0AL0 Siemens SIMATIC Energy Suite Engineering Original Brand New

Simple configuration direct in the TIA Portal

The SIMATIC Energy Suite is an option package for STEP 7 and WinCC (TIA Portal) which integrates new editors into the engineering HMI of the TIA Portal. These editors can be used to create and configure energy measuring points (‘acquisition objects’) and load management actuators (‘actuator objects’) in a simple manner.

Automatic program generation instead of complex programming

Following the completed configuration of all energy objects (acquisition objects and actuator objects), the S7 energy program is automatically generated by the program generator of the Energy Suite. This energy program can be downloaded to the controller (S7-1500) immediately after the compilation. The recording objects begin recording and pre-processing the energy values immediately after the start-up of the PLC.

Energy data recording and preprocessing is already carried out in the automation environment, close to the consumers

The recorded energy data is standardized and calculated according to the set archiving period, provided with a time stamp, and is ready for archiving.

Free choice of archive location

Archiving of the power rating and energy values relevant to billing can be made directly on the PLC-internal SIMATIC Memory Card or in a connected WinCC Professional or WinCC Unified archive.

• Archiving on SIMATIC Memory Card
  The energy data is directly saved on the CPU-internal SIMATIC Memory Card according to the respective archiving period. The data is always available there as a CSV file for direct downloading via the CPU’s web server
• Archiving in the WinCC Professional or WinCC Unified archive
  The basic energy data (power rating and energy values) relevant to billing is saved in the archive of a connected WinCC Professional or WinCC Unified system according to the respective archiving period.
  Buffered communication
  To ensure high data quality, the basic energy data (power rating and energy values) is buffered in the WinCC archive prior to transfer. This data relevant to billing is then still available in the WinCC archive without losses or errors, even after a longer interruption in communication with the archive system (e.g. when restarting the PC or when there is a fault in the IT infrastructure).

Export tool for simple reading of energy data

The power rating and energy data (basic energy values relevant to billing) in the archive of the WinCC Professional or WinCC Unified system can be directly exported from the archive database to an Excel file using the supplied export tool. It is possible to create individual export templates with free selection of measuring points and time periods. These templates can subsequently be started fully automatically, or manually at a time selected by the user (e.g. at the beginning of each month).

Display and monitoring of the energy data

When generating the energy program, the power rating and energy data (basic energy values relevant to billing) of the individual measuring points (acquisition objects) are made available in uniform S7 blocks with standardized data structures. These data include all the relevant configuration data in addition to the current and periodic energy values. Thanks to this central and homogenized provision of data in the S7-CPU, it is very easy to implement additional real-time monitoring and evaluation (e.g. calculation of key statistics) in the control program, as well as uniform visualization of the energy data and energy parameters on HMI and SCADA screens.

Automatic screen generation with SIMATIC Visualization Architect (SiVArc)

Especially in larger configurations, the screens for energy recording and load management objects can be automatically generated through the use of the SiVArc option package, which saves time. To this end, an additional installation of SiVArc on the same station as Energy Suite is required. However, no SiVArc license is required for the exclusive generation of the Energy Suite screens.

PLC-based load management

In the corresponding editors of the TIA Portal, a load management system is first created and a recording object is assigned to it as an infeed signal. The individual actuator objects are then created in this load management system and their basic properties are configured. Actuators of the type consumer, producer and storage can be configured. For each actuator type, a distinction can be made between a binary-switching (on/off) or an analog-switching (0-100%) behavior. After the S7 program has been successfully generated and downloaded to the PLC and WinCC Professional or WinCC Unified Runtime has been activated, the runtime parameters of the load management system and of the associated actuator objects are set – this primarily includes the output limit, the priorities, and the chronological limit values of the actuators. With these settings, if the set output limits are exceeded, the load management system will escalate the configured actuators based on their priority and availability (disconnection of loads or connection of producers). When the current power consumption once again drops below the output limit, the load management system de-escalates these actuators (also in accordance with the respective priorities).

New in V18:

• Support of WinCC Unified
  • Provision of all visualization components for energy data acquisition and load management systems
  • Visualization can be generated completely via the SiVArc. No license costs are incurred for using the SiVArc in the scope of the SIMATIC Energy Suite.
  • In case of a connection failure between PLC and WinCC Unified, the data is buffered on the controller and transferred to WinCC after the connection has been restored
  • The tags required for visualization are license-neutral for WinCC Unified, i.e. they are not counted. Archive tags are counted and must be licensed.
• Introduction of basic load management
  • Analogous to peak load management, energy consumers, producers and storage units are switched based on user-defined priorities
  • The input variable for basic load management is a 10-second moving average power value
  • User-defined upper and lower limits determine how the system switches. The limits can be changed dynamically
• Energy storage units as a new actuator type
  • Energy storage units are supported for basic load and peak load management systems
  • Depending on whether energy is required or available, energy storage units are discharged or charged
• Support of the Software Controller or Open Controller
  • The Open Controller or Software Controller is supported as of firmware 21.9