Applying an Energy Management System in a Large Automotive Assembly Plant

摘要

An energy management network system has been applied at the Ford automotive assembly plant in Richmond Virginia, to provide electrical and cost information relating to electrical power use in the plant. The system monitors signals from the main incoming power supply utility meters and also reads data from thirty seven meters installed on selected feeders in the plant's internal substations. The metering information, collected by the system, is presented to the user both in real time and historically, via existing workstations connected to the plant's LAN.