Illustrative scenario
Engineering plant: energy monitoring
Know where and when electricity is used to cut the bill on evidence.
This is an illustrative scenario with a hypothetical plant, not an Uptrol customer. The figures are estimates from the assumptions listed below, not achieved results.
- Industry
- Machining, pressing, painting
- Assumed size
- 1 main board, 12 sub-boards, electricity bill about 600 million VND/month (assumed)
- Scope
- Energy monitoring, abnormal consumption alerts
- Estimated rollout time
- 3–6 weeks
Estimated benefits
12–30 million VNDBill reduction per month
Headline estimate144–360 million VNDBill reduction per year
13Energy measuring points
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Assumptions
| Electricity bill per month | 600 million VND |
| Reduction from switching off idle loads and shifting loads to off-peak hours | 2–5% |
| Sub-boards with meters | 12 |
Calculation
- 600 million VND × 2–5% = 12–30 million VND
- 12–30 million VND × 12 months = 144–360 million VND
- 12 sub-boards + 1 main board = 13
Actual savings depend on which loads each plant can switch off or move; the system provides data for decisions and does not control equipment.
Context
The hypothetical plant only knows its monthly total. Some sub-boards already have multifunction meters that nobody reads centrally.
There are signs that compressors, air conditioning and dryers run outside production hours, but no data.
What Uptrol deploys
- Connect existing multifunction meters; add meters where missing
- Energy per feeder and per tariff period
- Alerts for consumption outside production, low power factor, phase imbalance
- Weekly and monthly reports; energy per part when combined with machine data
Architecture
- 01Modbus RTU multifunction meters in the boards
- 02Gateway in the electrical room: reads every minute, buffers
- 03Uptrol platform: allocation, comparison, alerts
- 04Reports for the facilities team and management
Steps
- 01Survey the electrical layoutIdentify large loads, existing meters, where to add meters.
- 02Install and connectDuring breaks or planned shutdowns.
- 03ReconcileCompare the sum of feeders with the utility meter.
- 04Alerts and reportsAfter-hours thresholds, reports by tariff period.
Related solution: Energy monitoring · Related software: Uptrol Energy (EMS)