EPOC® Suite

With the EPOC^® Suite will take your site to a new level of efficiency. The interaction between energy supply, energy distribution and energy use is optimally controlled and clearly displayed with the help of definable criteria. This means you have existing and future challenges well under control.

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Sebastian Sturm

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EPOC^® – Energy & Production Optimization Control

The challenges for energy-intensive industry and energy suppliers are changing dynamically. Scarce availability causes prices for energy sources to rise massively. The requirements of the “European Green Deal” impose additional costs (CO₂ pricing) and restrictions on fossil fuels in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to compliance with statutory emission limits and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, there is also the parallel challenge of der Cost reduction by reducing the use of primary energy. More and more often, a shortage of skilled workers is also a task to be overcome when staffing the operating team. EPOC® stands for “Energy & Production Optimization Control” and offers a higher-level optimization solution that can be used site-wide. With the core modules from the areas of advanced process control, simulation, energy balancing, diagnostics and monitoring, built with deep process engineering know-how, you get a comprehensive tool to achieve and maintain a maximum efficiency level and adapt to new conditions. The modules can be deployed quickly and are integrated precisely into existing systems. The EPOC^® Suite consists of six standardized process and control engineering modules and the integrated web platform for monitoring, data availability, visualization and reporting. Demand-driven implementation combines fast realization with optimal impact. You benefit from the improvement of the overall efficiency by increasing the degree of automation and the constantly efficient operation of your plants in compliance with legal requirements. Fluctuations in energy demand are optimally managed using forecasting tools in the control of energy supply and distribution. Using less fuel, reducing the CO₂ footprint and optimizing the balance between energy supply and energy use have a direct positive effect in terms of climate protection and costs. Smoother driving and less work due to a significant reduction in the number of manual interventions required are significant from an organizational and economic point of view. Thanks to the simplification and stabilization of (production) processes, productivity and quality are increased. The life and travel time of your equipment will be extended thanks to uniform operation. You can download the EPOC^® implementation project as an investment or without CAPEX via a user agreement. In this case, a usage fee is served via the optimization revenues. EPOC overview drawing In both cases, the implementation is compliant with the EU Taxonomy Regulation on the achievement of climate targets (EU 2020/852). The EPOC^® Cloud enables a clear presentation of your investments and the explicit identification of your contributions to climate protection.

EPOC^® Suite Module

EPOC® Boiler

EPOC® Dryer

EPOC® Industry Specific Solutions

EPOC® Load Hierarchy Management

EPOC® Steam Manager

EPOC® Local & District Heating

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Potential studies

Industry? to the overview

“As part of the upgrade of our fluidized bed boiler by the experts from CONENGA, an SNCR system was also integrated. This not only enables us to stay below the emission limits, it is also stable and reliable in operation after more than a year of use. The SNCR control system was implemented as part of the integrated EPOC® Suite.”

DI (FH) Bernhard Pichler, Project Manager Norske Skog

“Communication with CONENGA is always short and solution-oriented. CONENGA works on its own initiative in close coordination with the plant personnel, which leads to a high level of acceptance of the optimized control of the EPOC® boiler. Commissioning was very efficient and the new control system was able to remain in continuous operation sooner than planned. After a well-coordinated tuning phase with the operating personnel, all the targets set were achieved. We look forward to further projects with the CONENGA engineers.”

Maik Hawrylak, Power Plant Manager EGGER Wood-Based Panels

“CONENGA are good communicators and experts on combustion control with deep process know-how integrated in their control product EPOC® Suite. As a very reliable and self responsible partner our project could proceed according to schedule and problems were detected and solved shortly after.”

Mr. Dae-Yeon Kim Director, G&Tech Global Environment Tech Waste Incineration Plant

Your benefit at a glance

Holistic

Based on a detailed analysis as part of the potential study, we work with you to select the combination of EPOC^® modules and toolboxes to suit your specific system configuration. Necessary adaptations – especially concerning sensors and actuators – are also clarified. Accordingly, in the superordinate EPOC^® Suite, we design the control of the systems included.

Optimizing

The EPOC^® Suite increases the overall performance of the systems included through innovative control concepts that are optimally designed for the processes of energy-intensive industry. The EPOC^® Suite acts as a higher-level control system with different system controls in the existing building and ensures an optimum balance of energy supply and energy use using intelligent forecast models, storage and buffers. Integration into the existing environment is seamless during operation – without downtime and with full cloud connectivity.

Safe

The safety of your system is our top priority, which is why EPOC^® Suite follows a higher-level control strategy that specifies setpoints for existing control loops. This ensures that the existing data stored in EPOC^® will continue to be operated within the process engineering limits and corresponding safety concepts specified by the plant manufacturer. The existing safety concept remains fully in place and is not affected or restricted in any way by the overriding regulation. As a result, your plant runs better and is just as safe as before.

Sustainable

Thanks to improved overall efficiency and a significant reduction in fuel consumption and energy losses in distribution and balancing, the use of EPOC^® Suite optimizes the sustainability of your system in step with the increase in efficiency. This also leads to a reduction in emissions. The EPOC^® Cloud also enables precise reporting on the reduction of your carbon footprint and thus makes a valuable contribution to sustainability reporting.

Holistic

Optimizing

Safe

Sustainable

Integration into the inventory, topology, hardware

The integration of EPOC^® into your IT inventory involves several levels:

EPOC^® PLC (Customer OT): Level with connection to existing control technology
EPOC^® Server (Customer IT): Engineering station, data hub for other data sources
EPOC^® Cloud (External Services): Reporting, service, monitoring, remote maintenance connection

The hardware used for the control systems (PLC) is highly available and can also be designed with redundancy as an option. The connection to the existing infrastructure is carried out with the highest IT and OT security criteria. Between the inventory and EPOC^® there is a signal tracking system that enables skip-free switching. The signal changeover is implemented together with the control technology programmer responsible for the location.

EPOC®-HMI

Our modern HMI provides you with a clear overview of all the important data. In addition to energy balances, current forecasts can also be visualized for both model-based process values and the expected production process.