It is NOT your boiler that expensive, your energy costs of boiling consumes 94% of the total spendings over a 10 year period!
The “Boiling Point” of the Energy Consuming Building Operations
Since 2022, building operations worldwide will account for roughly 30% of global final energy consumption, which increases to 34% when including the energy required for producing construction materials like cement, steel, and aluminum. Space cooling demand rose by over 3% compared to 2021, while space heating demand fell by 4% due to milder winters in certain regions. Over the past decade, achieving net-zero emissions targets has become increasingly daunting as energy demand in buildings has continuously grown at an average annual rate of just over 1% instead of desirable declining!
Among the energy intensive activities in building operations, heating systems like boilers in commercialised and industrial settings pose significant challenges in meeting operational efficiency. These systems are often responsible for a substantial portion of a facility's overall energy usage. According to recent studies, heating accounts for approximately 40% of global energy consumption, highlighting its critical role in energy efficiency efforts. Moreover, achieving net-zero emissions targets becomes increasingly daunting given the scale of energy consumed by these sectors.
According to Australia's largest boiler producer - O’Brien Boiler, The energy efficiency of boilers significantly affects the long-term cost of steam and hot water production. In which, the long term costs for having a boiler majorly lies in your fuel consumptions rather than its initial set up and maintenance costs.
Challenges in Industrial Boiler Performance Monitoring
However, monitoring the performance of industrial boilers presents unique challenges due to their operation under extreme temperatures and pressures. Typically, industrial boilers can generate very hot temperatures, often exceeding 350 degrees Fahrenheit!
Extreme Operating Conditions: Boilers function under high temperatures and pressures, making traditional manual inspection methods both labor-intensive and hazardous.
Geographical Dispersion: Industrial complexes are often widespread, making continuous human oversight impractical and inefficient.
Automated Monitoring Systems: Although automated systems provide a promising solution, they must endure harsh conditions and ensure reliable data transmission over long distances, which has posed significant technological challenges until recently.
Durable and accuracy of temperature measurements: Precisely measuring temperatures in such extreme conditions is challenging yet sensors or other monitoring equipment must withstand harsh environments without degrading in performance.
Your First Step Towards Boiler Energy Efficiency: Ellenex's Ruggedised Monitoring Solutions
With Specialised experiences and success stories in the field of industrial building management, Ellenex addresses these challenges with our advanced boiler monitoring solutions designed for optimal energy efficiency.
We are proud to present the PTD2 - Low Power Pressure Transmitter for Liquid and Gas Media with Built-in Temperature Sensor.
Leveraged on the top network providers such as LoRaWAN and NB-IoT on Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology, Ellenex is capable of supplying near-real time accurate and durable temperature data in the most energy-efficient way. Regardless of the location of your boiler being remote or hard-to-reach, our advanced communication technology is here to scale with your facilities.
Reduce Downtime: Downtime due to boiler issues was reduced drastically, resulting in substantial cost savings.
Safety Improvements: The implementation of near real-time monitoring led to an exponential reduction in safety incidents, ensuring the well-being of the workforce.
Operational Optimisation: With predictive analytics, maintenance schedules were optimised, resulting in an incredible increase in operational efficiency.
Our software platform offers flexibility and integratable through Webhooks and API integrations with your own existing platforms and data anal, diversely tailor our solutions to the specific needs of different industries.
Join our solutions to overcome these challenges associated with traditional monitoring methods, our technology supports the broader goal of reducing energy consumption and moving towards sustainable, net-zero emissions targets.
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