Design of a Monitoring and Analysis of Energy Consumption System Based on PLC Techniques

In this paper, the authors present an automation application with PLC for monitoring and analysing of energy consumption. The proposed application simulates a water pumping station from a basin, controlled with a PLC. Through this application the water level in basin and electrical energy consumption of the motor pump are monitored. The equipment used in application (S7 1200 Simatic PLC, Sentron PAC3200 Power Monitoring Device and two HMI - TP700 Comfort and KP32F) are connected in PROFINET industrial communication. The presented application is useful for students to get experiences close to those of industrial reality. To provide an experience closer to real world applications the students can use this application in the faculty laboratories.