Technology
ControlByWeb
Industry
Food and Beverage
Client
KFC
Country
Hazmieh, Lebanon
Goals
Monitor freezers and chillers temperature to avoid food waste
Monitoring electricity consumption and receive alerts in case of electricity outage
Reduce energy costs
Historical data log of temperature and energy consumption
Challenges
Freezers and chillers compressors failures
Freezers and chillers doors remain open for more than 30 minutes during restocking
Unscheduled electricity outage
Failure of auxiliary electric UPS backup system
Solutions
ControlbyWeb X-404: Modbus RS485 & Temperature Gateway to log and monitor the data received from Elite 444 meter and the three 1-wire temperature sensors installed in the chillers and freezer
Modbus RS485 Class 1 smart meter: Modbus RS485 Class 1 electric meter with three current transformers (CTs) to measure all parameters of electric consumption and power quality
ControlbyWeb X-600: Secure controller with built-in server used to aggregate and visualize the system data points with widgets, gauges, graphs, trends, and drill down webpages for further data analysis
Results
Food safety and compliance with health regulations
Prevent equipment failures and downtime
Establish a baseline for energy consumption
Design, configure, and install a pilot system for a multinational restaurant which monitors its energy consumption and logs the temperatures of its freezers and chillers. |
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The system has the following features:Provide real time values of all electric parameters like daily and total electric consumption (kWh), electric power (kW), 3 phase currents and voltages, power quality, power factor |
