Award-winning!
Next-Generation Heat Network
In an award-winning solar heat network project in Freiburg, 39 apartment buildings each had a solar thermal system installed on their roof. In addition to supplying the individual buildings with heat, the solar thermal systems are integrated into a local heating network. The mondas® IoT platform analyses operational data from more than 4,000 measurement points – in real time.
AI algorithms forecast the operating statuses of the solar systems and the heating demand of each building, so that excess yields from one system can be delivered to buildings whose own system is not expected to generate enough energy to meet demand.
The major advantage of this cooperative form of supply is that heat can be supplied directly to the target buildings and does not need to circulate through the entire heat network. This minimises distribution losses.
What the IoT Platform Can Do
- record and analyse measurement data
- forecast heating demand
- implement AI control algorithms using analytics software
- control smart heat networks
Optimising the Electricity Grid for Economical Operation
With the mondas® IoT platform, the heat network can be run almost exclusively on solar power over the summer months. During the rest of the year, a biogas CHP plant supplies additional heat to the district heating network. District heating can also be added at any given time and for any given building. This, too, minimises energy losses in the network.
At the same time, it makes it possible to operate the biogas CHP plant in response to time-of-use electricity pricing. The CHP plant is then taken into operation for a short time only, for instance to cover peak demand within its own power network. In such cases, the solar heat network functions as a buffer, which saves on electricity costs.
In 2019, the Freiburg solar heat network received the renowned The smarter E AWARD in the Outstanding Projects category.
Enter a New Age With mondas®
Benefit from our experience in the monitoring, control and technical commissioning of heat networks. Digitalisation and IoT are the backbone of smart urban heat networks in the post-fossil era. The share of other renewables in the grid can be considerably increased thanks to analysis and control, while heating losses in the local heating network can be reduced.
Reducing the share of fossil energy in the grid benefits the climate as well as making for lower long-term operating costs.
Connecting heat networks to the mondas® IoT platform also allows cost-efficient monitoring. Operators can continuously monitor and optimise their local heating network. This is particularly recommended whenever the network supplies consumers who have a complex demand structure. AI-based demand forecasts further increase supply security even when weather conditions result in irregular solar irradiance.
This is why it makes sense to integrate the mondas® IoT platform before a heat network is commissioned, in order to detect faults in the control system or electrical connections early on. Faults such as these often reduce the operating efficiency of the entire system.
Connecting the system to the IoT platform helps identify these problems quickly so that they can be immediately resolved.
This allows the heat network to run smoothly with the utmost efficiency right from the word go, making complaints by users and operators a thing of the past.
Typical Users of the mondas® IoT platform
- operators and manufacturers of energy plants and building services equipment
- property owners and building services equipment planners
- manufacturing companies
Typical Application Technologies
Energy Plants
Energy Plants
- heating systems
- boilers
- local heating networks
- combined heat and power (CHP) plants
- solar parks
- large-scale solar thermal systems
- photovoltaic installations
- cooling systems
- heat transfer stations
- heat recovery plants
- heat pumps
Building Technology and Properties
Building Technology and Properties
- ventilation systems
- air conditioning technology
- HVAC systems
- building control systems
- control units
Production Technology
Production Technology
- compressed air systems
- ventilation systems
- air conditioning systems
- air conditioning technology
- heat recovery
- power transmission engineering
- fluid technology
- robotics
- machine tools
- production plants
- recirculation pumps
- furnaces
- conveyor systems
- casting machines
BENEFITS OF MONDAS®
Versatile
mondas®recognises various Fieldbus protocols
Scalable
Once defined, an analysis can be applied to any number of plants
Flexible
Data management on-premises or via the cloud
Case Study
Freiburg-Gutleutmatten district
Energy districts, buildings and heat networks can be quickly and efficiently commissioned using the mondas® IoT platform. Any installation errors are detected during technical commissioning.
Free of Charge with no strings attached
Mondas online demonstration
Join us for a 30-minute online meeting to learn what the IoT platform can do for you.
If you manufacture, operate or monitor a large portfolio of energy installations and building services equipment, or if you work in planning for building services and are looking for a useful tool for efficient building commissioning, we would love to show you the benefits of our mondas® system – free of charge and no strings attached.
Use the calendar to book your online slot. You will receive more details about the meeting along with your booking confirmation.
We look forward to meeting you!
HOW MONDAS® WORKS
Martin Ufheil
» Our building services equipment planners were looking for a tool to help them adjust complex building technology. We’ve found the right solution with mondas®. «
Martin Ufheil, Solares Bauen GmbH, uses mondas® for building commissioning management and monitoring.
Stefan Oexle-Ewert
» We plan and operate combined heat and power plants. mondas® marks the start of a new era in plant monitoring – with sustainably low costs for maintenance and operation. «
Stefan Oexle-Ewert, enerquinn Energiesystemtechnik GmbH, uses mondas® for monitoring CHP plants.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning
» The digitalisation of the energy transition is not just a trend. It’s an essential part of the process. The founding of mondas® opens up another important avenue for our expertise to reach the market. «
Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Michael Kapke, Reich und Hölscher
"Supplying entire residential quarters with heat from renewable energies is necessary - and possible! All that is needed is the consistent use of big data - in simulations prior to system planning as well as in long-term operation. "
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Kapke, owner of the engineering office Reich + Hölscher, Bielefeld
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Book free online demo
Find out if the mondas® IoT platform is suitable for your company in just 30 minutes.
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Preliminary plan
You’ll receive a preliminary plan covering key aspects of the application of the mondas® IoT platform. Includes cost estimate.
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Half-day workshop
Discuss the details with our experts during a half-day workshop at your premises. This can, of course, also be done via video conference.
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Practical test
Select some of your plants to be connected to the mondas® IoT platform. Test us!
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Licence agreement
Were you impressed by the results of the test? Then you can continue by connecting additional plants from your portfolio yourself. Lower maintenance costs, greater efficiency – that’s a promise!
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