Hugh Crabtree

Remote monitoring - smart meters or smart thinking?

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1. Hugh Crabtree Director, Farmex
2. Smart meters or smart thinking? Hugh Crabtree - Farmex
3. Smart Meters familiar multiple interface smart meter from Elster
4. Smart thinking? Wireless Meter Wireless Repeater Data Concentrator – uploads to internet
5. Multiple Meter Site Data Upload
6. Industrial/Agricultural Site Extreme scalability
7. Multiple sub-circuit monitoring
8. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 kWh per pig produced F W G F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N 11.3 9.9 11.3 10.2 9.6 7.7 10.9 9.5 10.9 9.6 9.8 9.5 8.9 9.8 8.6 7.4 7.0 7.3 6.6 6.3 7.3 7.5 10.6 8.2 7.9 4.0 2.5 2.7 4.1 2.4 4.6 10.5 7.9 7.5 9.2 5.2 4.9 3.9 2.7 3.2 2.8 1.7 1.7 2.5 5.4 4.4 8.0 8.3 9.6 11.2 11.7 9.8 8.6 5.9 6.7 5.7 5.3 5.5 7.1 6.4 8.5 7.1 7.9 7.2 5.4 3.2 BPEX Energy Monitoring Project
9. US breeder site case study $0.00 $0.50 $1.00 $1.50 Electric Gas Energy Cost per pig produced
10. US Breeder Unit Case Study Summary Number of Units 15 Total Number of Sows 36,240 Size of Unit 1250 – 5000 sows Weaners Produced 718,000 Total Energy Cost $606,914 per year Average Cost per Pig Produced $0.90 Range of Cost per Pig $0.37 - $1.25 Target Cost per Pig $0.55 TARGET SAVING $212,000
11. Monitoring modifies behaviour
12. Impact of Monitoring - 1 Quantified Impact Before After Annual Saving Annual Heating Cost £13,165 £4,288 £8,877 Cost per pig produced £1.27 £0.41 £0.86 kWh per pig produced 14.4 4.7 9.7 Tonnes CO2 per year 81 26 55T Cost <£4,000 Non-quantified benefits Easier Management. Better temperatures. Improved welfare Cause of improvement Feedback of conditions and running costs leading to improved management of ventilation rates
13. Impact of Monitoring - 2 1350 Place Weaner Building Batch 1 Batch 2 Batch 3 Batch 4 Saving Cost per batch £1,206 £736 £436 £469 Cost per pig £0.89 £0.55 £0.32 £0.35 £0.56 kWh per pig 10.2 6.2 3.7 3.9 6.4 Annual Cost £12,546 £4,706 £7,840 Tonnes CO2 77.0 28.9 48.1
14. Impact of Monitoring - 3 4 weaner rooms 170 pigs per room for 4 weeks Before After Saving Annual Cost £1,913 £1,057 £856 Cost per pig £0.22 £0.12 £0.10 kWh per pig 2.5 1.4 1.1 Tonnes CO2 11.7 6.5 5.3
15. Electricity Cost Per Finished Pig kWh/pig Cost/pig Industry Average 40 £3.52 Industry Typical 36 £3.17 ARM 16 £1.41 Source of Data Industry Average – BPEX, CCL Data Typical – Carbon Trust (FEC Services) ARM – Actual measured performance N.B. Average close to typical means there must be some with much worse electricity costs per pig than this!
16. 08-Aug 15-Aug 22-Aug 29-Aug £0 £50 £100 £150 Blanchard Weekly Running Cost Heat Pads Heat pad weekly running costs New Farrowing Rooms
17. Electric Energy Use Per Pig Per Week 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 0 1 2 3 4 5 kWh per Pig per Week Typical Energy Efficient
18. Cumulative Electric Use Per Pig 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 0 10 20 30 40 50 Total kWh Typical Energy Efficient
19. Consumer choice... Welfare Environment
20. Telemetry Bureau Online applications Broadband Connection Farm Office Production Sites Customer Communications
21. Thanks for your attention