Water, wastewater and district energy utilities can increase decarbonisation and operational efficiency with upgraded digital twin tools from Schneider Electric.

French firm Schneider Electric has upgraded its digital twin tools for water and district energy utilities, EcoStruxure Water Cycle Advisor District Energy (formerly Termis) and Water Simulation (formerly Aquis). These releases, grouped in version 8.2 of the software, deliver benefits to users seeking to increase digital capabilities to ensure efficiency, quality and insight across the water and district energy lifecycles.

With data and formula capabilities, alongside a range of usability improvements, District Energy and Water Simulation deliver on Schneider’s promise to ensure companies improve efficiency while supporting decarbonisation, reducing water and heat loss, and ensuring network operation optimisation.

Modern and digitised water and district energy utilities rely on vast amounts of data to ensure efficiency and quality. To support digital transformation across the lifecycle, both District Energy and Water Simulation now deliver optimised data management performance.

The releases harness asynchronous database data insertion processes, using parallel computing to ensure data are delivered quickly. Similarly, algorithms, including a topological sorter and step tag processor, speed up data processing and deliver efficient historical data reprocessing.

Not only do the upgrades deliver on speed and efficiency in big-data management, but the user experience has been improved to ensure ease of use, no matter the size of the data. For example, importing tens of thousands of real-time tags for online network optimisation can now be completed in a few seconds. The same performance improvements are seen across step functions, processing and reprocessing, reducing computation times from hours to seconds.

Additionally, users can take advantage of improved CSV export functionality. Making the most of the data and calculations made possible through District Energy and Water Simulation, users can export all information related to any object in the model for a given simulation, or a fraction of it, via CSV files.

Water Simulation and District Energy users now also benefit from a formula editor, Neptune. Alongside optimising existing programming functions, users can create custom key performance indicators using C# alongside Roslyn.

“We are dedicated to ensuring that our water utility and district energy customers have the most powerful digital capabilities at their fingertips to reach ambitious goals across quality, efficiency and sustainability, which is particularly important in the context of today’s climate and energy crisis,” said Jose María Santos, product manager at Schneider Electric. “The latest release of District Energy and Water Simulation tools will help users acquire and process external data as well as extend software capabilities by creating custom KPIs safer and faster. We continue to work closely with our partners across the industry to provide the expertise and digital transformation that deliver sustainability and operational advancements.”

Schneider Electric has more than 250 customers using District Energy and Water Simulation worldwide. Many of these, such as VCS Denmark, Kalundborg Forsyning and Olgod Water, will benefit from these upgrades.

Schneider Electric continues to invest in developing digital twin technology for water, wastewater and district energy utilities. The next releases will include AI modules for predictive analytics, improved user experience and performance, and integrability with third-party systems.