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Name of the product(s) | Software developer company / institute | Users / Target Groups | Applications | Main utilities and modules | Main Outputs | Reporting | Data libraries | Program | Language(s) | Free / commercial | different user levels |
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Energy Pro | EMD Denmark | designers of heat, cold and combinded heat and power supply systems | energetic and economic calculation of demands and supply equipments | fuels, supply, demand profile, control strategy, economic and environmental analysis | analysis | automatic report | integrated | windows based | English, German, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian | commercial | no |
IPSEpro | SimTech Simulation Technology (Austria) | energy supply, engineering companies, consultants | quick assessment, detailed engineering, retrofitting, repowering | modular based structure, standardised components, model of a process | energetic and economic analysis and optimisation | integrated | English | commercial | no | ||
RETScreen | NRCan, CETC-Varennes | analysing REW and EE projects | feasibility study for industrial and non.industrial applications (clean eneryg technologies, EE, power, heating, cooling, CHP, CCP, CCHP) | base case, proposed case, energy model, cost analysis, GHG analysis, financial analysis | evaluation of energy production and saving, life cycle costs, emission reduction, financial viability | available | integrated | MS Excel | English | free | no |
GREENIUS | DLR | Renewable energy plant designers | fast assessment tool for renewable energy power plants | project site, technologies, economics | annual energy saving and CO2 emissions | tables and graphs | integrated | English | commercial | no | |
PROFORM 4.0 | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkely Nationale Laboratory | analysing RES and EE projects | RES, biomass, EE, cogeneration, fuel swithcing, lanfdill methane | environmental and financial assessment | CO2 balance and economic indicators | MS Excel | integrated | MS Excel | English | free | no |
PHASt | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IHEA | Industries and auditors of Industrial Processes | process heating assessment | data input, heat balance and improvement possibilities | heat balance, efficiency possibilities | MX Excel | integrated | English | free | no | |
SSAT | US departement of energy | steam systems evaluation | prediction of energy, costs and emission savings | simulation, schema of steam system, environmental emissions, energy and costs saving | areas for rapid improvements | available | MS Excel | English | free | no | |
Cogeneration Ready Reckoner | Australian department of Industry Science and Resources and EcoGeneration Association | designer and analysers | CHP plants | general information, benchmark case, cogeneration case, financial information and results | energy flows, benchmark, cash flow | extensive | integrated | English | free | no | |
CHP Tool | E3M, Inc. For Oak Ridge National Laboratory | consultants and auditors in industry | feasibility of using heat from power generation (technical and economical) | introduction, technical analysis, cost analysis, report | turbine size, economics | 1 page summary | integrated | English | free | no | |
RECIPRO | Thermoflow, Inc. | plant engineers and consultants | selection of applications | different operating scenarios | fuel flows, electricity and heat production and generation | integrated | MS Excel | English | commercial | no | |
Heatmap CHP | Washington State University | designers, planners, engineers, operators, manger and owner | 3D-simulation of CHP system | loads, fueluse and costs, cash flow, annual emissions | integrated | English | commercial | no | |||
GT Pro | Thermoflow, Inc. | plant engineers and consultants | design of gas turbine | numerous modules | design and operation parameters, heat and mass balance, project economics, engineering details | text and graphical output | integrated | English | commercial | no | |
Plant design Expert | Thermoflow, Inc. | design and screening of industrial applications using gas turbines | pre-design of plant | yes | integrated | English | commercial | no | |||
SOAPP-CT.25 | EPRI | plant engineers and analysers | design of gas turbine | design input, heat balance results, scheule, capital costs, O&M costs, cash flow | text output | integrated | English | commercial | no | ||
easyCOGEN.xls | consortium of COGEN Challenge | non-experts | small scale cogeneration projects | load profile, cost and profit projects | profitability of a CHP plant | MS Excel | English | free | no | ||
HORTEB | University Hannover | designers and auditors | design of biomass combustion system | heat demand definition, biomass definition, operating hours | design, costs | MS Excel | MS Excel | German | commercial | no | |
TransENERGY-MEDISCO | CIMNE/EE | engineers and designers | dynamic simulation tool for cooling and heating demands | heat and cold demands, heat supply, heat distribution, cold generation | evaluation of energy production, energy balance, energy losses | standard reports | TRNSYS | English | free | no | |
T*SOL | Valentin EnergieSoftware GmbH | solar thermal plant designers | sanityra hot water, space heating | pre-design, demand and system configuration, simulation, reporting | energy performance indicators, economics | yes | integrated | German, English, Spanish, Italian, French | commercial | no | |
Polysun | SPF | three different user levels (auditors, designers, manufacturers) | sanityra hot water, space heating and swimming ppols | pre-design, demand and system configuration, simulation, reporting | energy performance indicators, economics | yes for different types | integrated | German, English, Spanish, Italian, French, Czech, Portuguese | commercial | yes | |
TRANSOL 3.0 | Aiguasol | Solar Thernmal designers, Energy Managers | Industrial Processes, DHW, Space Heating, Solar Cooling | Quick-design, demand and system configuration, simulation, parametrical analysis, reporting | Energy performance indicators, Economics and Finantial analysis | MS Excel | integrated | German, English, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, French. | commercial | no | |
STESCO software tool | Aiguasol | ESCOs | evaluation of economical viability of slar thermal projects | energy simulation, economic module | solar system energy balance, economic analysis | integrated | English, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, German | free | no | ||
Pfleiderer Novoterm | URSA SLOVENIJA Ltd | designer and auditor | calculation of piping thermal insulation | heat flow, heat transfer | Slovenian | free | no | ||||
TERMIS | 7-technologies | designers and energy services companies | optimising design and operation of district energy network | overview, protecting pipe, steam module, model manager, demand manager, calibration, financial, temperature optimisation, real time, pump otimisation, production optimisation, result manager | simulation of network operation | yes | Polish, Danish, English, German | commercial | no | ||
Audytor SCW | Warsaw University | designers and energy services companies | district heating | heat demand, heat losses | tables and graphs | Polish | commercial | no | |||
EMS Textile | EMS Textile consortium | energy managers, industry, SMEs | Excel spreadsheet for textile useable for other sectors | focus electricity | check of status quo | MS EXCEL | Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Portuguese | no | |||
RECIPE | euRECIPE consortium | Industry, managers, ESCO | plstic industry | savings, benchmark, EE, | benchmarking, auditing, calculation | English | no | ||||
SAVE | EnPro | energy managers, industry, SMEs | industrial plants | checklist, energy audit, guidebook | checklist, energy audit, guidebook | Estonian | no | ||||
PRIME | Wuppertal Institute | developers, energy managers | financial evaluation of saving measures | calculation tool, desicion support tool | calculation tool, desicion support tool | MS Excel | English | no | |||
TRNSYS | University Wisconsin Transsolar Stuttgart |
energy consultants, managers, developers | solar thermal, buildings, heat pumps, storages, cooling, heating | solar thermal, buildings, heat pumps, storages, cooling, heating | solar thermal, buildings, heat pumps, storages, cooling, heating | yes | integrated and types | Fortran | English | commercial | no |
EMSA Tool | Danish Institut for Technology | Energymanagers, designers, consultants, machine developers | Electric Motor Systems (Fans, Pums, conveyors, else) | Motors, VSD, belt drives | Efficiency of whole "motor system" | different reports | Library of test results of efficiency of different belts, motors, VSD at certain load points | English, Danish | free | yes | |
MotorMaster+ | National Electrical Manufacturers Association | Energymanagers, designers, consultants, machine developers | Efficiency of different electric motors | most efficient action for a given repair or motor purchase decision | Different efficiency of different motors | Motors in the US | English/Americab | free | no | ||
AIRMaster+ | US departement of energy | Energymanagers, consultants | AIRMaster+ provides a systematic approach to assessing compressed air systems, analyzing collected data, and reporting results. | baseline existing and model future system operations improvements, and evaluate energy and dollar savings from many energy efficiency measures. | English | free | no | ||||
Pumping System Assessment Tool | US departement of energy | Energymanagers, consultants | It relies on field measurements of flow rate, head, and motor power or current to perform the assessment. Using algorithms from Hydraulic Institute (HI) standards | PSAT estimates existing pump and motor efficiency and calculates the potential energy/cost savings for a system opti-mized to work at peak efficiency. | English | free | no | ||||
Fan System Assessment Tool | US departement of energy | Energymanagers, consultants | FSAT is simple, quick to use, and only requires basic information about fans and the motors that drive them. | With FSAT, users can calculate the amount of energy used by a fan system, determine system efficiency, and quantify the savings potential of an upgraded system. The tool also provides a prescreening filter to identify fan systems that are likely to offer optimization opportunities based on the system’s control, production and maintenance, and effect. | FSAT estimates the work done by the fan system and compares that to the system’s estimated energy input. Using typical per-formance characteristics for fans and motors, indications of po-tential savings (in energy and dollars) are developed. | English | free | no | |||
is SOTEA (Software Tool für effiziente Antriebe - software tool for efficient drives) | S.A.F.E. | Energymanagers, consultants | Industry, Production Companies | top-down methodology: starting with the total annual electricity consumption, all the consumption which is not related to motor systems (e.g. lighting, electric heating, steam production, process heat, etc.) is deducted. | The result is the total consumption of motor systems. | Relying heavily on the average age of motors, SOTEA also estimates the total savings potential, which is often around 10 | Excel | English, German, French, Italian | free | ||
ILI+ (Intelligente Liste - intelligent list | S.A.F.E. | Energymanagers, consultants | Excel-based software tools to help industrial users assess the savings potential of their existing motor systems | to compile a list of motors, from which motors with the highest savings potential can be chosen for a retrofit. | The goal is to help users in identifying a relatively small number of motors which represent a relatively large share of the total possible savings. | Excel | English, German, French, Italian | free | |||
METANIZA | CIEMAT & AINIA | biogas plant promoters, biogas plant operators | Sustainability evaluation of biogas plants | Up to ten co-substrates, calculation of biogas production, dimensioning of the plant, calculation of CO2 emissions, economic incomes and expenditures, economic balance, CO2 balance | economic balances, CO2 balances, warnings if the waste mixture is not ok | yes | integrated | Excel and Java | Spanish | tbd | no |
SOCO | AEE INTEC | energy managers, designers | energetic evaluation | HX and storage deifnition, Pinch, optimisation and simulation | simulated and optimised system, heat losses, energetic evaluation | xml file | partly integrated | C++ | English | tbd | no |
OPTIPOLYGEN | Instituto Superior Tecnico Technical Institute of Serres | energy managers, industry | training manual food industry polygeneration | financial, case study | financial, case study | English | no |
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