Motorsense Project with ABB

To make operation of the large-scale facilities more sustainable, energy consumption should be reduced by using more efficient, reliable and environmentally friendly equipment and processes. CERN, in collaboration with ABB, is undertaking the motorSENSE Project which aims at assessing and improving the energy efficiency and reliability of the cooling and ventilation infrastructure of large-scale research facilities through a case study of the EN-CV infrastructure. The major goals of this project are threefold: 1) Creating a roadmap with the aim of achieving a 10-15% overall energy saving in the EN-CV infrastructure. 2) Creating and validating a digital twin of the EN-CV infrastructure by enabling online diagnostics and predictive maintenance. 3) Publishing the conclusions and learnings from the case study to inspire industries and large-scale research facilities around the world to become more sustainable and reliable. After an introduction to the project, this paper will detail the different project phases and will give a progress status report.