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Modeling dispersed heat distribution network in Smallworld

By November 27, 2015December 22nd, 2015District Heating

Globema implemented DH.GIS at ECO Group. DH.GIS is a Smallworld-based system designed for heat distribution network modeling and management. ECO (Energetyka Cieplna Opolszczyzny) is one of the largest Polish district heating network operators. The main goal of the project was to streamline and optimize management of dispersed, multi-city heat network managed by ECO and its subsidiaries.

About ECO Group

ECO Group began operations in 1998 as a local DSO. Today, following a series of successful acquisitions in the heat distribution and production market, ECO renders services across almost half of Poland and are looking to win more clients across the rest of Poland. Energetyka Cieplna Opolszczyzny, with its headquarters in Opole, has a dominant role in the ECO Group.  The Group consists of the following subsidiary companies:

  • ECO Malbork Sp. z o.o.
  • ECO Jelenia Góra Sp. z o.o.
  • ECO Tarnobrzeg Sp. z o.o.
  • ECO Kutno Sp. z o.o.
  • ECO Kogeneracja Sp. z o.o.
  • ECO Ciepło Lokalne I Sp. z o.o.
  • ECO Logistyka Sp. z o.o.
  • ECO Serwis SA

on the right: area of ECO operations in Poland

The primary object of the Group is to generate, transmit, distribute and sell heat and electrical energy, while ECO Serwis engages in heat transmission and distribution and specialises in comprehensive supervision, repair and investment operations for heat networks, stations and sources. ECO Logistyka  trades in heat, in particular supplies coal across the Group and renders specialised services as the Environmental Protection Laboratory.

Project schedule and scope

In the first stage of the project Globema delivered all standard solution components and related licenses. Next, data from digital sources had been migrated into DH.GIS. The system was loaded with heat nodes, heat sources, line segments etc. During the data migration, Globema & ECO consultants conducted technical and business analyses aimed to specify integration methods and flow between selected DH.GIS components, ERP system and other internal IT tools used at ECO. Apart from the core DH.GIS functionality, the following modules were implemented:

  • DH.GIS Dispatcher
  • DH.GIS Outages
  • DH.GIS Alarm network
  • DH.GIS Calculations

The project was completed with professional trainings followed by production roll-out. ECO plans extend DH.GIS further and invest in DH.GIS add-ons and other system components in 2016.

Implementation results

The main result of the project is the obtaining of central platform with unified database for end-to-end dispersed heat network management for all ECO subsidiaries. Other implementation results are:

  • possibility of comprehensive reporting and easy data access
  • streamline of new customer connections
  • dispatching support
  • optimal (precise) network regulation

Selected benefits for ECO

  • Smaller losses, fewer cut-off customers
  • Reduction of stocktaking and maintenance field visits (as well as costs and working time related to them)
  • Reduction of time of accessing documentation
  • Additional revenues from investments designed and performed in shorter periods of time (earlier activations)
  • Greater accuracy of investment decisions
  • Shortening outage area identification time by a dispatcher
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About DH.GIS system

DH.GIS (District Heating Geographic Information System) is a Smallworld-based system designed for heat distribution network operators. The GE Smallworld environment, enriched with Globema functional modules, constitutes a powerful system for fast and convenient data access, reporting, statistics, investment planning and resource management.

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DH.GIS supports the following processes:

  • dispatchers daily work
  • outage management
  • network asset management
  • investment planning
  • customer service.
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