Toward a Practical Digital Twin Platform Tailored to the Requirements of Industrial Energy Systems
Digitalization and concepts such as digital twins (DT) are expected to have huge potential to improve efficiency in industry, in particular, in the energy sector. Although the number and maturity of DT concepts is increasing, there is still no standardized framework available for the implementation...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-07-01
|
| Series: | Applied Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/6981 |
| _version_ | 1797441103642755072 |
|---|---|
| author | Lukas Kasper Felix Birkelbach Paul Schwarzmayr Gernot Steindl Daniel Ramsauer René Hofmann |
| author_facet | Lukas Kasper Felix Birkelbach Paul Schwarzmayr Gernot Steindl Daniel Ramsauer René Hofmann |
| author_sort | Lukas Kasper |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Digitalization and concepts such as digital twins (DT) are expected to have huge potential to improve efficiency in industry, in particular, in the energy sector. Although the number and maturity of DT concepts is increasing, there is still no standardized framework available for the implementation of DTs for industrial energy systems (IES). On the one hand, most proposals focus on the conceptual side of components and leave most implementation details unaddressed. Specific implementations, on the other hand, rarely follow recognized reference architectures and standards. Furthermore, most related work on DTs is done in manufacturing, which differs from DTs in energy systems in various aspects, regarding, for example, multiple time-scales, strong nonlinearities and uncertainties. In the present work, we identify the most important requirements for DTs of IES. We propose a DT platform based on the five-dimensional DT modeling concept with a low level of abstraction that is tailored to the identified requirements. We address current technical implementation barriers and provide practical solutions for them. Our work should pave the way to standardized DT platforms and the efficient encapsulation of DT service engineering by domain experts. Thus, DTs could be easy to implement in various IES-related use cases, host any desired models and services, and help get the most out of the individual applications. This ultimately helps bridge the interdisciplinary gap between the latest research on DTs in the domain of computer science and industrial automation and the actual implementation and value creation in the traditional energy sector. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-09T12:18:13Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-af007f9e7f7548dc99a73b5866dcde33 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2076-3417 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-09T12:18:13Z |
| publishDate | 2022-07-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Applied Sciences |
| spelling | doaj.art-af007f9e7f7548dc99a73b5866dcde332023-11-30T22:43:52ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-07-011214698110.3390/app12146981Toward a Practical Digital Twin Platform Tailored to the Requirements of Industrial Energy SystemsLukas Kasper0Felix Birkelbach1Paul Schwarzmayr2Gernot Steindl3Daniel Ramsauer4René Hofmann5Institute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BA/E302, A-1060 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BA/E302, A-1060 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BA/E302, A-1060 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Computer Engineering, TU Wien, Treitlstrasse 3, A-1040 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Computer Engineering, TU Wien, Treitlstrasse 3, A-1040 Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BA/E302, A-1060 Vienna, AustriaDigitalization and concepts such as digital twins (DT) are expected to have huge potential to improve efficiency in industry, in particular, in the energy sector. Although the number and maturity of DT concepts is increasing, there is still no standardized framework available for the implementation of DTs for industrial energy systems (IES). On the one hand, most proposals focus on the conceptual side of components and leave most implementation details unaddressed. Specific implementations, on the other hand, rarely follow recognized reference architectures and standards. Furthermore, most related work on DTs is done in manufacturing, which differs from DTs in energy systems in various aspects, regarding, for example, multiple time-scales, strong nonlinearities and uncertainties. In the present work, we identify the most important requirements for DTs of IES. We propose a DT platform based on the five-dimensional DT modeling concept with a low level of abstraction that is tailored to the identified requirements. We address current technical implementation barriers and provide practical solutions for them. Our work should pave the way to standardized DT platforms and the efficient encapsulation of DT service engineering by domain experts. Thus, DTs could be easy to implement in various IES-related use cases, host any desired models and services, and help get the most out of the individual applications. This ultimately helps bridge the interdisciplinary gap between the latest research on DTs in the domain of computer science and industrial automation and the actual implementation and value creation in the traditional energy sector.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/6981industrial energy systemsintegrated energy systemsdigital twin platformdigital twin requirementsservice engineeringservice-oriented architecture |
| spellingShingle | Lukas Kasper Felix Birkelbach Paul Schwarzmayr Gernot Steindl Daniel Ramsauer René Hofmann Toward a Practical Digital Twin Platform Tailored to the Requirements of Industrial Energy Systems Applied Sciences industrial energy systems integrated energy systems digital twin platform digital twin requirements service engineering service-oriented architecture |
| title | Toward a Practical Digital Twin Platform Tailored to the Requirements of Industrial Energy Systems |
| title_full | Toward a Practical Digital Twin Platform Tailored to the Requirements of Industrial Energy Systems |
| title_fullStr | Toward a Practical Digital Twin Platform Tailored to the Requirements of Industrial Energy Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward a Practical Digital Twin Platform Tailored to the Requirements of Industrial Energy Systems |
| title_short | Toward a Practical Digital Twin Platform Tailored to the Requirements of Industrial Energy Systems |
| title_sort | toward a practical digital twin platform tailored to the requirements of industrial energy systems |
| topic | industrial energy systems integrated energy systems digital twin platform digital twin requirements service engineering service-oriented architecture |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/6981 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT lukaskasper towardapracticaldigitaltwinplatformtailoredtotherequirementsofindustrialenergysystems AT felixbirkelbach towardapracticaldigitaltwinplatformtailoredtotherequirementsofindustrialenergysystems AT paulschwarzmayr towardapracticaldigitaltwinplatformtailoredtotherequirementsofindustrialenergysystems AT gernotsteindl towardapracticaldigitaltwinplatformtailoredtotherequirementsofindustrialenergysystems AT danielramsauer towardapracticaldigitaltwinplatformtailoredtotherequirementsofindustrialenergysystems AT renehofmann towardapracticaldigitaltwinplatformtailoredtotherequirementsofindustrialenergysystems |