After 30 years in the market, the leading company in the automation of large industrial projects is preparing for the future.
Climate change requires leaving behind fossil fuels and moving towards the use of electricity generated by renewable sources, driving the modernization of electricity systems in Chile and abroad. At the same time, electricity generation is increasingly distributed through “small” and geographically dispersed sources in our country, while in Peru – the other South American country where the company has a presence – an important boom in electrification is expected.
This has given rise to a growing need on the part of Tunning’s mining and industrial customers for electrical network control services. To meet this demand, the company created the new Smart Grids division, headed by engineer Aldo Di Biase.
Aldo Di Biase
Manager of Tunning’s Smart Grids Division.
They will provide consultancy in the initial stages of the projects, then implement the detailed engineering, the interaction of equipment, components and their configuration, and then carry out the tests that will allow the start-up in the field, “then we take charge of the operation or maintenance of the system, to simplify processes and obtain a continuous improvement”, says the new manager.
They will also provide Electrical Control and Protections services, which stabilize the operation of the electrical network; Scada Systems for monitoring and optimal operation; and Energy Management Systems that optimize the electrical network in its integration with other productive systems of the company. These projects will include the generation of Digital Twins in the facilities to test their early stages of development, reduce time and increase quality.
The impact will be economic, by managing a key input such as energy, “only if you know how much energy is spent in each process can you look for its optimization” details Di Biase. In addition, customers will have a modern and flexible system to isolate faults and reduce their impact to a minimum, redirecting resources to critical processes that cannot be stopped.
The benefits will also be environmental, as electricity consumption is an important factor in the carbon footprint of mining and industrial clients. “Managing and optimizing electricity consumption has a direct impact on the environment and can be reported in sustainability reports,” says the engineer. This is in addition to compliance with regulations that respond to the constant evolution of the electrical grid.
To the creation of this new division is added the implementation of a state-of-the-art testing laboratory where training, customer development and testing of the implementations to be carried out “will include hardware and software of various brands, for the development of digital twins; and a small generating plant (home level) to simulate real situations,” concludes Di Biase.
