Fish farms
Keep your fish and your finances healthy
In aquaculture, steady power equals steady turnover. As long as your fish are alive and well, production will keep running and generate income, but a half-hour blackout can be enough to kill your valuable fish stocks and delay production. This is bad news for your finances – and for global food production where aquaculture plays a critical role, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
To safeguard against disruptions, you need a reliable emergency power solution capable of keeping the power on at all times, from smolt stations to feed barges. And intelligent, reliable, and flexible control is at the heart of such a solution.
Keep your fish and your finances healthy
DEIF can help you design a backup power control system that keeps your operation running.
Check out the application examples below to see some of the possibilities you get with DEIF expertise and devices.
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Control any fish farm power source
DEIF devices help you design a control system for any fish farm and any power source. Mains, renewables, gensets, or a hybrid combination? Power management, energy management, or both? Standalone off-grid operation, grid connectivity, ancillary services, or all of the above? With DEIF devices, the choice is yours, and you get everything from asset and plant control to load management and the ability to integrate with third-party systems.
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Hybrid emergency power
Backup power has traditionally been provided by diesel generators, but this no longer needs to be the case. With DEIF, you can combine gensets with renewables and batteries in reliable and resilient hybrid solutions that maximise the use of renewable power. You can quickly integrate DEIF generator controllers with PV, battery, and mains controllers and design a solution that gives you high reliability, low carbon emissions – and 24/7 power.
Flexibility and scalability
If your requirements change, you can quickly reconfigure your DEIF controllers to match your evolving needs. They help you scale or change your critical power plant as needed. If you need to add more PV controllers, integrate a battery, or remove a couple of generators, it’s usually a simple matter of simply connecting or disconnecting the controllers. The onboard software is based on our experience from hundreds of critical power applications and does most of the work for you.
Bakkafrost relies on DEIF for critical power control
When blackouts hit the Faroes, fish farms need to be able to keep running and avoid fish death. A DEIF control solution is helping Bakkafrost cope with outages and produce some of the world’s highest quality salmon.
“If we lose power, it’s back in the plant within 23 seconds precisely. We have a good and secure system – one that we can trust,” says Technical Manager Jógvan Hansen.
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Automatic genset controller AGC-4 Mk II
- Automatic Mains Failure sequence
- Multi-master Power Management
- Power Management Core (32dg)
- Power Management Extended (>32dg)
- RMB Transformer maintenance with up to 32 gensets
- PLC logic
- Engine CANbus
- Din rail mount
- Flexible Hardware
- Additional CANbus based I/O (9 x CIO modules)
- Redundant controller
- Redundant CANbus for Power mamangement
- N+X configuration
- Close Before Excitation / Run-up synchronization from 6 seconds
- DEIF digital AVR DVC550 support
- Multi purpose PID´s
- Gridcode compliant with: VDE AR-N 4110/4105 (Medium voltage, Germany, VDE AR-N 4105 (low voltage, Germany, EN 50549-1:2019 (Europe), ENA EREC G99 (United Kingdom)
- Touch Screen Support (TDU107)
- Tier4 final/stage5
- Emulation for easy training and FAT
- Hybrid EMS support (via ASC-4)
- Heavy consumer (via ALC-4)
- Fuel optimisation
- Fully compatible with AGC 150 and ASC-4
- TÜV pending and UL approved
Flexible ESS controller ASC 150 Storage
Single controller:
- Useful for rental and brownfield applications
- Automatically charges and discharges the ESS
- Optimises the diesel genset load for high efficiency and low carbon footprint
- Requires power measurement and breaker feedback for other power sources
- Only one source: Can use the controller's 4th current measurement.
- Multiple power sources: Measurements from:
- Genset controllers (DEIF or third parties)
- Power meters
- Transducers -
Power management communication is not required
Power management:
- Automatically charges and discharges the ESS
- Automatically uses the ESS as spinning reserve for PV and microgrids
- Automatically starts and stops generators
- Automatically closes and opens breakers
- Optimises the diesel genset load for high efficiency and low carbon footprint
- Optimises the fuel consumption
- Balances the loads in the system
- Uses the plant logic
- Makes sure that the system is safe
Advanced Programmable Controller AMC 300
- Fully production tested control system units
- Designed for a lifetime no less than 10 years @ 40 ºC
- Suitable for Offshore, Marine and near shore environments
- Superior robustness to vibrations, bumps and shocks
- Better ESD protection, Surge protection of I/O and Power supply
- Warranty: 2 years (not including wearable parts) with option to 3 years.
- Core specifications:
- Cold start-up/Operating temperature: -40 to 70 °C
- Storage temperature: -40 to 85 °C
- Climate: 55 °C 97 % RH condensing
- Altitude: < 4000 m
- Vibration : 2.1 g (3.2 to 50 Hz) 1.0g (13.2 to 100 Hz)
- Shock: 50 g, 11 ms, half sine
- Bump: 25 g, 6 ms, half sine
- Multifunction I/O modules with 24V DC Digital Inputs, Digital Outputs, Relay Outputs, Voltage / Current Analogue Inputs, Thermocouples, PT100/1000 inputs, Frequency Counter inputs, PWM outputs.
- Direct 3-phase 690 V voltage and 1/5A current measurement with class 0.5 Power measurement
- Modular I/O concept with distributed I/O nodes based on Standard EtherCAT and supporting EtherCAT cable redundancy
- CAN/CANopen, TCP/IP, RS-422/485 serial communication interfaces
- Operating system software with fail-safe update
- DEIF In-house maintained OS
- Real-time Patched Linux
- Discover the device via hostname (mDNS services)
- Web based configuration
- Simplified update procedures (no special tools, same for OS and firmware)
- Secured Certificated based access by standard protocols
- Customer manages all users, rights and credentials
- Network config on build-in 5 port switch (VLANs)
- Network Time protocol support as both Client and Server
- Fail-safe system software start up with two OS images (active and fault-back)
- Fault-tolerant file system
- Open software development with Linux, CODESYS V3 (IEC 61131-3)
- Regular updates to newest CODESYS V3.5 Service Packs
- Modbus TCP Client and Server library
- OPC UA Server (Open62541) library
Programmable automation controller with EtherCAT based I/O AMC 600
General specifications
- Cold start-up/Operating temperature: -40 to 70 °C
- Storage temperature: -40 to 85 °C
- Climate: 55 °C 97 % RH condensing
- Altitude: < 4000 m
- Vibration : 2.1 g (3.2 to 50 Hz) 1.0g (13.2 to 100 Hz)
- Shock: 50 g, 11 ms, half sine
- Bump: 25 g, 6 ms, half sine
- New platform formfactor – height of just 122 mm; depth 114 mm
- Design lifetime of no less than 10 years at 40 ºC surrounding temperatures
- Backplane mounted rack ensuring stable inter-module communication during operation in the entire products lifetime
- Fully production tested control system units lowering in-sourcing costs for series production at customer
- Suitable for Stationary, mobile, wind turbine retrofit
- Increased mechanical robustness
- Increased electrical protection levels ; ESD up to 6kV, up to 4kV on power inputs and 2kV on all signal and communication power for fast transients protections
- Designed the input circuits with protections against failure connections
- Cold start up in very low-temperature without pre-heating
- Proven electronics design for demanding condensing climates
- Built-in standard EtherCAT as native communication protocol for use as distributed I/O
- High density IO modules
- 24V DC Digital Inputs, Digital Outputs, Voltage / Current Analogue Inputs, PT-100 inputs
- Condition monitoring modules with High Frequency Analogue Inputs
- Support for most widely used fieldbusses : CAN/CANopen, PROFINET, RS-422/485, TCP/IP ( OPC UA, Modbus TCP etc. )
- Warranty: 2 years (not including wearable parts) with option to 5 totally years
System software, Operating System and Programming
- Operating system software with fail-safe update
- DEIF In-house maintained OS
- Real-time Patched Linux
- Web based configuration
- Simplified update procedures (no special tools, same for OS and firmware)
- Secured Certificated based access by standard protocols
- Customer manages all users (Operator, Service and Administrator), rights and credentials
- Network configuration of the 2 independent network interfaces.
- Network Time protocol support as Client
- Fail-safe system software start up with two OS images (active and fault-back)
- Fault-tolerant file system
- Web based configuration
- User management
- Programming with CODESYS V3.5 and C/C++
- Regular updates to newest CODESYS V3.5 Service Packs
- Secure Web based visualization
Paralleling & protection GPC 300
- Diesel Generator controller
- Engine and Generator protection
- Engine CANbus
- Generator controller
- Generator breaker control
- Mains connection protection
- Mains connection breaker control
- Mains connection controller
- BTB controller
- BTB connection breaker control
- BTB connection protection
- Single generator with mains connection application
- CODESYS PLC for advanced purpose
- AC protection
- Bus tie breaker control
- Graphical based easy-to-use plant layout
- Synchronization
- PLC logic
- Rear mount
- Flexible Hardware
- Additional I/O racks (9 racks)
- Ethernet Ring connection for Power management
- Redundant breaker feedback
- Colour Display
Automatic sustainable controller ASC-4 Solar
- Solar, storage, wind, Mains and genset integration in hybrid applications
- ASC-4 sustainable controllers and AGC-4 Mk II/AGC 150 let you control up to 32 gensets
- Simple graphical configuration
- Uptime guaranteed through spinning reserve
- Maximised sustainable power penetration
- Load dependent genset start/stop
- Minimum genset load constraint
- Ideal for self-consumption applications
- Highly customisable with user-friendly M-Logic tool
- Control of breaker
- Record time commissioning with DEIF Emulation
- uses and verifies the functions of the real system for test, production and design - Suitable for power management solutions fitted with AGC-4, AGC 150 or AGC 200 genset controllers
- Suitable for stand-alone solutions using multi-instruments such as DEIF’s MIB or MIC
Automatic Sustainable Controller ASC-4 Battery
- Solar, storage, wind, Mains and genset integration in hybrid applications
- ASC-4 sustainable controllers and AGC-4 Mk II/AGC 150 let you control up to 32 gensets
- Applications with up to 16 sustainable power plants
- Simple graphical configuration
- Communicates with BCU, BMS, or PCS over Modbus
- Charging/discharging based on SOC or Schedular Command timers
- Optimal genset load constraint
- Define and change priority of connected power sources
- Controls functions, energy source or power source
- Grid-forming, grid-following, or droop mode (virtual synchronous generator)
- Uptime guaranteed through spinning reserve
- Maximised sustainable power penetration
- Load dependent genset start/stop by PMS or DO
- SOC dependent genset start/stop by DO - Rental
- Minimum genset load constraint
- Ideal for self-consumption applications
- Highly customisable with user-friendly M-Logic tool
- Control of breaker
- Record time commissioning with DEIF Emulation
- uses and verifies the functions of the real system for test, production and design - Suitable for power management solutions fitted with AGC-4, AGC 150 or AGC 200 genset controllers
- Suitable for stand-alone solutions using multi-instruments such as DEIF’s MIB or MIC
Automatic Load Controller ALC-4
- Prioritised load groups
- Anticipated load-dependent start
- Integrated in power management system
- Automatic startup of extra gensets
- Avoid overload of system
- Manual or automatic control of feeders
- Easy setup via USW and intuitive to use
- Easy commissioning, prepare SW setup before commissioning, live status of feeders shown in USW
- Flexible setup of different application types
- CANbus communication, long distance communication (up to 300 m)
- Security of supply – safety based on feeder priority
Touch display units for asset and plant management TDU series
- Plug and play
- Build in AOP (additional operators panel) customizable buttons and status lamps
- Quick instrument selection directly from the screen
- Tier 4 Final support with automatic jump to dedicated Tier4 page
- Visual capability curve with actual working point of the genset
- Easy search functionality in several menus
- Live application supervision
- Possibility to merge alarm and event logs
- Service menu with estimated date for next service
- Live I/O overview
Advanced graphical interface AGI 400
- Wide screen format
- True glass front
- Capacitive touch screen
- Multi-touch and Gestures
- Robust aluminium housing
- SD card slot for easy storage and updating
- USB hosts for printers, accessories, data storage and updating
- Dimmable LED backlight
- Web server for remote access from i.e. mobile devices
- 3 Ethernet ports with integrated switch
- Serial communication (RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485)
- Wide range of support for industrial protocols
- OPC UA Server and Client
- JAVA scripting
- CODESYS V3 (optional)
- Powerful ARM Cortex-A9 processor
- Plug-in module for CANbus (CANopen/J1939)
- Wide operating temperature -20°C to +60°C
- Marine certifications
- Certified for hazardous environments
- Available in 7", 10", 15" and 21" sizes
Digital voltage controller DVC 550
- Unique CANbus integration between DVC 550 and AGC genset controller
- Start management capability with start on threshold, soft start and close before excitation (run-up sync)
- Intelligent drying and ventilation mode for generators
- Short circuit limitation
- Loss of voltage sensing alarm
- Over/under excitation limitation
- Optimises genset performance and size using engine help functions
- Load acceptance module (LAM) assists the generator during heavy loads
- Negative forcing to avoid voltage peak during load sheddin
- U/F ramp
- Soft voltage recovery
- Stator current limitation
- Settings from AGC genset controller shared with the DVC 550 via CANbus
- Grid code compliant VDE410 and VDE4105
