Digital Twin Application in Thermal System with a Heat Source Unknown

Virtual models capable of predicting the behavior of a physical system are increasing rapidly due to higher requirements for efficient solutions. The advances in industry 4.0 have facilitated connectivity and data processing capabilities which allowed the virtualization of physical systems in a fast way. Therefore, Digital Twin technology has become the center of attention for technological progress, and is described as the integration and communication of data in two ways between the physical system and virtual model. This paper presents a WEG Digital Twin application, capable of integrating motors and controls in the WEGnology IoT platform, that allows the communication with the virtual model and capable of remote control or automatic updates for the physical thermal system, using WEG solutions. This solution provides the increase of energy efficiency, identifies unexpected events during operation, which simplify asset management and generates insights for the design of new products.