MEASUR v0.10.0-beta

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.

MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.

MEASUR now includes 7 Assessment Modules, 1 Inventory Module, 1 Data Analysis Module, and 72 calculators!

Release Notes v0.10.0
Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 or later are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.

Application

• Added: A gear icon next to the folder and home to navigate to settings
• Added: Ability to bulk move assessments in dashboard
• Added: Ability to set global print settings within the global settings
• Added: Additional pie chart to roll up reports reflecting energy & cost savings per equipment
• Enhancement: Updated text for the "Restore System Settings" button in Settings to clarify the options when using the button
• Fixed: Improved copy-table strings so no longer concatenating strings
• Fixed: Made sure accept button on modal windows match color of assessment
• Removed: Help text tables about allowed data ranges that were not helpful (example: minimum of zero, no maximum)
• Updated: Acknowledgements with names of new experts for Compressed Air and new developers, inters, and ORNL staff

Calculators

• Added: Standalone calculator for estimating full load amps of a motor
• Added: Standalone calculator for estimating the impact of altitude on atmospheric pressure
• Enhanced: Compressed Air Reduction calculator so that users can choose between entering measured or rated data
• Fixed: Bug where some calculators were showing "Results" when default was set to "Help"
• Fixed: Missing help text for Pump Type in Achievable Efficiency and Specific Speed Calculators
• Fixed: Small bug in blowdown rate calculator
• Fixed: Various instances where the calculator’s name in help text was incorrect
• Updated: Changed dropdown menus in Carbon Calculator to match online tool
• Updated: Order of calculators after several new calculator additions

Data Explorer

• Added: Functionality to help users make sure their full timestamp is preserved if importing from excel (cannot recover full timestamps from csv files)
• Added: Import/Export Functionality for Data Explorer explorations (including day type analysis, data visualizations)
• Added: Screen loading message for importing excel or csv files
• Added: Scroll bar on left side of screen
• Added: The ability for users to import excel and specify which worksheet to import
• Updated: Help text to provide guidance on changes

Compressed Air

• Enhanced: reported units for System Capacity calculator switched to gal for imperial units
• Fixed: Unit mislabel in Receiver Tank - Metered Storage calculator
• New Feature: A new module for estimating energy and savings potential for compressed air systems
• New Feature: Set up an hourly profile or a single hour day type for analysis
• New Feature: Compressed air reports
• New Feature: Integration of data explorer day types with compressed air data entry
• New Feature: Database of generic compressors
• New Feature: Example compressed air system analysis
• New Feature: Graphs to understand load and air flow of compressor system
• New Feature: Several predefined savings opportunities in Assessment

Pumps

• Added: Ability to compare two pumps’ performance side-by-side (instead of performing a what-if analysis)
• Added: Notes for modifications show up in report
• Added: Operations page and moved relevant data (operating hours and electricity cost) to match other assessments
• Fixed: Bug relating to validation of "other" fluid
• Fixed: Pumps API service bug

Fans

• Added: Ability to compare two fan's performance side-by-side (instead of performing a what-if analysis)
• Added: Ability to import traverse data from csv template
• Added: In traverse calculator, copied the figure from the fan input help text into the fan results table
• Added: Notes for modifications show up in report
• Added: Operations page and moved relevant data (operating hours and electricity cost) to match other assessments
• Added: Results of psychrometric analysis and traverse calculator are included in fan report
• Enhanced: Combined the Fluid & Fan tabs to match Pumps Assessment
• Fixed: Bug in the pitot tube static pressure readings table rendering
• Fixed: Bug relating to validation of velocity pressure entry in "Estimate" modals for inlet and outlet pressures
• Fixed: Various bugs in the psychrometric calculations within assessment

Process Heating

• Added: Additional graph to electrotechnologies to illustrate the amounts of chemical and electrical heat input
• Added: Calculation assistance via modal for the calculation of moisture in combustion air using psychrometric calculator
• Added: Calculator for estimating the cost of blended/mixed fuels
• Added: Min/Max help text table to applicable fields
• Enhanced: Default values for new fields so importing older assessments will not cause crash
• Enhanced: Flue gas calculations now account for moisture in combustion air
• Enhanced: Users can now set ambient air temperature for flue gas calculations
• Fixed: Adding PHAST materials/fuels/etc. updates options in modification
• Fixed: Bug where Fuel Temperature was not undergoing unit conversion when switching units within an assessment
• Fixed: Bug where properties being set as an empty string instead of a number
• Fixed: Bugs causing console errors
• Fixed: Flue gas page displaying wrong help text
• Fixed: Heat Cascading - field "Higher Heating Value" is filled by choice for fuel
• Fixed: Validation bug in Efficiency Improvement calculator
• Fixed: Validation in Charge materials to now allow users to have the same inlet and outlet temperature (heat loss of zero instead of an error)
• Fixed: Various other issues with Heat Cascading calculator
• Updated: Various backend settings to adjust for new available heat algorithm

Steam

• Added: Help text to operating hours field
• Added: New calculator for estimating savings from installing a condensing heat exchanger (condensing economizer)
• Added: New calculator for estimating savings from installing a boiler feedwater economizer
• Added: Service to conduct the conversions of input/output data
• Enhanced: Changed field name of "Flash Condensate Into Header" to "Flash Condensate Coming into Header" and updated help text to improve user understandability
• Fixed: Bug relating to rows in the losses table with zero value not showing up if the equipment is present
• Fixed: The white background of each column extends to the full height of the container
• Updated: Diagram page to match setup of Sankey page

Treasure Hunt

• Added: More error feedback when user tries to import a Treasure Hunt Opportunities json into the desktop
• Added: Several process heating and steam calculators to Treasure Hunt
• Fixed: Added button to Process Heating TH calcs to choose what fuel (Natural Gas or other) for the calculator to add savings to
• Fixed: Bugs relating to importing old assessments
• Fixed: Calculation error in Heat Cascading
• Fixed: Various issues with calculator icon displays

Motor Inventory

Wastewater

• Fixed: Bugs relating to report tables not having values
• Updated: New modification to have a default name

Process Cooling

• Updated: Psychrometric Calculator description

Known Issues:

• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export in Windows Download menu can delete the file extension (.json)
• Assessments made in a previous major release may experience errors
• Import files made in a previous major release may not be useable due to field additions/removals

MEASUR v0.9.2-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.

MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.

MEASUR now includes 6 Assessment Modules, 1 Inventory Module, 1 Data Analysis Module, and 67 calculators!

Release Notes v0.9.2
Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 or later are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.

Application

• Added: Home and dashboard buttons to Settings Page
• Added: Total row to various charts in Rollup Report
• Enhanced: Cleaned up home page spacing, added Data Analysis short cut to home card
• Enhanced: Increased number of displayed digits for electricity cost in dashboard settings
• Fixed: Bug causing pre-assessments to not show up in dashboard

Calculators

• Fixed: Bug in CO2 Emissions Calculator relating to unit conversion
• Updated: eGrid emissions factors for CO2 Emissions Calculator

Compressed Air

• Fixed: Compressed Air Pressure Reduction's baseline energy consumption calculation not adjusting for using sub-rated power

Pumps

• Fixed: Returned the "Field Voltage" data field to "Field Data" tab for modifications and added expanded help text and warnings
• Fixed: Units in results tables and input summary table

Fans

• Added: Fan Assessment Scorecard calculator
• Added: Plane diagram added to help text for Traverse Calculator
• Enhanced: "Calculate ... Pressure" modals to add field for velocity pressure if using Total Pressure for calculations
• Enhanced: Changed default for Fan Traverse plane 3 Dry bulb temperature to equal that set in "Fluid" tab
• Enhanced: Help text for Fan Traverse plane 3 Dry bulb temperature
• Enhanced: Turned off ability to change values with arrow keys for Pitot Tube Readings Table
• Fixed: Fan Energy Index using incorrect power value for calculations
• Fixed: Returned the "Field Voltage" data field to "Field Data" tab for modifications and added expanded help text and warnings
• Fixed: Units in results tables and input summary table

Process Heating

• Added: Several standalone calculators to Treasure Hunt
• Enhanced: Changed order of data fields in "Auxiliary Equipment" tab
• Enhanced: User workflow for O2 Enrichment calculator
• Fixed: Capitalization in Explore Opportunities
• Fixed: Size of icons within icon box for new standalone calculators
• Fixed: Units for Heat Capacity in Slag Loss calculator

Steam

• Enhanced: Separated "Stack Loss" arrow in Sankey to "Stack Loss" and "Blowdown"
• Fixed: Algorithm for "Outlet Ideal" for the Steam Turbine calculator

Treasure Hunt

• Added: PH Flue gas loss calculator
• Added: PH Leakage loss calculator
• Added: PH Opening loss calculator
• Added: PH Wall loss calculator
• Enhanced: Treasure Hunt design

Wastewater

• Added: Wastewater to filters in Dashboard

Release Notes v0.9.1
Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 or later are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.

Calculators

• Enhanced: Reduced the number of decimal places for enthalpy and temperature in Steam and Saturated Properties Calculators
• Fixed: Unit labels for table within Steam Properties Calculator

Fans

• Fixed: Breaking bug relating to updating older fan assessments without modifications

Release Notes v0.9.0
Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 or later are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.
Application

• Enhanced: Added modal and new interface for changing units within assessment
• Fixed: Small icons in folders not displaying properly for some cards
• Updated: Acknowledgements page with new developer and Dr. Larry Moore as a subject matter expert

Calculators

• Enhanced: Moved Psychrometric calculator to Process Cooling Folder
• Fixed: Allowed relative humidity = 0 in Psychrometric calculator
• Fixed: Pre-assessment screening calculator results labels (from per hour to per year)
• Updated: Ordered the calculator groups in sidebar and calculator page

Data Explorer

Compressed Air

• Fixed: Calculations in Compressed Air Reduction and Air Leak Survey Calculators relating to displayed savings and modification energy (relating to Compressor Control Adjustment Factor)
• Fixed: Unit labels, returned decimal points, and help text for Compressed Air Reduction and Air Leak Survey Calculators

Pumps

• Removed: Left side results for fluid power and option to choose baseline / modification for Point 2 in pump curve calculator
• Updated: Set default values for most fields to blank or zero

Fans

• Added: Validation for Plane 3 Static Pressure in "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal
• Added: Validation to flow rate
• Enhanced: Added Inlet velocity pressure field for if other pressure fields are static, with small calculation assistance
• Enhanced: Added toggle for users to specific if pressure fields are static or total pressure
• Enhanced: Changed the information shown in Report > Input Summary for the modification fan type (if custom efficiency is specified) and motor power or current to " --" as no user input is given for those fields
• Enhanced: Changed the order of the results from the Fan Fluid tab to match the Psychrometric calculator
• Enhanced: Moved the field "Specific Heat Ratio" from Field Data tab to Fluid tab
• Fixed: Allowed inlet pressure to be greater than zero and outlet pressure to be less than zero (with warnings instead of errors)
• Fixed: Allowed relative humidity = 0 in Fluid tab
• Fixed: Bug effecting number of static pressure readings in table
• Fixed: Bug effecting the displayed fan type in explore opportunities
• Fixed: Bug relating to assigning inlet pressure value after using "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal
• Fixed: Bug relating to barometric pressure used and displayed on plane tabs
• Fixed: Bug relating to density calculations within the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal not based on density from Fan Fluid tab
• Fixed: Fluid page dropdown menu option labels
• Fixed: Incorrect calculation used for left side Velocity result in Plane 3 tabs
• Fixed: Static pressure for planes 4 & 5 in the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal and Fan Traverse Calculator were missing
• Removed: "Corrected" fields from modal version of fan traverse analysis
• Removed: "Gas Relative Density" field from Fluid tab
• Removed: Left side results for fluid power and option to choose baseline / modification for Point 2 in Fan curve calculator
• Removed: Standalone "Fan Travers Analysis" from calculators in fan assessments
• Updated: Set default values for most fields to blank or zero (including within the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal)
• Updated: Various verbiage, field name, and field order update

Process Heating

• Added: Calculator for utilizing waste heat in an absorption chiller - Waste Heat for Absorption Chiller (suite & desktop)
• Added: Calculator for utilizing waste heat to heat secondary processes - Heat Cascade (suite & desktop)
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Cooling Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Fixture Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Leakage Losses
• Enhanced: Minor adjustments to results presentation for Air Heating Calculator
• Fixed: Bug relating to calculations not refreshing after using Available Heat Modal in Wall and Opening Loss standalone calculators
• Fixed: Design Energy Use and Metered Energy comparison results not on same scale (per hour vs per year)
• Fixed: Small visual bug in calculators with several losses
• Fixed: Text for Explore Opportunities Project relating to Atmosphere Losses was missing

Steam

• Added: Calculator for utilizing vent steam to heat water (suite & desktop)
• Enhanced: Moved field for return condensate temperature above High Pressure Header

Treasure Hunt

• Enhanced: Donut graphs for utility expenditures have "Current Cost" in center and percents for the two segments

Motor Inventory

Wastewater (new feature)

• New Feature: A new module for estimating energy and savings potential for wastewater facilities aeration equipment
• New Feature: Automated calculation functionally for key energy savings variables (Dissolved O2 concentration and Motor Speed, Operating hours)
• New Feature: Ability to use MLSS or SRT as control point for calculations
• New Feature: Example wastewater analysis
• New Feature: Graphs to view impact of MLSS or SRT on key parameters
• New Feature: Several functional units for comparing wastewater facilities in Roll Up
• New Feature: Several predefined savings opportunities in Explore Opportunities

Known Issues:

• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export...

MEASUR v0.9.1-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.
MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.

Release Notes v0.9.1
Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 or later are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.

Calculators

• Enhanced: Reduced the number of decimal places for enthalpy and temperature in Steam and Saturated Properties Calculators
• Fixed: Unit labels for table within Steam Properties Calculator
• Fixed: Icon sizes for process heating calculators

Fans

• Fixed: Breaking bug relating to updating older fan assessments without modifications

Release Notes v0.9.0
Application

• Enhanced: Added modal and new interface for changing units within assessment
• Fixed: Small icons in folders not displaying properly for some cards
• Updated: Acknowledgements page with new developer and Dr. Larry Moore as a subject matter expert

Calculators

• Enhanced: Moved Psychrometric calculator to Process Cooling Folder
• Fixed: Allowed relative humidity = 0 in Psychrometric calculator
• Fixed: Pre-assessment screening calculator results labels (from per hour to per year)
• Updated: Ordered the calculator groups in sidebar and calculator page

Data Explorer

Compressed Air

• Fixed: Calculations in Compressed Air Reduction and Air Leak Survey Calculators relating to displayed savings and modification energy (relating to Compressor Control Adjustment Factor)
• Fixed: Unit labels, returned decimal points, and help text for Compressed Air Reduction and Air Leak Survey Calculators

Pumps

• Removed: Left side results for fluid power and option to choose baseline / modification for Point 2 in pump curve calculator
• Updated: Set default values for most fields to blank or zero

Fans

• Added: Validation for Plane 3 Static Pressure in "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal
• Added: Validation to flow rate
• Enhanced: Added Inlet velocity pressure field for if other pressure fields are static, with small calculation assistance
• Enhanced: Added toggle for users to specific if pressure fields are static or total pressure
• Enhanced: Changed the information shown in Report > Input Summary for the modification fan type (if custom efficiency is specified) and motor power or current to " --" as no user input is given for those fields
• Enhanced: Changed the order of the results from the Fan Fluid tab to match the Psychrometric calculator
• Enhanced: Moved the field "Specific Heat Ratio" from Field Data tab to Fluid tab
• Fixed: Allowed inlet pressure to be greater than zero and outlet pressure to be less than zero (with warnings instead of errors)
• Fixed: Allowed relative humidity = 0 in Fluid tab
• Fixed: Bug effecting number of static pressure readings in table
• Fixed: Bug effecting the displayed fan type in explore opportunities
• Fixed: Bug relating to assigning inlet pressure value after using "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal
• Fixed: Bug relating to barometric pressure used and displayed on plane tabs
• Fixed: Bug relating to density calculations within the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal not based on density from Fan Fluid tab
• Fixed: Fluid page dropdown menu option labels
• Fixed: Incorrect calculation used for left side Velocity result in Plane 3 tabs
• Fixed: Static pressure for planes 4 & 5 in the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal and Fan Traverse Calculator were missing
• Removed: "Corrected" fields from modal version of fan traverse analysis
• Removed: "Gas Relative Density" field from Fluid tab
• Removed: Left side results for fluid power and option to choose baseline / modification for Point 2 in Fan curve calculator
• Removed: Standalone "Fan Travers Analysis" from calculators in fan assessments
• Updated: Set default values for most fields to blank or zero (including within the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal)
• Updated: Various verbiage, field name, and field order update

Process Heating

• Added: Calculator for utilizing waste heat in an absorption chiller - Waste Heat for Absorption Chiller (suite & desktop)
• Added: Calculator for utilizing waste heat to heat secondary processes - Heat Cascade (suite & desktop)
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Cooling Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Fixture Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Leakage Losses
• Enhanced: Minor adjustments to results presentation for Air Heating Calculator
• Fixed: Bug relating to calculations not refreshing after using Available Heat Modal in Wall and Opening Loss standalone calculators
• Fixed: Design Energy Use and Metered Energy comparison results not on same scale (per hour vs per year)
• Fixed: Small visual bug in calculators with several losses
• Fixed: Text for Explore Opportunities Project relating to Atmosphere Losses was missing

Steam

• Added: Calculator for utilizing vent steam to heat water (suite & desktop)
• Enhanced: Moved field for return condensate temperature above High Pressure Header

Treasure Hunt

• Enhanced: Donut graphs for utility expenditures have "Current Cost" in center and percents for the two segments

Motor Inventory

Wastewater (new feature)

• New Feature: A new module for estimating energy and savings potential for wastewater facilities aeration equipment
• New Feature: Automated calculation functionally for key energy savings variables (Dissolved O2 concentration and Motor Speed, Operating hours)
• New Feature: Ability to use MLSS or SRT as control point for calculations
• New Feature: Example wastewater analysis
• New Feature: Graphs to view impact of MLSS or SRT on key parameters
• New Feature: Several functional units for comparing wastewater facilities in Roll Up
• New Feature: Several predefined savings opportunities in Explore Opportunities

Known Issues:

• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export in Windows Download menu can delete the file extension (.json)
• Assessments made in a previous major release may experience errors
• Import files made in a previous major release may not be useable due to field additions/removals

MEASUR v0.9.0-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.
MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.

Release Notes v0.9.0
Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 or later are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.

Application

• Enhanced: Added modal and new interface for changing units within assessment
• Fixed: Small icons in folders not displaying properly for some cards
• Updated: Acknowledgements page with new developer and Dr. Larry Moore as a subject matter expert

Calculators

• Enhanced: Moved Psychrometric calculator to Process Cooling Folder
• Fixed: Allowed relative humidity = 0 in Psychrometric calculator
• Fixed: Pre-assessment screening calculator results labels (from per hour to per year)
• Updated: Ordered the calculator groups in sidebar and calculator page

Data Explorer

Compressed Air

• Fixed: Calculations in Compressed Air Reduction and Air Leak Survey Calculators relating to displayed savings and modification energy (relating to Compressor Control Adjustment Factor)
• Fixed: Unit labels, returned decimal points, and help text for Compressed Air Reduction and Air Leak Survey Calculators

Pumps

• Removed: Left side results for fluid power and option to choose baseline / modification for Point 2 in pump curve calculator
• Updated: Set default values for most fields to blank or zero

Fans

• Added: Validation for Plane 3 Static Pressure in "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal
• Added: Validation to flow rate
• Enhanced: Added Inlet velocity pressure field for if other pressure fields are static, with small calculation assistance
• Enhanced: Added toggle for users to specific if pressure fields are static or total pressure
• Enhanced: Changed the information shown in Report > Input Summary for the modification fan type (if custom efficiency is specified) and motor power or current to " --" as no user input is given for those fields
• Enhanced: Changed the order of the results from the Fan Fluid tab to match the Psychrometric calculator
• Enhanced: Moved the field "Specific Heat Ratio" from Field Data tab to Fluid tab
• Fixed: Allowed inlet pressure to be greater than zero and outlet pressure to be less than zero (with warnings instead of errors)
• Fixed: Allowed relative humidity = 0 in Fluid tab
• Fixed: Bug effecting number of static pressure readings in table
• Fixed: Bug effecting the displayed fan type in explore opportunities
• Fixed: Bug relating to assigning inlet pressure value after using "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal
• Fixed: Bug relating to barometric pressure used and displayed on plane tabs
• Fixed: Bug relating to density calculations within the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal not based on density from Fan Fluid tab
• Fixed: Fluid page dropdown menu option labels
• Fixed: Incorrect calculation used for left side Velocity result in Plane 3 tabs
• Fixed: Static pressure for planes 4 & 5 in the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal and Fan Traverse Calculator were missing
• Removed: "Corrected" fields from modal version of fan traverse analysis
• Removed: "Gas Relative Density" field from Fluid tab
• Removed: Left side results for fluid power and option to choose baseline / modification for Point 2 in Fan curve calculator
• Removed: Standalone "Fan Travers Analysis" from calculators in fan assessments
• Updated: Set default values for most fields to blank or zero (including within the "Calculate Flow and Pressures" modal)
• Updated: Various verbiage, field name, and field order update

Process Heating

• Added: Calculator for utilizing waste heat in an absorption chiller - Waste Heat for Absorption Chiller (suite & desktop)
• Added: Calculator for utilizing waste heat to heat secondary processes - Heat Cascade (suite & desktop)
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Cooling Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Fixture Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Leakage Losses
• Enhanced: Minor adjustments to results presentation for Air Heating Calculator
• Fixed: Bug relating to calculations not refreshing after using Available Heat Modal in Wall and Opening Loss standalone calculators
• Fixed: Design Energy Use and Metered Energy comparison results not on same scale (per hour vs per year)
• Fixed: Small visual bug in calculators with several losses
• Fixed: Text for Explore Opportunities Project relating to Atmosphere Losses was missing

Steam

• Added: Calculator for utilizing vent steam to heat water (suite & desktop)
• Enhanced: Moved field for return condensate temperature above High Pressure Header

Treasure Hunt

• Enhanced: Donut graphs for utility expenditures have "Current Cost" in center and percents for the two segments

Motor Inventory

Wastewater (new feature)

• New Feature: A new module for estimating energy and savings potential for wastewater facilities aeration equipment
• New Feature: Automated calculation functionally for key energy savings variables (Dissolved O2 concentration and Motor Speed, Operating hours)
• New Feature: Ability to use MLSS or SRT as control point for calculations
• New Feature: Example wastewater analysis
• New Feature: Graphs to view impact of MLSS or SRT on key parameters
• New Feature: Several functional units for comparing wastewater facilities in Roll Up
• New Feature: Several predefined savings opportunities in Explore Opportunities

Known Issues:

• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export in Windows Download menu can delete the file extension (.json)
• Assessments made in a previous major release may experience errors
• Import files made in a previous major release may not be useable due to field additions/removals

MEASUR v0.8.2-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.
MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.
Release Notes v0.8.2

Application

• Enhanced: Cleaned up common logic used in the creation of assessments and settings initialization

Calculators

• Added: New folder for Water/Wastewater Calculators
• Added: Oxygen Utilization Rate Calculator
• Fixed: Calcuation error in subcalcuation for pressure at different elevations used in multiple calculators
• Fixed: Legend, Y-axis, and Hover text in "Motor Performance Calculator" to read "Power Factor" instead of "Power"

Pumps

• Enhanced: Added warning to FLA if entered value deviating more than 5% from calculated (to account for changes to FLA when creating modifications)
• Enhanced: Can set values displayed in Sankey to loss percent, loss power value, both
• Fixed: Bug causing application to crash when printing an assessment for the second time if the app hasn't been restarted in-between (due to Electron issue)

Fans

• Added: Displaying results for air velocity in the cross section
• Added: Option to calculate Static Pressure in Traverse Planes (Plane 3s) based on Traverse data (instead of single user input)
• Enhanced: "Fan Traverse Calculator" - added help text for each plane to help match measurement location to plane number
• Enhanced: Added warning to FLA if entered value deviating more than 5% from calculated (to account for changes to FLA when creating modifications)
• Enhanced: Can set values displayed in Sankey to loss percent, loss power value, both
• Enhanced: Changed references (field names, tab names, help text) to "Power" to be "Fan Shaft Power"
• Enhanced: Increased the precision of fan pressure (imperial units) in the fan/system curve to two decimal points
• Enhanced: Order of planes in results table matches order in fan air flow
• Enhanced: Reduced displayed decimal places for current inputs and results
• Fixed: Calculations for "Clear Area" in Fan Traverse calculator
• Updated: No longer have to enter barometric pressure for each plane, added dropdown on i tab to toggle "Variation in planar barometric pressure"

Process Heating

• Added: Calculator for estimating savings from using flue gas to heat process or HVAC air (suite & desktop issues)
• Added: Calculations for estimating the stoichiometric volume or mass of air needed for combustion (suite)
• Added: Calculation button for "Opening" Loss page's View Factor Field
• Added: Modal calculator version of Flue Gas Losses, to be used in other standalone calculators
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Atmosphere Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Charge Materials Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Flue Gas Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Opening Losses
• Added: Standalone calculator version of Wall Losses
• Added: Warnings for "Opening" Loss page's View Factor Field deviating more than 5% from calculated
• Enhanced: Added help text to "Electricity Input" to reflect changes
• Enhanced: Added more help text for some fields
• Enhanced: Added warning to "Electricity Input" field that triggers when Exhaust Gas Loss is less than zero
• Enhanced: Can set values displayed in Sankey to loss percent, loss power value, both
• Enhanced: Field naming throughout assessment is more consitant and simplier
• Enhanced: If user does not enter data into Electric Arc Furnaces' "Exhaust Gas" Loss page, then MEASUR will calculate loss from total energy inputs
• Fixed: Bug relating to app trying to retrieve a database item that does not exist (custom materials, fuels, etc.)
• Fixed: Calculations relating to the application of steam-based process heater's efficiency to gross heat
• Fixed: Error on new/imported assessment opening
• Fixed: Several style/consistency improvements
• Updated: Converted process heating sankey over to plotly - allows for better inclusion of exothermic heat and multiple heat sources (electrotechnologies)
• Updated: Users can now change the energy source type of a created assessment if there is no data entered on any loss page
• Updated: Validation for all loss pages and new standalone calculators to have red (calculation stopping) and yellow (just warning) validation

Steam

• Added: "Returned Steam and Condensate" row to the "Losses" page
• Added: Sankey diagram
• Enhanced: Can set values displayed in Sankey to loss percent, loss power value, both
• Fixed: Calculation of blowdown losses when there is a blowdown flash tank
• Fixed: Unit conversion of Venting losses

Treasure Hunt

• Enhanced: Added more help text for some fields in "Compressed Air Leak Survey"
• Enhanced: Help text within the "Compressed Air Reduction Calculator"
• Fixed: Baseline & Modified cost values now reflect values entered in "Facility Basics"
• Fixed: Bug in Treasure Chest after editing "Custom Opportunitiy Sheet"
• Fixed: Bug setting Additional Equipments' Utility Type to "Compressed Air" in "Compressed Air Reduction Calculator"
• Fixed: How "Other Savings" are allocated in "Treasure Chest" Gauge tables, Executive Summary tables, Opportunities Summaries tables
• Fixed: Issue where graphs were not printing in report
• Fixed: Several small issues relating to compressor specific power and control in "Compressed Air Leak Survey" and "Compressed Air Reduction Calculator" (suite & desktop issues)

Motor Inventory

• Added: Printing to Motor Inventory Motor Details Page

Release Notes v0.8.1
Application

• Enhanced: Sidebar Add Item button allows ability to add an Inventory item
  Calculators
• Enhanced: Efficiency Improvement graph with additional data and functionalities.
• Enhanced: Pump and Fan System Curve graphs
• Added: Power line graph to Pump and Fan System Curve calculator
• Updated: Electricity Reduction to hide Operational Frequency when not a VFD
• Updated: Changed compressor control list values
  Motor Inventory
• Fixed: Bug relating to graphs overlapping on Analysis screen
• Fixed: Example inventory department descriptions
• Fixed: Bug relating to generic motor database filtering
• Updated: Default selected motor fields to be tracked in the inventory
• Enhanced: Add equation for calculating energy use to help text
• Enhanced: Indicated which fields are used for calculating energy use
  Pumps
• Fixed: Example has Full Load Amps equal to the calculated value
• Updated: Converted pump sankey over to plotly
  Fans
• Updated: Converted fan sankey over to plotly
  Data Explorer
• Enhanced: Allow users ability to pick the header row of logger files

Release Notes v.0.8.0
Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.
Application

• Updated: About page for Data Explorer and Equipment Inventory (new Feature)
• Updated: Acknowledgements to add new team members
• Updated: Names of examples to more uniform schema
• Updated: NPM packages
  Calculators
• Added: Calculator to estimate various psychrometric properties given temperature, pressure, and humidity metrics
• Enhanced: Added clarification to all air flow unit labels for standard or actual
• Enhanced: Added clarification to all pressure unit labels for gauge or absolute
• Enhanced: O2 Enrichment form and graph to more easily create and edit modifications to your model
• Enhanced: Reordered input form for Cooling Tower Water Use Calculator
• Enhanced: Upgraded all graphs to use Plotly instead of D3 (allows for users to zoom, set axis and more)
• Fixed: Bug in Reduce Pressure Calculator regarding incorrect value reported for modification energy use
• Fixed: Bug relating to entering data into Compressed Air Leak Survey and Compressed Air Reduction Utility cost fields
• Fixed: Bug relating to specific energy of compressors in Compressed Air Leak Survey and Compressed Air Reduction in metric
• Fixed: Incorrect unit labeled for energy unit cost in Reduce Pressure Calculator
• Fixed: Moved Pipe and Tank Insulation Calculators to Steam
• Fixed: Names of Pipe and Tank Insultation Calculators
• Updated: Form and calculations for Pre-assessment calculators
  Pumps
• Enhanced: Added visual cue (glow highlight) if the inputs to the modification's Full Load Amps field changed
• Fixed: Bug regarding validation for flow rate in metric
• Fixed: Bug relating to app crashing when use delete/backspace on Motor RPM field
  Fans
• Enhanced: Added automatic calculation of compressibility factor in mods (and option to enter manually)
• Enhanced: Added visual cue (glow highlight) if the inputs to the modification's Full Load Amps field changed
• Update: Allows for saving fan traverse calculations even when data form is not complete
  Process Heating
• Enhanced: help text for emissivity field
• Fixed: Bug relating to Energy Input Natural Gas Flow Rate not staying active
• Updated: Algorithm for EAF calculations - made "Exhaust Gas" form optional and MEASUR now automatically calculates Exhaust Gas Losses
  Steam
• Updated: Heat Loss help text
  Treasure Hunt
• Added: Air L...

MEASUR v0.8.1-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.
MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.
Release Notes v0.8.1
Application

• Enhanced: Sidebar Add Item button allows ability to add an Inventory item
  Calculators
• Enhanced: Efficiency Improvement graph with additional data and functionalities.
• Enhanced: Pump and Fan System Curve graphs
• Added: Power line graph to Pump and Fan System Curve calculator
• Updated: Electricity Reduction to hide Operational Frequency when not a VFD
• Updated: Changed compressor control list values
  Motor Inventory
• Fixed: Bug relating to graphs overlapping on Analysis screen
• Fixed: Example inventory department descriptions
• Fixed: Bug relating to generic motor database filtering
• Updated: Default selected motor fields to be tracked in the inventory
• Enhanced: Add equation for calculating energy use to help text
• Enhanced: Indicated which fields are used for calculating energy use
  Pumps
• Fixed: Example has Full Load Amps equal to the calculated value
• Updated: Converted pump sankey over to plotly
  Fans
• Updated: Converted fan sankey over to plotly
  Data Explorer
• Enhanced: Allow users ability to pick the header row of logger files

Release Notes v.0.8.0
Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.
Application

• Updated: About page for Data Explorer and Equipment Inventory (new Feature)
• Updated: Acknowledgements to add new team members
• Updated: Names of examples to more uniform schema
• Updated: NPM packages
  Calculators
• Added: Calculator to estimate various psychrometric properties given temperature, pressure, and humidity metrics
• Enhanced: Added clarification to all air flow unit labels for standard or actual
• Enhanced: Added clarification to all pressure unit labels for gauge or absolute
• Enhanced: O2 Enrichment form and graph to more easily create and edit modifications to your model
• Enhanced: Reordered input form for Cooling Tower Water Use Calculator
• Enhanced: Upgraded all graphs to use Plotly instead of D3 (allows for users to zoom, set axis and more)
• Fixed: Bug in Reduce Pressure Calculator regarding incorrect value reported for modification energy use
• Fixed: Bug relating to entering data into Compressed Air Leak Survey and Compressed Air Reduction Utility cost fields
• Fixed: Bug relating to specific energy of compressors in Compressed Air Leak Survey and Compressed Air Reduction in metric
• Fixed: Incorrect unit labeled for energy unit cost in Reduce Pressure Calculator
• Fixed: Moved Pipe and Tank Insulation Calculators to Steam
• Fixed: Names of Pipe and Tank Insultation Calculators
• Updated: Form and calculations for Pre-assessment calculators
  Pumps
• Enhanced: Added visual cue (glow highlight) if the inputs to the modification's Full Load Amps field changed
• Fixed: Bug regarding validation for flow rate in metric
• Fixed: Bug relating to app crashing when use delete/backspace on Motor RPM field
  Fans
• Enhanced: Added automatic calculation of compressibility factor in mods (and option to enter manually)
• Enhanced: Added visual cue (glow highlight) if the inputs to the modification's Full Load Amps field changed
• Update: Allows for saving fan traverse calculations even when data form is not complete
  Process Heating
• Enhanced: help text for emissivity field
• Fixed: Bug relating to Energy Input Natural Gas Flow Rate not staying active
• Updated: Algorithm for EAF calculations - made "Exhaust Gas" form optional and MEASUR now automatically calculates Exhaust Gas Losses
  Steam
• Updated: Heat Loss help text
  Treasure Hunt
• Added: Air Leak Survey integrated into Treasure Hunt
• Added: Copy Table Buttons to Report
• Added: Tank Insultation integrated into Treasure Hunt
• Fixed: Bug causing Treasure Chest to blank and Folder to crash due to not having modifications in opportunities
• Fixed: Names of Pipe and Tank Insultation Calculators
• Fixed: Opportunity Payback Detail Graphs display issue on small screens
• Fixed: Trailing decimals in Example
  Data Explorer
• Added: Minimum Bin field, to set lower bound of histogram
• Enhanced: Added ability to recall last use data
• Enhanced: Added additional help text to Data Setup
• Enhanced: Summary data tables in Data Visualization to match graph manipulation (zoom in, etc.)
• Updated: Added ability to switch between percent or number of data points for histogram y-axis
  Motor Inventory (New Feature)
• New Feature: A motor database allowing users to create a catalog of motors in their facility
• New Feature: Integrated into Dashboard/Facility Framework
• New Feature: Sorting & filtering of database
• New Feature: Summary graphs, tables and printouts
• New Feature: Generic Motor Database to initially populate certain fields
• New Feature: Comprehensive help text and links to calculators to populate certain fields
• New Feature: Summary page
• New Feature: Batch analysis (replace vs. rewind)
  Known Issues:
• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export in Windows Download menu can delete the file extension (.json)
• Assessments made in a previous major release may experience errors
• Import files made in a previous major release may not be useable due to field additions/removals

MEASUR v0.8.0-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.

MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.

Release Notes v.0.8.0

Warning: Do not install an earlier version of this tool without resetting your app data (in settings). Assessments created in MEASUR 0.8.0 are not compatible with older versions.
Exporting from v.0.8.0 and importing to a lower version will continue to work, though new features will not be available.

Application

• Updated: About page for Data Explorer and Equipment Inventory (new Feature)
• Updated: Acknowledgements to add new team members
• Updated: Names of examples to more uniform schema
• Updated: NPM packages

Calculators

• Added: Calculator to estimate various psychometirc properties given temperature, pressure, and humidity metrics
• Enhanced: Added clarification to all air flow unit labels for standard or actual
• Enhanced: Added clarification to all pressure unit labels for gauge or absolute
• Enhanced: O2 Enrichment form and graph to more easily create and edit modifications to your model
• Enhanced: Reordered input form for Cooling Tower Water Use Calculator
• Enhanced: Upgraded all graphs to use Plotly instead of D3 (allows for users to zoom, set axis and more)
• Fixed: Bug in Reduce Pressure Calculator regarding incorrect value reported for modification energy use
• Fixed: Bug relating to entering data into Compressed Air Leak Survey and Compressed Air Reduction Utility cost fields
• Fixed: Bug relating to specific energy of compressors in Compressed Air Leak Survey and Compressed Air Reduction in metric
• Fixed: Incorrect unit labeled for energy unit cost in Reduce Pressure Calculator
• Fixed: Moved Pipe and Tank Insulation Calculators to Steam
• Fixed: Names of Pipe and Tank Insultation Calculators
• Updated: Form and calculations for Pre-assessment calculators

Pumps

• Enhanced: Added visual cue (glow highlight) if the inputs to the modification's Full Load Amps field changed
• Fixed: Bug regarding validation for flow rate in metric
• Fixed: Bug relating to app crashing when use delete/backspace on Motor RPM field

Fans

• Enhanced: Added automatic calculation of compressibility factor in mods (and option to enter manually)
• Enhanced: Added visual cue (glow highlight) if the inputs to the modification's Full Load Amps field changed
• Update: Allows for saving fan traverse calculations even when data form is not complete

Process Heating

• Enhanced: help text for emissivity field
• Fixed: Bug relating to Energy Input Natural Gas Flow Rate not staying active
• Updated: Algorithm for EAF calculations - made "Exhaust Gas" form optional and MEASUR now automatically calculates Exhaust Gas Losses

Steam

• Updated: Heat Loss help text

Treasure Hunt

• Added: Air Leak Survey integrated into Treasure Hunt
• Added: Copy Table Buttons to Report
• Added: Tank Insultation integrated into Treasure Hunt
• Fixed: Bug causing Treasure Chest to blank and Folder to crash due to not having modifications in opportunities
• Fixed: Names of Pipe and Tank Insultation Calculators
• Fixed: Opportunity Payback Detail Graphs display issue on small screens
• Fixed: Trailing decimals in Example

Data Explorer

• Added: Minimum Bin field, to set lower bound of histogram
• Enhanced: Added ability to recall last use data
• Enhanced: Added additional help text to Data Setup
• Enhanced: Summary data tables in Data Visualization to match graph manipulation (zoom in, etc.)
• Updated: Added ability to switch between percent or number of data points for histogram y-axis

Motor Inventory (New Feature)

• New Feature: A motor database allowing users to create a catalog of motors in their facility
• New Feature: Integrated into Dashboard/Facility Framework
• New Feature: Sorting & filtering of database
• New Feature: Summary graphs, tables and printouts
• New Feature: Generic Motor Database to initially populate certain fields
• New Feature: Comprehensive help text and links to calculators to populate certain fields
• New Feature: Summary page
• New Feature: Batch analysis (replace vs. rewind)

Known Issues:

• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export in Windows Download menu can delete the file extension (.json)
• Assessments made in a previous major release may experience errors
• Import files made in a previous major release may not be useable due to field additions/removals
• The Mac version is based on electron version 6.1.7, while the Windows and Linux versions are based on version 10.

MEASUR v0.7.0-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.
MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.
Release Notes v.0.7.0
Application

• Enhanced: All reports show summary of modifications made in data tables
• Enhanced: Redesign explore opportunities layout for all applicable assessments
• Enhanced: Reports use "Plotly" for all graphs and ensure all graphs are printed properly formatted
• Fixed: Bug relating to "Properties & Calculators" link on home page
• Returned: printing to rollup reports
• Updated: About and acknowledgements pages
  Calculators
• New Feature: New calculator type "Process Cooling"
• Added: "Add new fuel" access to Stack Loss calculator
• Added: Cooling Tower Water Savings calculator
• Added: Leak rate calculations to Usable Air Capacity and System Capacity
• Added: Modal to fan traverse plane for calculating all dimensions
• Added: New "Actual to Std" compressed air calculator
• Added: New "Compressed Air Leak Survey" calculator
• Added: Warning to fan traverse plane for "75% rule"
• Enhanced: UI design of System Capacity
• Fixed: Bug in Compressed Air Reduction specific power calculation
• Removed: Stand-alone System Curve calculators, still available within Pump Curve and Fan Curve
• Updated: Help text for System Capacity calculator
• Updated: Moved treasure hunt calculators from "General" to their respective utilities
• Updated: Result units in Pre-assessment calculator
• Updated: Unit for compressed air Operating Costs calculator to "Break Horsepower"
• Updated: Verbiage and help text in fan traverse analysis
  Fans
• Added: Additional fan density results including wet-bulb temperature, Humidity Ratio and other Psychometric parameters
• Added: Indication for invalid modifications in reports
• Fixed: Bug relating to explore opportunities scenario selection
• Removed: "Air Relative Density" field from “Fluid” page for when Gas Type is “Air”
• Updated: Fan type help text
• Updated: Fields for estimate inlet and outlet pressure modals
• Updated: Headings in report input summary to match tab names
  Pumps
• Added: Indication for invalid modifications in reports
  Treasure Hunt
• Added: "Annual Savings" to opportunity sheets
• Enhanced: Functionality of filter menu in treasure chest and report
• Updated: Treasure hunt example
  Data Explorer (NEW FEATURE)
• Added: New feature, "Data Explorer", used to visualize data from logger .csv files
  Process Heating
• Updated: Defaults for Electric Arc Furnace
• Updated: Help text for Electric Arc Furnace
  Known Issues:
• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export in Windows Download menu can delete the file extension (.json)
• Assessments made in a previous release may experience errors
• Import files made in a previous release may not be useable

MEASUR v0.6.5-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.

MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.

*Release Notes v0.6.5

Application:

• Fixed: Bug effecting editing Custom Materials after closing application
• Fixed: Bug relating to rollup report side bar links broken
• Fixed: Bugs relating to rollup report printing
• Added: Dismiss option for survey and Beta warning popups
• Enhanced: Re-organized code relating to rollup report printing
• Removed: Rollup report printing disabled until full fuctionality can be restored
• Updated: About Page
• Updated: Acknowledgements
• Updated: Removed acronyms of legacy tools, except in Acknowledgements, About and Home pages

Pumps:

• Fixed: Head Tool Selection button for "Suction Tank" or "Suction Elevation" both displaying as selected
• Enhanced: Removed cents from cost values in Sankey

Fans:

• Enhanced: Removed cents from cost values in Sankey

Process Heating:

• Fixed: Revised Calculation of Energy Intensity in Report - Executive Summary
• Fixed: Solid fuel composition off by a factor of 100
• Enhanced: Removed cents from cost values in Report and Sankey

Steam:

• Enhanced: Changed results display of costs from $k to $
• Enhanced: Removed cents from cost values in Results and Report
• Fixed: Changed Steam Metric Energy Unit from MJ to GJ (fixes potential steam breaking when convert to Metric)

Treasure Hunt:

• Fixed: Bug relating to entering zero for BL energy use in Custom Opportunity Sheet
• Fixed: Bug relating to filter modal appearing after a large number of opportunities added
• Fixed: Opportunity Summary table can be cut off in printed Report
• Added: Pipe Insulation Calculator
• Enhanced: Added comma separators to large numbers in Report
• Enhanced: Added filter capabilities to Report
• Enhanced: All Energy Usage and Cost fields to have same verbiage format
• Enhanced: Changed "Process/Equipment" in Opportunity Sheet to just "Equipment" and changed field into a dropdown
• Enhanced: Changed default Utility Type to "Electricity" for Compressed Air Reduction Calculator
• Enhanced: Changed default Utility Type to "Natural Gas" for Steam Reduction Calculator
• Enhanced: Removed all decimal places from results except Payback
• Enhanced: Removed cents from cost values in Report
• Enhanced: Workflow for exporting Treasure Hunt opportunities to match Assessment Export
• Enhanced: Workflow relating to Opportunity Sheets in Calculators
• Updated: Example to reflect changes to "Process/Equipment" field

Calculators:

• Fixed: Bug relating to Percent Load Estimation Calculator's Example displaying incorrect results
• Fixed: Calculation of Energy in Natural Gas Reduction - Flow Meter Method
• Fixed: Value of 2-lamp T8 HBF lamp output
• Added: New Unit - Thermal Conductivity
• Added: Tank Insulation Calculator

Release Notes v.0.6.4

Application:

• Added: Warning relating to results not updating when modifying field values when translating the application
• Enhanced: Added ability to resize the side bar
• Enhanced: Collapse folders in sidebar using icon
• Enhanced: Added ability to sort assessments within dashboard (reflected in sidebar)
• Fixed: "Click here to export all" link not working properly in contact/feedback page
• Updated: Small icons for use in sidebar
• Updated: Code improvements for dashboard navigation

Pumps:

• Updated: Result name relating to motor Load Factor to "Percent Loaded"

Fans:

• Updated: Result name relating to motor Load Factor to "Percent Loaded"

Treasure Hunt:

• Fixed: Bug relating to Motor Drive and Replace Existing Motor Calculators not properly saving and creating issues in Treasure Chest
• Fixed: Bug relating to Team Summary Table not properly reflecting opportunities chosen in Treasure chest
• Fixed: Bug relating to "Other" Energy source appearing in Result Cost pie charts

Calculators:

• Fixed: Issue where "Utility Type" was locked to "Compressed Air" for all added equipment. Instead, it is locked to the first equipment of the baseline.
• Updated: Field names relating to motor Load Factor to "Percent Loaded" (Motor Drive Comparison, Replace vs. Rewind, Electricity Reduction)
• Updated: Help text relating to "Percent Loaded"

Release Notes v.0.6.3
Steam:

• Fixed: Steam algorithm for process steam energy to be the same for modifications

Release Notes v.0.6.2
Application:

• Enhanced: Added link to homepage side bar for translation

Steam:

• Enhanced: Amended algorithm to calculate scenario steam mass usage to keep process steam energy usage the same as baseline
• Enhanced: Verified data structures of old steam assessments translated to new data structures
• Fixed: Bug where application would crash if enter more than one digit after decimal place
• Fixed: Bug where highest pressure steam pressure validation check was not displaying an error immediately
• Updated: Example to account for algorithm update
• Updated: Modification header process steam usage inputs updated to account for algorithm update
• Updated: Removed unused input for site power import in modifications

Release Notes v.0.6.1
Application:

• Fixed: Tutorials extension bug causing images to offset

Release Notes v0.6.0
Application:

• Added: All calculators within an assessment are included with export data
• Added: Treasure Hunt to rollup report printing
• Fixed: Bug relating to the rapid appearance andrtfg5`4d disappearance of scroll bars
• Fixed: Bug for copy/paste functionality with keyboard
• Fixed: Bug where app quits on close of Mac
• Updated: Application wide use of 8760 as default for operating hours
• Updated: Changed default setting to be results instead of help
• Updated: Verbiage of MEASUR sub-header
• Updated: Home and Dashboard Tutorials

Pumps:

• Enhanced: Added more guidance to pump type help text
• Fixed: Issues with badges
• Fixed: Pump and System curves are now exported with assessment
• Updated: Example to include VFD opportunity and utilize pump curve
• Updated: Tutorial

Process Heating:

• Updated: Tutorial

Fans:

• Added: Field validation for Field Data pressure fields
• Fixed: Fan and System curves are now exported with assessment
• Fixed: Issues with badges
• Updated: Tutorial

Steam:

• Added: Input field for implementation costs and payback to results
• Added: Modal for the calculation of Boiler Efficiency
• Added: Tutorial
• Added: Validation for Desuperheat Temperature
• Fixed: Form label for "Header" and Turbine Tabs
• Removed: Iterative calculations for system modeler moved from MEASUR Desktop to suite code
• Updated: Modal for the calculation of Blowdown Fraction

Treasure Hunt:

• Added: Ability to filter and sort Treasure Chest
• Added: Ability to sort TH Opportunities in report
• Added: Auto-unit conversion functionality
• Added: Graph and table to TH report relating to teams' findings
• Added: Report printing functionality
• Added: Select/de-select all buttons for Treasure Chest
• Added: Steam reduction calculator
• Added: Tutorial
• Added: Water Reduction Calculator
• Enhanced: Clarified language for Annual Utility Usage and Costs' Compressed Air and Steam as being utilities produced off-site
• Enhanced: Navigation within TH
• Fixed: Bug preventing saving of Annual Utility Usage and Costs
• Fixed: Bug where Electricity Unit Costs was refilling blank field with default value
• Fixed: Default value for Compressed Air (utility) cost
• Updated: Example to include new calculators
• Updated: Icons for pressure reduction, steam, motor drive and replace motor
• Updated: Verbiage within Treasure Chest

Calculators:

• Added: Buttons to "Generate Example" and "Reset Data" for each calculator
• Added: Calculator for conducting blowdown rate and related savings
• Added: Calculator for estimating energy savings from adding pipe insulation
• Added: Copy table functionality to Steam and Saturated Properties calculators
• Added: Field validation for Fan Achievable Efficiency calculator pressure fields
• Added: Lighting fixture database
• Enhanced: Updated the color of "Copy Table" button to be easier to see
• Fixed: Bug in Energy Equivalency Calculator not properly calculating Equivalent Fuel Heat
• Fixed: Bug relating to compressed air calculator saving
• Fixed: Bug relating to Electricity costs field not displaying in Compressed Air Reduction
• Fixed: Bug where P-H and T-S diagram were not displaying
• Fixed: Imperial and metric unit labels for Velocity in Pipes Calculator
• Fixed: Increased decimal places displayed in CO2 Savings Calculator
• Fixed: Name of "Combined Heat and Power" Calculator
• Fixed: Natural Gas Reduction's metric unit labels
• Fixed: Problems relating to pump, fan and system curves
• Fixed: Re-added the legend for the Motor Performance Calculator graph
• Fixed: Several Bugs relating to pump and fan curves
• Fixed: Steam properties & Saturation Properties T-S diagram cut off for low T values
• Updated: Lighting calculator UI and calculations to include Ballast Factor, Lumen Degradation Factor and Coefficient of Utilization

Known Issues:

• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export in Win...

MEASUR v0.6.4-beta

A software tool for calculating energy efficiency for a variety of industrial and manufacturing applications.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has undertaken an effort to refactor legacy tools that were written for the Windows platform into a modern environment. The legacy tools were written in a variety of programming languages, and the source code considered proprietary. This meant that updating them was a difficult task.

MEASUR helps manufacturers increase industrial energy efficiency at the plant-level and in specific systems. Learn step-by-step ways to identify opportunities, monitor progress, and improve efficiency in any facility. Some tools help facilities implement an energy management system and prepare to become ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance certified.

Release Notes v.0.6.4

Application:

• Added: Warning relating to results not updating when modifying field values when translating the application
• Enhanced: Added ability to resize the side bar
• Enhanced: Collapse folders in sidebar using icon
• Enhanced: Added ability to sort assessments within dashboard (reflected in sidebar)
• Fixed: "Click here to export all" link not working properly in contact/feedback page
• Updated: Small icons for use in sidebar
• Updated: Code improvements for dashboard navigation

Pumps:

• Updated: Result name relating to motor Load Factor to "Percent Loaded"

Fans:

• Updated: Result name relating to motor Load Factor to "Percent Loaded"

Treasure Hunt:

• Fixed: Bug relating to Motor Drive and Replace Existing Motor Calculators not properly saving and creating issues in Treasure Chest
• Fixed: Bug relating to Team Summary Table not properly reflecting opportunities chosen in Treasure chest
• Fixed: Bug relating to "Other" Energy source appearing in Result Cost pie charts

Calculators:

• Fixed: Issue where "Utility Type" was locked to "Compressed Air" for all added equipment. Instead, it is locked to the first equipment of the baseline.
• Updated: Field names relating to motor Load Factor to "Percent Loaded" (Motor Drive Comparison, Replace vs. Rewind, Electricity Reduction)
• Updated: Help text relating to "Percent Loaded"

Release Notes v.0.6.3
Steam:

• Fixed: Steam algorithm for process steam energy to be the same for modifications

Release Notes v.0.6.2
Application:

• Enhanced: Added link to homepage side bar for translation

Steam:

• Enhanced: Amended algorithm to calculate scenario steam mass usage to keep process steam energy usage the same as baseline
• Enhanced: Verified data structures of old steam assessments translated to new data structures
• Fixed: Bug where application would crash if enter more than one digit after decimal place
• Fixed: Bug where highest pressure steam pressure validation check was not displaying an error immediately
• Updated: Example to account for algorithm update
• Updated: Modification header process steam usage inputs updated to account for algorithm update
• Updated: Removed unused input for site power import in modifications

Release Notes v.0.6.1
Application:

• Fixed: Tutorials extension bug causing images to offset

Release Notes v0.6.0
Application:

• Added: All calculators within an assessment are included with export data
• Added: Treasure Hunt to rollup report printing
• Fixed: Bug relating to the rapid appearance andrtfg5`4d disappearance of scroll bars
• Fixed: Bug for copy/paste functionality with keyboard
• Fixed: Bug where app quits on close of Mac
• Updated: Application wide use of 8760 as default for operating hours
• Updated: Changed default setting to be results instead of help
• Updated: Verbiage of MEASUR sub-header
• Updated: Home and Dashboard Tutorials

Pumps:

• Enhanced: Added more guidance to pump type help text
• Fixed: Issues with badges
• Fixed: Pump and System curves are now exported with assessment
• Updated: Example to include VFD opportunity and utilize pump curve
• Updated: Tutorial

Process Heating:

• Updated: Tutorial

Fans:

• Added: Field validation for Field Data pressure fields
• Fixed: Fan and System curves are now exported with assessment
• Fixed: Issues with badges
• Updated: Tutorial

Steam:

• Added: Input field for implementation costs and payback to results
• Added: Modal for the calculation of Boiler Efficiency
• Added: Tutorial
• Added: Validation for Desuperheat Temperature
• Fixed: Form label for "Header" and Turbine Tabs
• Removed: Iterative calculations for system modeler moved from MEASUR Desktop to suite code
• Updated: Modal for the calculation of Blowdown Fraction

Treasure Hunt:

• Added: Ability to filter and sort Treasure Chest
• Added: Ability to sort TH Opportunities in report
• Added: Auto-unit conversion functionality
• Added: Graph and table to TH report relating to teams' findings
• Added: Report printing functionality
• Added: Select/de-select all buttons for Treasure Chest
• Added: Steam reduction calculator
• Added: Tutorial
• Added: Water Reduction Calculator
• Enhanced: Clarified language for Annual Utility Usage and Costs' Compressed Air and Steam as being utilities produced off-site
• Enhanced: Navigation within TH
• Fixed: Bug preventing saving of Annual Utility Usage and Costs
• Fixed: Bug where Electricity Unit Costs was refilling blank field with default value
• Fixed: Default value for Compressed Air (utility) cost
• Updated: Example to include new calculators
• Updated: Icons for pressure reduction, steam, motor drive and replace motor
• Updated: Verbiage within Treasure Chest

Calculators:

• Added: Buttons to "Generate Example" and "Reset Data" for each calculator
• Added: Calculator for conducting blowdown rate and related savings
• Added: Calculator for estimating energy savings from adding pipe insulation
• Added: Copy table functionality to Steam and Saturated Properties calculators
• Added: Field validation for Fan Achievable Efficiency calculator pressure fields
• Added: Lighting fixture database
• Enhanced: Updated the color of "Copy Table" button to be easier to see
• Fixed: Bug in Energy Equivalency Calculator not properly calculating Equivalent Fuel Heat
• Fixed: Bug relating to compressed air calculator saving
• Fixed: Bug relating to Electricity costs field not displaying in Compressed Air Reduction
• Fixed: Bug where P-H and T-S diagram were not displaying
• Fixed: Imperial and metric unit labels for Velocity in Pipes Calculator
• Fixed: Increased decimal places displayed in CO2 Savings Calculator
• Fixed: Name of "Combined Heat and Power" Calculator
• Fixed: Natural Gas Reduction's metric unit labels
• Fixed: Problems relating to pump, fan and system curves
• Fixed: Re-added the legend for the Motor Performance Calculator graph
• Fixed: Several Bugs relating to pump and fan curves
• Fixed: Steam properties & Saturation Properties T-S diagram cut off for low T values
• Updated: Lighting calculator UI and calculations to include Ballast Factor, Lumen Degradation Factor and Coefficient of Utilization

Known Issues:

• The Mac and Linux releases do not support Auto-updating
• Renaming an export in Windows Download menu can delete the file extension (.json)
• Assessments made in a previous release may experience errors
• Import files made in a previous release will not be useable