Power Quality for Industry and Utility

Power quality issues including transients, sags, swells, harmonics, momentary interruptions and other disturbances have become increasingly important and many of these issues, if not adequately addressed, can have major safety and financial ramifications. As a result, the quality of electric service has become as important as reliability.

These tools, brochures and booklets are written for industrial and utilities. Most are highly technical and cover topics that will help reduce downtime, increase productivity, cut costs, increase safety and improve customer service.

Power Quality Software – Industrial and Utility

EPS Software

The EPS tool is a software program designed for use by utilities and field engineers to help prevent electrical pollution from entering the power system of an electrical service provider such as a utility.

Power Quality Brochures – Industrial and Utility

Adjustable Speed Drive

This brochure provides information on the proper use of adjustable speed drives and offers advice on reducing harmonic current, increasing voltage and transient tolerance, avoiding shut-downs and increasing reliability and performance.

Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)

This brochure offers straightforward advice on shopping for, buying, installing and operating UPS equipment to ensure performance and avoid typical power quality problems.

Black Box

With power rates on the rise, the pressure is greater than ever to be more efficient and to reduce costly interruptions and other power problems. This causes facility managers and others to consider "black boxes" to solve these problems. But do they really work? How can you separate those that work from those that don't? Are you buying more than you need? This handy brochure provides guidance in simple, understandable language to answer these questions.

Power Factor

A straightforward guide for the specification, purchase, installation and operation of power factor correction equipment in the vicinity of harmonic producing loads for commercial and industrial facility personnel.

Distributed Generation

Does distributed generation make good business sense? Can it improve power reliability? What issues need to be considered? This brochure covers the application, benefits and concerns of distributed generation installation. One of the best features is a comprehensive DG technologies table that includes sizes, costs and implications for reliability and power quality.

Harmonics

Harmonics are a form of electrical pollution that distorts the clean voltage produced by the power company. When voltage is too distorted it can cause electronic equipment to perform incorrectly or fail. This brochure provides insight into the problems caused by harmonics and how facilities managers can help to avoid them.

Power Quality Booklets – Industrial and Utility

Distributed Generation Power Quality Guide

The booklet is for prospective distributed generation developers, utility personnel and anyone in the general public interested in DG. It is written to help professional planners and explains the electrical phenomena associated with the technology in terms a lay person can understand. It is beneficial to both power quality professionals and utility customers.

Automatic Transfer Switches

Standby generators have long been used to provide a local source of power to a facility in the event of a utility supply power failure. This book shows how to optimize settings, minimize runtime and maximize failure protection through the use of automatic transfer switches.

Soft Start Booklet

This booklet provides the basics for evaluating motor controller and starter application needs. Proper motor protection and starting provide benefits in reduced downtime and productivity. Soft starters reduce or soften the impact of motor starting compared to full voltage or other starting methods.

Grounding for Safety and Power Quality

This is booklet focuses on grounding electrical distribution systems rated at 1000 v or less for personal safety and equipment protection as well as improved power quality through noise control.

A Guide to Voltage Flicker

This booklet serves as an understandable guide for utility personnel and other engineers to help explain flicker. It covers history, human perception and causes of flicker as well as how it is measured, standards and flicker countermeasures.

Uninterruptible Power Supply Specifications and Installation Guide

This guide provides valuable information to anyone responsible for system configuration, installation and protection from disabling power quality disturbances. It guides the user through uninterruptible power supply equipment choices, application evaluation, installation guidelines, start-up, operations and maintenance procedures.

Transient Voltage Surge Suppression (TVSS) for Commercial / Residential Applications

This guide provides valuable information to anyone responsible for electronic equipment performance and safety. It covers surge suppresser equipment choices and options, application evaluations and installation guidelines as well as operations and maintenance procedures. The guide brings certainty and safety to the daily operations of critical electronic-based equipment.

Motor Starter Specifications and Applications Guide

This guide provides valuable information to anyone responsible for ensuring electric motor performance and protection. It guides the user through the various approaches to motor protection and controller options including application evaluation, installation and start-up procedures. It also helps to clarify issues that are often overlooked in ensuring motor performance and longevity.

Adjustable Speed Drive Power Quality Applications Guide

This booklet gives engineers, electricians, specifiers and installers the information they need to apply and troubleshoot problems caused by and to ASD's.

Power Factor Correction & Power Quality

Since most loads in modern electrical distribution systems are inductive, there is an ongoing interest in improving power factor.

Power Quality Financial Risk Assessment Brochure

This brochure is designed to help utilities improve customer service by providing a common basis on which to discuss costs with customers. It will help transform power quality issues into business decisions by matching the costs of these problems with the cost of the appropriate solutions. Material included covers the necessary background on power quality, methods for gathering power quality costs, formulas and examples of how to actually calculate the complete costs for these problems.

Energy Storage Devices

This guide provides a description of the various technologies and applications used for saving and storing electric energy for use-on-demand as well as the benefits and drawbacks of each solution.