3DFS began performing electrical network analyses for prospective clients in October 2015.
The analysis takes less than an hour, does not interrupt power, and demonstrates the benefits of subcycle correction within that specific electrical network. A report is compiled and delivered in a few days showing the difference the electrical network with the power corrected and the power left uncorrected. From this report, monthly savings can be extrapolated and a lot of information on the exposure of wear and tear to connected loads is determined.
If you can save us 10% on HVAC and automatically balance the loads across the phases, then ‘the VectorQ2’ will absolutely pay for itself regardless of the other features and benefits.
COO of 100,000 sq ft. Data Center Operation
Stability and strengthening of electrical networks benefits everybody by reducing costs, protecting assets, and increasing uptime and reliability for operations.
Whatever the reason, subcycle correction will improve your electrical network operations. Some clients are seeking a solution to a specific problem, some clients look to us for future planning and forecasting through real time metering and predictive performance analytics, and some clients simply want to save money in the short term and long term. We are certain we can improve your operations; an electrical network analysis will determine how much we can improve them.
What a network analysis measures
Start with measurement, not a purchase. The SDE Summary names what to log at the main switchboard. Capture real power, apparent power, current distortion and neutral current together, as events rather than averages. That record shows which problems the site has: power factor, harmonics, phase imbalance or a weak source.
The same record is the baseline for any honest before-and-after. To say what correction would save, we need a week of the site’s data, not an estimate. We recommend that a third party collect the baseline before anything is installed.
Questions to ask of any analysis
Ask any vendor, us included, the same questions. Ask where the correction is applied. Ask how fast it responds, relative to how fast the load changes. Ask whether the number in the proposal is a measurement or a model, and who took it.
The site analysis request asks for the facts the engineering evaluation uses. Facility voltage and phases point to the controller model: the Products page lists the VectorQ2 for 208 V and the VectorQ5 for 480 V, three-phase with neutral. The installed correction equipment, capacitor banks, filters or UPS units, is read together with the symptoms seen on site.
Where this stands today
The Products page sets out the pilot as a baseline, the controller cycled on and off, and an instrumented result. That result names who measured it and on what date. For recordings a facility already holds, Power Quality Risk Analysis reports what they cost, what they risk and what to fix first. Access to it starts on a waitlist.
Related reading
- Electric Optimization: wasted current fills the transformer
- Phase Balance: uneven phases heat motors, load the neutral
- Press and Case Studies: awards, coverage, case studies and the papers behind them
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