--- title: "Press and Case Studies" url: "https://3dfs.com/press-proof" description: "Our record in one place: the awards we received, the publications that reported on our work, our case studies and the papers behind them." updated: "2026-10-15" --- # Press and Case Studies > Our record in one place: the awards we received, the publications that reported on our work, our case studies and the papers behind them. ## Press and Case Studies This page keeps our record in one place: the awards we received, the publications that reported on our work, our case studies, and the papers behind them. ## Awards ### 2017 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award ### 2018 Selected for Joules Accelerator, Cohort 3, backed by Duke Energy ### 2018 Showcase winner, NC TECH State of Technology Conference, artificial intelligence theme ### 2020 Sanctuary Award, Highly Commended: the MOD’s Defence Innovation, Software Defined Electricity Project ## Coverage ![Forbes](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/forbes-g.png) ![Wired](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wired-off.png) [![Vox](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/vox-off.png)](https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/6/5/17373314/electricity-technology-efficiency-software-waste-3dfs) [![Popular Mechanics](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pm-g.png)](https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/news/g3237/2017-popular-mechanics-breakthrough-awards/) [![The News and Observer](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/nando-g.png)](https://web.archive.org/web/20180109091712/http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article193634829.html) ![WRAL TechWire](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/wral-g.png) [![Army Technology](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/army-off.png)](https://www.army-technology.com/features/current-challenges-how-ai-enabled-power-distribution-could-prevent-losses/) ![Tech.co](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/techco-g.png) ![Data Centre Review](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dcr-off.png) ![Microgrid Knowledge](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/microgrid-g.png) ![FacilitiesNet](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/facilities-g.png) ![Charlotte Business Journal](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cbj-g.png) ![Rethink Research](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/rethink-off.png) [![Sanctuary, UK Ministry of Defence](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sanc.png)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6050da5a8fa8f55d3f3950c6/Sanctuary_2020.pdf) [![BRITE Innovation Review](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bright-off-1.png)](https://brite.ikeinstitute.org/brite_spring21/ai_power_distribution) ![PowerPulse](https://3dfs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pp-g.png) Chatham News + Record ## Case studies and documents Results from sites that run our systems, our bench, field and lab tests, our analysis of power quality at sea, our technical papers and our product literature. Each case study opens to a summary. Every document opens after the short form: choose it here and the form below ticks it. ### Case studies Water treatment facility performance study Third-party study, 2013 A third-party audit of a VectorQ2 production prototype at a water treatment facility in Florida. In October 2013 a VectorQ2 production prototype went in at a water treatment facility in Florida with no interruption to service. Intelligent Building Solutions, LLC evaluated it as a third party. The report highlights lower harmonic distortion, phase imbalance and reactive power, and a better power factor. [Choose this study](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) Server rack power analysis at a data center Field assessment, 2016 Two short assessments in which a VectorQ2a corrected a whole server rack in a data center. A VectorQ2a, connected in parallel, corrected one entire server rack in each of two assessments. Each installation took about 20 minutes without disrupting power to the racks. The report gives average current distortion of 6.4 percent falling to 1.9 percent on the first rack, and 13.2 percent falling to 3.6 percent on the second. The report states that the assessments were short. In its load-current figures, distortion changed little on the first rack (6.39 to 6.10 percent) and rose on the second (13.19 to 15.95 percent). [Choose this study](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) Air compressor correction test Field test, 2023 Our field test of Software-Defined Electricity on a cycling industrial air compressor. An Elspec power quality analyzer recorded an air compressor through four cycles with the correction off and four with it on, on 18 April 2023. The compressor ran about 32 seconds a cycle, drawing a peak of about 46 A on each phase and a peak active power near 16.2 kW. The analyzer’s per-cycle averages put active power between 6.76 and 6.97 kW with the correction off and between 6.32 and 6.75 kW with it on, with a lower average current on every phase. No energy saving is claimed: the per-cycle energy readings disagree with those averages, and two of the four cycles read higher with the correction on. Power quality in the Baltimore bridge incident Incident analysis, 2024 Our 2024 analysis of the power system failures aboard the containership Dali in the Baltimore bridge collision. The analysis reads the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on the contact of the containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge. It lists the breaker trips in the ship’s 6,600 V and 440 V system. By its count, propulsion was lost less than five minutes after the first failure. It cites research on ship power systems: voltage variations of up to 20 percent during maneuvering, frequency deviations above 3.5 percent and harmonics to 35 kHz. It argues that capacitor banks risk resonance on board and that harmonic filters respond too slowly. It concludes that correction in microseconds could prevent the kind of cascading failure seen in this incident. [Choose this study](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) Industrial Freezer Testing Bench test, 2025 Our bench test of a VectorQ on a refrigerated shipping container drawing utility power. The test ran a single refrigerated container, a 460 V three-phase unit, from a 480 V panel through its standard 50 ft cable, with the correction switched off and on in alternating periods. With the container running, the panel’s power factor went from 0.82 to 1.00 and its reactive power from 4,827 to 471 var. Apparent power went from 8,339 to 7,229 VA and the average current from 9.73 to 8.42 A at the same load. A second pair of recordings at that load repeated the result. Compressor temperature could not be measured with the equipment on hand, and the report says so. Motor dynamometer test at Advanced Energy Third-party lab test A dynamometer test of a three-phase motor with and without a VectorQ2, run by Advanced Energy. Advanced Energy ran a 12 hp three-phase motor at 80 percent of rated torque on a dynamometer, with and without a VectorQ2 on its 208 V class supply. With the controller on, the three line currents summed to 88.7 A against 104 A without it, and the power factor read 98.4 percent against 80.55. The motor winding ran 2.35 degrees cooler and its leads 3.7 degrees cooler. Output power held at 9 kW against 8.85 kW, with torque at 48.2 against 47.75 N·m. Input power read 10.2 kW with the controller and 9.7 kW without. ### Resources #### Whitepapers - [SDE whitepaper: Optimized Electrification, chapter 1](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [Microgrids and power quality: a tutorial on how to marry the two for greater efficiency and deployment](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [The capacity already in the wires: technical companion, version 2.0](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [Power quality: a critical challenge of modern operations](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [Real-time computing in data center power networks](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [Automatically balancing phases](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [SDE whitepaper: Energy Independence](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) #### Product literature - [3DFS products and technology overview brochure](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [Description of the technology](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [Data center flyer](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [VectorQ2 pilot project description](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) - [CalibriEx and CurrentSee specification information](https://3dfs.com/press-proof#documents) ## Get the documents Choose the documents, then add a name and a work email. 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