Our early research wrote it plainly: the difference in current balance across phases returns directly as current on the neutral line. A neutral sized for balance carries the imbalance as heat. That makes phase balance a safety property. Excess neutral current raises conductor temperature, lifts neutral-to-ground voltage, and interferes with electronics that reference ground. The…
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3DFS attended DistribuTECH this year as a part of the delegation representing North Carolina’s Energy Sector. From January 23-25 in San Antonio, Texas, we were delighted to be alongside E4 Carolinas, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, and the Research Triangle Clean Tech Cluster at Booth #627. We met many people and anticipate many partnerships and clients…
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We can adapt this technology to be put inside refrigerators and HVAC units and provide 3DFS Software-Defined Power (the technology is Software-Defined Electricity today) within them. The major benefit from this is smooth continuous undistorted power for the unit that will include complete surge protection. The unit will require less current to startup and…
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Software-Defined Electricity Automatically Balances Phases in AC Power Networks (For the most recent article with updated images click here) The Software-Defined Electricity method controls and balances power flow in Real-Time by using an innovation in computing and power electronics and an advancement in sensing and controls. The balance across phases is a critical component to…
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Update, October 2026. Software-Defined Power is the name 3DFS used in 2016 for what it now calls Software-Defined Electricity. The server rack in this video is the ancestor of the 2020 test at a 208 V panel, where the neutral current fell from 15.6 A to 2 A with one unit on. That test and…
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Data centers electrical networks are filled with thousands of loads all demanding power at the same time. In this video, we isolate a server rack loaded with various storage arrays and GPU accelerated blade servers and individually review a few of the beneficial effects of subcycle correction. The server rack shows a clear operational difference…
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As we work on publishing our most current case studies, we are releasing the performance study that took place on October 21-23, 2013. This study was performed at a water treatment facility in Florida. The VectorQ2 production prototype was installed without interruption to the service and a third party evaluation was conducted by Intelligent Building…
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Power quality is a term that we are all seeing more of these days. What does it mean though? How can the importance of power quality be conveyed so that the average person understands the impact of power quality on their daily lives? Most of us were introduced to electricity as kids in school when…
