Do you ever wonder where and how your electrical energy is being consumed? Do you ever wonder exactly how much of your monthly electric bill is due to a specific aspect such as lighting, machinery, air handling, etc.? Are you ever concerned that the quality of your electricity may be damaging equipment in your plant?
If you have ever had any of these concerns, VXI Solutions can perform an Electrical Energy Analysis and Power Quality Survey. The objective of this survey is as follows:
- Assess the electrical energy consumption of the production and support equipment broken down by electrical distribution panel and/or operation (i.e. lighting, air handling, etc.) within your plant
- Create a baseline of understanding of the electrical contribution to the manufacturing costs detailing areas of both consumption and waste, including a detailed quantitative breakdown of specific consumption
- Evaluate Power Quality (such as harmonic distortion) throughout your plant
- Identify opportunities for savings and areas of concern
- Identify areas of improvement or change through innovation
Recommend specific cost reduction and energy conservation solutions (i.e. motor control, peak optimization/demand strategies, lighting, etc.)- Recommend power quality solutions
Why would you really need such an analysis you ask? there are 2 very good reasons. First, understanding exactly where and how electricity is being consumed will allow you to better target effective energy savings solutions. Second, identifying issues with power quality at
your site will allow you to take preventative action prior to suffering the damaging and costly effects that can result.
Electrical Energy Analysis
In addition to auditing the power quality at your plant, VXI Solutions will perform and Electrical Energy Analysis. This analysis allows or a greater understanding of exactly how and where electricity is being consumed at your site. Additionally, we will provide a detailed report with specific recommendations for reducing your overall electrical consumption and costs.
By having a full understanding of how and where electrical energy is being consumed, you will be able to easily identify those areas that will provide the most "bang for the buck" when addressing energy savings alternatives. By looking at the sample chart here, you can see that a 10 percent savings in the compressed air consumption will provide a greater overall monetary return than a 50 percent savings in the office space consumption. This is valuable information when prioritizing energy savings initiatives.
Power Quality
Power quality is a major concern for today's businesses. Most problems occur because of inadequately protected electronic equipment that sends electrical noise through the system, improper wiring or grounding, or imbalanced loads. Five general categories of power irregularities include:
- Over voltage
- Under voltage
- Outages
- Electric Noise
- Harmonic distortion
Such disturbances in the power supply can adversely affect sensitive electronic devices, motors, processing operations and HVAC equipment. Quite simply, computers can lose memory and electrical equipment can sustain permanent damage if not properly protected. With electronic equipment now being used in virtually every aspect of business operations, higher standards of power quality have become a necessity.
Power Quality issues can be an unseen predator at your site that can have catastrophic consequences when left unchecked. For this reason, it is important to audit your site to identify any all all issues prior to experiencing preventable downtime.
To get more information related regarding our Energy Analysis and Power Quality Surveys, please contact VXI Solutions at info@vxisolutions.com.
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