The monitoring of the entire wine making process leading to consistent quality

The Problem In wine production, mainly in the wine cellar, electricity is the main energy used. The process that consumes more energy in winery operations is cooling. This is due to the importance of operating far below ambient temperatures in order to separate and remove heat produced by fermentation and ensure product quality. After cooling, …

Providing insights into inrush current monitoring and analysis using portable Power Quality Analyzer – NP45

Overview Several power quality issues occur in an electrical system like harmonics, voltage swells, dips and harmonics. Inrush current is also one such power quality issue that leads to voltage dips thereby affecting the power quality of the network in proximity to the source of causing it. These are present only for a short duration …

Provide accurate electrical energy consumption at 400 Hz frequency for Airport gates

The Problem Aircraft operate on a 400 Hz Electrical Supply for many technical reasons. 400Hz majorly helps have lighter transformer cores on the aircraft thus reducing the aircraft weight and additionally lowers the energy stored in the transformer core which are among other reasons for the using higher frequency. Traditionally, aircraft ran their APU or …

Frictionless taut-band meters for high shock environments

Overview Metering industry is dominated by jewel pivot meters since the early use in D’Arsonval galvanometers. Such instruments have a low life in high vibration and shock conditions. The D’Arsonval design has since been perfected by many afterwards and it still continues till today, but a major innovation in 1950’s with the introduction of the …

Condition monitoring of a transformer by parameter monitoring

The Problem For electrical transmission and distribution system, transformers are the most crucial assets. Failures of any sorts in transformers can lead to power outages, personal and environmental hazards and expensive rerouting or purchase of power from other suppliers. Transformer in service interruptions and failures usually result from dielectric breakdown, winding distortion caused by short-circuiting …

Tenant submetering and automatic billing report

The Problem Submetering is the installation of metering devices with the ability to measure energy usage after the primary utility meter. Submetering offers the ability to monitor energy usage for individual tenants, departments, pieces of equipment or other loads individually to account for their actual energy usage. With submetering, a clear and accurate picture of …