Critical power systems solution: monitoring energy availability and quality

Value proposition

Main drivers 

• Save money - by ensuring continuity of service to customers and minimizing the costs associated with a shutdown
• Mitigate risks - from costs of lost data to the cost of lost lives, depending on situation
• Maximize your capital investments - by giving the information needed to build appropriate infrastructure (without over-building)

Value proposition

Critical power management can be defined as: ...an electrical monitoring and information system and a management process intended to balance elements of...

• Costs, both capital and operational
• Availability of power
• and risk of loss of power to critical loads

Differentiation factors

Schneider Electric specializes in consulting and engineering services to improve energy availability and the overall operation of critical power systems, including:

• Power system consulting
• Monitoring system design 
• Harmonic and disturbance analysis
• System troubleshooting

Solution architecture

Main characteristics

A PowerLogic monitoring system to:

• Integrate with an existing DCS and SCADA
• Monitor load levels at all critical feeders in real time
• Provide process monitoring operators with alarms at pre-set thresholds
• Capture waveforms and sag/swell magnitudes and durations when disturbances occur
• Enable load shedding
• Help avoid the financial cost of equipment damage, system interruptions, and high operational interruption costs