Fluke - Finding energy waste with Power Quality management
Saving energy and minimizing energy waste is one of the most important aspects of energy use. No matter what industry you work in, looking for energy savings means looking at your power consumption rates and developing a power quality management energy saving plan.
Benchmarking electrical energy consumption
The first step in developing a power quality management program is benchmarking your current electrical energy consumption across the facility. Through that initial survey, you can look for quick and easy solutions to start with, like areas that are typically closed on the weekends and can be shut down. Track areas that contribute to your energy usage outside of large assets like supplementary electrical heating, lighting being left on, and computers not being switched off. Once you’ve identified and implemented those quick wins, continue with more detailed studies throughout the building. Run load studies on assets throughout the area using the Fluke 1777 Three Phase Power Quality Analyzer. These measurements can show where you could see significant energy-saving opportunities from switching some systems off during the night on non-operating times.
Once power quality studies reveal areas where energy is being wasted, you can take steps to fix the issues like set up a preventive maintenance routine, install harmonic filters on loads that add to your facility’s harmonic distortion, address the sources of unbalance, mitigate unbalanced load issues and replace blown fuses where necessary.
Power quality studies highlight a lot of what can be done to save energy, reduce energy losses due to issues throughout a facility, and lower energy costs.
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