Voltage optimisation
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Seriously, voltage optimisation rocks!
Voltage management is an umbrella term for various technologies aimed at optimising, stabilising, regulating, or plain reducing the amount of volts needed to run equipment.
The implemented measure:
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Optimizes the operating voltage to the required value, depending on the consumption at each stage, stabilizing the overvoltage and undervoltage in the consumer's network
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Filters distortion of harmonics and interharmonic frequencies to the minimum level
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Eliminates transient phenomena of overvoltage, undervoltage, flickering, and voltage fluctuations in the consumer's network
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Automatically compensates the power factor in real time to 0.95 - 0.99 cos fi
You can save both energy and money by making sure your electricity supply is set at optimal levels across your site. If your property is supplied with electricity at a higher voltage level than your electrical equipment needs, it is possible that you are wasting energy.
Voltage management optimises electricity supplied to equipment, while assuring that it still runs optimally. The expected energy savings achieved are around 10%.
Tip
There are several ways to optimise voltage on your premises. You can install voltage management equipment, adjust or modify incoming electrical supply infrastructure, or replace voltage dependent loads.
Guides and specialists can help you transform and optimise your power supply by installing voltage management devices.
- Carbon Trust, Voltage management, https://www.carbontrust.com/media/77191/ctg045.pdf
- EAUC-Scotland and Resource Efficient Scotland (RES), Energy Efficiency Technologies Catalogue, http://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/energy_efficiency_technologies_…