Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc. Website: Dranetz.com SUMMARY Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) relies on advanced technologies such as climate control systems, artificial lighting, and hydroponic or aeroponic growing systems. These systems, in turn, require stable, clean power. This Application Note outlines how a New Jersey-based indoor farming facility addressed persistent HVAC and VFD failures by installingContinue reading “Power Quality and Energy Monitoring in Controlled Environment Agriculture in New Jersey, USA, Case Study”
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Power Quality Lessons from an Controlled Environment Agriculture Facility
Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc. Website: Dranetz.com For controlled environment agriculture (CEA) operations, temperature, humidity, airflow, lighting, and CO₂ must stay within narrow limits 24/7 to foster growing conditions for high-value crops. When power quality deteriorates, environmental systems can go off-spec, putting these crops at risk. When HVAC and VFDs began failing unexpectedly, New Jersey CEAContinue reading “Power Quality Lessons from an Controlled Environment Agriculture Facility”
Data Center Commissioning Case Study
Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc. Website: Dranetz.com Most high reliability facilities have a significant investment in UPS systems, generators and other mitigation devices in order to prevent electrical supply problems from impacting their business. However, these mitigation devices and related equipment are complex electro-mechanical systems that are themselves susceptible to failure and often do not provide anyContinue reading “Data Center Commissioning Case Study”
Power Quality & Energy Monitoring in Controlled Environment Agriculture: A New Jersey, USA Case Study
Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc., Technical Documents – Application Note SUMMARY Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) relies on advanced technologies such as climate control systems, artificial lighting, and hydroponic or aeroponic growing systems. These systems, in turn, require stable, clean power. This Application Note outlines how a New Jersey-based indoor farming facility addressed persistent HVAC and VFD failuresContinue reading “Power Quality & Energy Monitoring in Controlled Environment Agriculture: A New Jersey, USA Case Study”
Revenue Accurate vs. Revenue Certified/Grade
Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc., Technical Documents – White Paper INTRODUCTION In addition to our energy metering products, most Dranetz Power Quality products can also compute and measure common energy parameters such as W, VA, VAR, PF, Demand, Energy, and more. The ability to measure energy in addition to PQ opens the door to many more applications,Continue reading “Revenue Accurate vs. Revenue Certified/Grade”
Damaged X-ray Equipment at Major Health Care Center
Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc. Website: Dranetz.com Severe power quality problems damaged X-ray equipment, costing $100,000 in one instance. The source of the problem was the switch over from utility to generator power, during regular testing and emergency situations. Figure 1 (below) identified the cause of the problem, an out-of-phase transfer, captured by On Power with aContinue reading “Damaged X-ray Equipment at Major Health Care Center”
Application Of Optical Current Sensors in Electric Substations
Published by Ilham RAHIMLI1, Aliashraf BAKHTIYAROV2, Gulshan ABDULLAYEVA3, Sona RZAYEVA4. Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University ORCID: 1. 0009-0006-1976-4475; 3. 0000-0003-0168-9623; 4. 0000-0001-7086-9519 Abstract. Despite the fact that current transformers have been used for many years in certain sections of the electrical network, in power supply, to power the circuits of an electrical measuring installation,Continue reading “Application Of Optical Current Sensors in Electric Substations”
Overloaded Service
Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc., Case Study A busy trading floor was experiencing difficulties with their six air handling units, which were fed from a single 480V, 400-amp service. The units were malfunctioning, stalling and at times were unable to start, causing the temperature in the control room to rise to unacceptable levels. A Dranetz Power PlatformContinue reading “Overloaded Service”
Glass Factory Failure of Electronic Controls
Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc., Case Study The customer was experiencing repeated failures electronic controls and instruments in a new glass factory. The factory had been imported from a 60hz country to a 50hz country. In this case, the new factory capacity was reduced by 50% or more do the frequent shut downs and stoppages. The costContinue reading “Glass Factory Failure of Electronic Controls”
The Critical Role of Power Quality Evaluation in Solar Installations
Published by Dranetz Technologies, Inc., Application Note EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As solar photovoltaic (PV) systems become more prevalent in commercial and industrial environments, the emphasis on financial return and concise performance expectations has rightly intensified. However, one often-overlooked aspect of solar deployment is the comprehensive evaluation of power quality (PQ)—both before and after installation. By identifying existing gridContinue reading “The Critical Role of Power Quality Evaluation in Solar Installations”
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