Power Studies Services
There are various points within an electrical power system where faults may occur. To increase your facility's reliability and protect your equipment, personnel, and business operations, you need to keep a well-maintained system. Your standard electrical company may be able to perform the necessary maintenance follow-through, but it's important and optimal to have an electrical diagnostic study performed by a qualified specialist in order to instruct an electrical engineer on how to specifically maintain your system.
In addition, you can be fined UP TO $500,000 just for not having an Arc Flash Study performed and being in compliance. As our name suggests, we are experts at performing the Arc Flash Study, as well as the following studies below. We feel that these are the most important and essential in order for you to maintain your electrical power distribution system:
What do Electrical Power Studies consist of?
An Electrical Power Study is an Electrical System Analysis performed by the Arc Flash Study Pro that includes any or all of the diagnostic or preventative services listed below. The following studies below are the most important and most essential for you to get your electrical system properly set up and reliable. There are a few additional types of electrical power diagnostic services available that we may recommend after reviewing your facility and discussing your plans but we can go over those later. For the most part, the power studies below should cover the bases.
Note: A Power Study may also be referred to as Power Studies, Electrical Power Study, Power System Analysis, Electrical System Analysis.
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Arc flash hazard exists whenever personnel are servicing electrical equipment in the energized state. An Arc Flash Study is performed in order to determine the available arc fault currents and arc flash hazards. Arc Flash regulations clearly state that a Study MUST be performed to determine these values. By performing the proper arc flash studies by calculation, you're insuring that your workers are using the proper personal protection equipment (PPE) and safety equipment.
The National Electrical Code® requires that all short circuit interrupting devices have ratings sufficient for the current which must be interrupted. A severe fault (short circuit) can have catastrophic consequences on your electrical system. Electrical systems often go through changes without consideration of short circuit level and equipment rating changes. New buildings and installations aren't immune, and fault levels can vary between systems and locations. ALL systems will fault at SOME point. An Electrical Failure Analysis, also commonly referred to as a Short Circuit Study, will provide the information required to determine if the interrupting capacities of the power system components are adequate enough to protect your power system.
A Protective Device Coordination Study will show you the probable and possible values of fault currents within the system and show you the impact short circuits and failures would have on your fuses, circuit breakers, and your facility's operation.
Medium Voltage Relays are used to protect power system devices including generators, transformers, buses, and feeder lines from power system faults. There are several different kinds of faults such as phase to ground and phase to phase and other combinations. There can be many different causes of these faults with the most common being lightning, rodents, human interference, aging of equipment, and adverse weather. The relay is used to detect the fault and then open breakers in the area to clear the fault. Relays must be set correctly to increase equipment protection, ensure protective relay coordination, and limit the effects of a disturbance.
Used to determine how your electrical system will operate in normal and emergency conditions, and to check for the application of power factor correction capacitors. A Load Flow Study will:
Infrared is a non-destructive, predictive maintenance tool which is capable of detecting anomalies, based on the load conditions of the equipment creating a "snap-shot-in-time" of your equipment's thermal image. The goal of infrared (thermal) inspection is to survey the designated electrical equipment to pinpoint defective components and elevated temperatures in your power system.
If unfound or untreated, thermal "hot spots" can cause potential explosions, fire, or other electrical service interruption threats. Thermal hot spots are generally caused by overloaded or unbalanced electrical circuits, broken equipment, or loose connections. These conditions are often overlooked during routine facility evaluations. They can result in the release of heat that will be visible only through infrared themography detection services.
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