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Aging Infrastructure

By Tyler Simmons on 5th Oct 2023

What is Aging Infrastructure and how you can plan for it? As electrical infrastructure across your facility ages, you may begin to see issues.  You may begin to see that older equipment fails more often. Even if i …

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Convention Center Saves Money On Energy Consumption

By Luke Lancaster on 20th Apr 2023

Aging infrastructure upgrades save a large convention center 8% annually One of the largest and most well-known convention centers in the world covers acres of land in a large city, but also …

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VFDs and Harmonics – Why You Should Care

By Tyler Simmons on 11th Mar 2021

What Problems Can Come With VFDs? Most people that buy and use a variable frequency drive (VFD) are aware of the benefits they offer, such as speed control over their motor application or energy savings. What most people don’ …

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Active Harmonic Filters - Noise-Canceling Headphones for Your Power System

By Jeff Noxon on 8th Aug 2020

AHFs are inActive harmonic filters (AHFs) have gained a lot of traction in the last couple of years. In the past, high costs meant that active harmonic mitigation methods were reserved for extremely large/complex applications with …

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Case Study: Solving Motor Inrush Current and Energy Savings with VFDs

By Craig Hartman on 20th Mar 2015

Tensions resolved between utility company and local community by replacing soft start with VFD to correct voltage sags due to medium voltage compressor startsA large land fill energy producer in Chicago faced a  …

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How Will Line Reactors Help Your Variable Frequency Drive?

By Yin on 24th Jun 2014

The problem:While VFD's provide great advantages in energy savings and increased efficiency, they are the #1 cause of electrical power system pollution. Reactors have become the most common means of reducing this pollution (or dir …

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