Mystery Problems

When difficult to solve electrical problems appear, Quality Power Engineering can assist. Mystery circuit breaker tripping, computer crashes, corrupted data transfer is often caused by dirty mains power. QPE will investigate the problem and recommend the solution.

One of the most frequent causes of lost data and computer downtime are powerline ‘spike’ also known as ‘fast transients.’ Selecting the correct type of surge suppressors requires the advice of experts.

QPE has provided surge protection for the Telecom industry since 1995.

System earthing is frequently misunderstood, though it is vital for safety and protecting electrical equipment. A properly designed and maintained earthing system is a vital part of an electrical installation.

Power Quality

Power quality is a major concern for today’s businesses. Most problems occur because of inadequately protected electronic equipment that sends electrical noise through the system, improper wiring or grounding, or imbalanced loads. Five general categories of power irregularities include:

  • Over voltage
  • Under voltage
  • Outages
  • Electric Noise
  • Harmonic distortion

Such disturbances in the power supply can adversely affect sensitive electronic devices, motors, processing operations and HVAC equipment. Quite simply, computers can lose memory and electrical equipment can sustain permanent damage if not properly protected. With electronic equipment now being used in virtually every aspect of business operations, higher standards of power quality have become a necessity.

Power Quality issues can be an unseen predator at your site that can have catastrophic consequences when left unchecked. For this reason, it is important to audit your site to identify any all all issues prior to experiencing preventable downtime.

Energy Saving

Energy billing patterns are analyzed for relevant penalties or fixed rates. Amperage, voltage, power factor & KWH on motors are measured. Actual running hours per batch or per hour out puts are observed. Illumination levels, refrigeration load & compressed air system are evaluated for house keeping measures. Electrical energy balance is prepared with norms for each product.

Based on the energy losses & percentage loading of rotating equipment, energy conservation measures are presented with techno economic analysis. The energy saving areas normally identified are : compression / illumination loads, derating of blowers / fans, control mechanism, application of motor controllers, sizing of pumps, usage of TOD tariff etc.