OEM Friendly Architecture
modularity and configurability to meet your needs..
Easy ordering, configuration and maintenance through modular design
If your requirements change, EPower controller can easily be adapted to meet your needs
Minimum spares holding - many options configurable through a common driver module e.g. firing mode, load, phases, control etc.
Up to four power control modules provide single and multi-phase control with seven configuration options.
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Software configurable options
A single driver module can support up to four power modules - and hence four independent control loops. Power modules are available in current ratings covering a range from
50A to
630A. The driver module itself supports options boards to give you additional flexibility in your solution:
Communications:
RS485 Modbus RTU, Profibus, DeviceNet®, Modbus TCP network protocols, CCLink*,
EtherNet IP* and ProfiNet*
Predictive Load Management (PLM) (patent pending) - A powerful feature to effectively manage your power requirements across multiple machines to save on your energy costs.
Flexible Plug-in I/O - up to 3 additional I/O boards can be plugged
in to add further flexibility.LTC - The Load Tap changer option for single phase unit applications only, allows for
managing multi-tap transformers, preventing both increased harmonics and the reduction of power factor
Energy Counter - Available over communications and for display on user screens, customers can access up to 5 scalable counters, one per individual phases and a global energy
usage counter
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 Predictive Load Management - the best innovation for energy management.
Reduce your energy costs across your plant by utilizing Predictive Load Management functionality within the EPower controller.
This new feature provides a better distribution of energy across different loads in your installation, by managing the priority and, if necessary, load shedding.
The EPower controller prevents overshoot of the nominal power. This will keep you within the limits of your electrical contract for your installation and prevent increases in energy tariffs imposed by your supplier. Unlike other software offering this type of feature, Predictive Load Management anticipates your energy usage rather than just reacting when you have already exceeded your tariff peak.
Predictive Load Management uses Load Sharing and Load Shedding techniques.
- Better distribution of energy across different loads in your installation, by managing the priority
- Load shedding
- Prevent overshoot of the nominal power.
- Predictive Load Management anticipates your energy usage rather than reacting after you exceeded your tariff peak.
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Typical Power demand on process: Energy where you need it BUT NOT
when you need it.
- Peak still present
- Average consumption much lower than the maximum power
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Power demand revolution with PLM: Energy where you need it AND WHEN you need it.
- Peak demand elimination reduces your energy bill
- Dynamic change of lower limitation reduces your energy bill r
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Using EPower controllers with Predictive Load Management
is a great value decision to make for your plant.
Lower costs, Increased Efficiency and Safety
 Through sophisticated sharing and shedding techniques, EPower's Predictive Load Management capability enables
companies to reduce facility-wide energy costs by providing more efficient distribution across a variety of loads and conditions. Buy preventing overshoot of nominal power. EPower enables them to stay within their contract limits.
Additionally, customers are avoiding tariffs that could be assessed if stringent government emissions tolerance requirement are not met consistently. The solutions enables accurate record-keeping that provides proof of the provider's compliance. Without these reports, the operation would be in danger of being shut down.
EPower's ability to continually and accurately predict, monitor and adjust to demand is creating more efficient energy production and distribution for customers. Company executives
at one EPower site estimate that the solutions will reduce energy costs by improving overall process efficiency by as much as 10%. And because no electrical parts were ever exposed, the configuration also offered a secondary safety benefit, especially to untrained personnel.
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EPower is
designed for easy configuration and modification. The front, integral
display has a “QuickStart” facility that leads the user through initial set up
in a series of simple steps. To further save engineering this QuickStart code
can be specified with your order and the instrument shipped pre-configured.
More advanced configuration can be achieved utilizing
iTools PC configuration software – which
provides the significant assistance of graphical wiring tools and downloadable
function blocks to minimize engineering time and cost.
Once you have created your application you can easily save and clone your work –
either as a back-up or to download to multiple instruments that need the same or
similar configuration – keeping your work safe and save repeat engineering
costs.
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