May 20, 2015
Diesel Generator- Power Factor and Efficiency
Our focus here is only on power factor and its effect on output KW. Most of DG manufacturers mention0.8 as rated power factor of DG. But it doesn’t mean that DG must be operated…
May 19, 2015
Reactive Power Compensation- Capacitor Panel
Power factor improvement has always been a crucial area of concern for all industrial plants and big office spaces incurring large electricity cost.
April 2, 2015
Relation between Production and Energy Consumption
Every manufacturing facility has different stages between raw material and finished commercial product. These different stages have individual motor circuit control (MCC) units,…
April 2, 2015
Importance of Transformer Efficiency – Effect of Loading
Distribution transformer is a part of every electrical power network at user end. If a facility is being supplied on HT from the utility, transformer and its losses comes under…
March 16, 2015
K-Factor for Transformer
K-factor for an electrical network primarily relates to non-linear loads and is defined as a number representing the effect of harmonics on the heating of transformer. For…
November 25, 2014
Tackling Electricity Theft in India
Indian government has announced an ambitious plan of setting up hundreds of smart cities across the country. However, no city can be called a smart city unless government can…
November 21, 2014
Smart Cities and Smart Grid
A critical and important part of a smart city is to have an efficient electrical infrastructure, often termed as a smart grid.
August 6, 2014
Tracking your Energy Management KPI
I recently met an old friend who is currently managing operations at one of the hospitals of a large healthcare company. One of his KPIs is to reduce his energy bill on a…
August 5, 2014
Energy Data and Production Schedule
The smart meters are providing energy data that is being used not only to monitor and analyse the energy consumption, but also to draw insights about other business areas. For…
July 31, 2014
Why Energy Intelligence Software
The cost of electricity has been increasing rapidly – both because of increased prices and increased demand. Since electricity spend is one of the major operating costs for both…