Energy Efficiency with Power Factor Correction


Posted February 27, 2014 by hillhousepower

What is energy efficiency? Energy efficiency is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to provide services and products.

 
What is energy efficiency? Energy efficiency is the goal to reduce the amount of energy required to provide services and products.
Hillhouse Power Solutions is an electrical engineering consulting firm that specializes in industrial and commercial energy efficiency by providing energy saving products and services to commercial, industrial and governmental customers in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and other states surrounding the area. This firm evaluates and determines the issues in the performance of electrical power, customer processes and control systems and carry out successful energy solutions that solve problems and attain commercial energy savings.

Modern power systems in various field grow more complicated every year as power electronics, variable frequency drives and other sensitive controls enter the picture but with the addition of these energy efficient electronic power devices, these can cause some problems to power quality in your facility. With Hillhouse Power Solutions’ experience, they are able to identify and overcome power quality problems that can happen in such facilities. The experienced professionals of this firm can determine the root cause of problems, make a power quality study to lessen if not eliminate the problems and carry out the power quality solutions to correct the issues.

Power quality problems such as power interruption, voltage sags or surges can disrupt the operation in your facility and can even damage your equipment. This electrical engineering consulting firm can help by addressing the power quality problems with an overall collection of power quality products and consulting/diagnostic services. Here are some of the power quality services: temporary power monitoring, continuous power monitoring with internet access, voltage regulation and unbalanced assessment, and education and training seminars.

There are times when the facilities operate with large pumps, compressors, fans and other “reactive power” equipment; this means that there is a deficiency in power factor in the use of electricity. This situation puts a load on the power delivery equipment. This results in the inefficient use of power and will carry costly power factor utility charges.
With firm’s analysis and projects, power factor correction may be done. This will allow businesses to avoid power factor charges on their monthly electric bill. Power factor will tell how effectively a facility uses electric power.

Hillhouse Power Solutions provides a solution to overcome one of the challenges of business which is competing capital requirements and having a tight budget to operate the business. This is done by offering power factor correction project funding to credit-approved customers so that they can eliminate their monthly power factor costs. With power factor correction electric demand charge on the monthly bill can be significantly reduced. Reduction can go as high as 10-20% or more.
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Website Hillhouse Power Solutions
Phone 817 428 0042
Business Address 8100 Oak Knoll Dr
North Richland Hills, TX
Country United States
Categories Business
Tags efficiency audits , energy consulting projects , facility energy audits , power factor correction , power quality , projects incentives
Last Updated February 27, 2014