Loose Connection in DC Drive Energy and Emissions Impact
One of the cool things about the EMPATH Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) system is the ability to look at watts losses by defect. Normally our case studies relate to AC…
Pioneering Predictive Maintenance with EMPATH: A Collaborative Success for Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction
By ChatGPT4.0 as prompted by MotorDoc LLC staff The landscape of equipment maintenance in commercial and industrial facilities has long been dominated by traditional vibration analysis systems. However, recent advancements…
Struggling with Driverless AI in a Tesla
First, after our rental experience on a business trip with a Tesla Model 3, I would definitely rent one again. However, the experience with driverless technology definitely reinforced my thoughts…
Understanding EMPATH ESA Continuous Monitoring Infrastructure
Framatome's EMPATH and ECMS data collection and continuous monitoring systems are flexible hybrid expert/ML/AI systems that also allow for real-time and historical data science. MotorDoc LLC and MotorDocAI are partnered…
Energy Monitoring Dashboard
Some of our clients use the ECMS-E1 and ECMS-32's for site energy monitoring. The hybrid edge system that we have developed provides the ability to simply create dashboards such as…
Analyzing Transformer Sound with a Phone – Poor Man’s Analysis
So, you are out on a job and there is a noisy transformer - you know, that humming noise that we are all familiar with. However, something doesn't sound quite…
Machine Learning IoT in a Box: Lessons from the SMRP Conference
Lately there has been a lot of discussion about the differences surrounding electric motor prognostics with expert systems and machine learning IoT devices. The difference became glaringly obvious right before…
How to Evaluate an Electric Motor with Voltage Variance and Unbalance
Voltage variation and unbalance are defined separately within NEMA MG-1. However, in real-life applications these conditions exist at the same time. In this paper we will discuss combined voltage variations…
Review of Power Quality Data on a Traditional Grid Environment Part 3
Why are utility-scale wind and solar important to stability In parts 1 and 2 we identified two different locations as examples of incoming voltage at locations that are either connected…
Review of Power Quality Data in a Traditional Grid Environment Part 1
Figure 1: Part of Data Analytics Project The condition of incoming power has a direct impact on the electrical reliability of a plant. As the conditions surround electrical equipment they…