MotorDoc Podcast 5 A Discussion of the US DOE VERIFI software
This week while preparing for the SMRP 2023 conference we put together a short discussion of the US DOE's VERIFI software. This allows you to monitor energy consumption and tie…
ECMS-E1 Panel Installation on Utility Point of Common Connection 12470 Volts
A tailgate safety meeting is held prior to any installation and de-energizing even the controls side of the primary, literally in this case, no shutdown of the site was required.…
MotorDoc Podcast 4 The US Department of Energy MEASUR Software for Reliability and Maintenance
Yep, more free stuff. In part 4 we will discuss how to accomplish some of the overall items that we were exploring with the EMPATH Electrical Signature Analyzer (in order to justify one) using the US Department of Energy's MEASUR software. This effectively provides the type of information we pursue easily. The podcast includes a walk-through of the motors section.
MotorDoc Podcast 3 Energy and Emissions Associated with a Belted Application
Taking the information we have put together in Podcasts 1 and 2, we apply the method using an EMPATH Electrical Signature Analyzer to a 150 hp motor and fan with…
MotorDoc Podcast 2 Energy and Emissions for Reliability and Maintenance
Laying the groundwork for the next podcasts on using Electrical Signature Analysis and electrical measurements to communicate reliability and maintenance to corporate energy and emission goals. In this 12 minute…
Evaluation of Wind Turbine Generators and Transformers 2022 Paper
Abstract—During field studies of Doubly-Fed Induction Generators (DFIG) and Singly-Fed Induction Generators (SFIG) transformer and generator failures several unusual conditions were detected. A combination of subsynchronous control interaction, sub-synchronous torsionalinteraction,…
Nightmare During Business Travel An IoT Lesson in Accuracy
IoT Device detects either break-in or vandalism of vehicle. What could go wrong? Hold my beer...
MotorDocAI EMPATH Energy and Emissions Estimation Software Alpha
MotorDocAI Energy and Emissions Alpha version 0.1 (desktop only) is available for MS Windows and is designed to work with Channel 11 (kilowatt) data from either EMPATH and ECMS collected…
Introducing MotorDocAI ECMS Energy Dashboards
The combination of EMPATH ECMS-E1 and ECMS-32 energy and analytics data combined with the power of MotorDocAI artificial intelligence provides a deep dive into your energy consumption and impacts of…
Case Study Installation of Onics Ground and Neutral Filters and Energy Analysis with EMPATH During Installation
With the increase of nonlinear loads in commercial and industrial facilities an increase in current flow and resulting kilowatt losses in grounds and neutrals are on the rise. These generate…