A chemical manufacturing company needed a more efficient and controlled way to ensure compliance with an automated Time of Use/Dispatch Power rate schedule from their utility. Plant personnel however, had no way of knowing power usage and were unequipped to shed load when directed by the utility system. A PowerLogic system with circuit monitors was installed and programmed to automatically identify which areas of the manufacturing process needed to cut back usage when called on. Based on programmed setpoints the circuit monitor for each area signaled operators to trim power usage. The PowerLogic system provided a simple solution for avoiding expensive demand charges.

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A major pharmaceuticals company, established a program to monitor all utility usage in an effort to reduce energy costs. With the help of Square D PowerLogic, the organization was able to meet these goals and build a foundation for future savings opportunities.

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A large production facility in the mid-west is required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to monitor the emissions of their stacks. They looked to Schneider Electric?s local Square D team for a solution, which revealed that the PowerLogic system is capable of monitoring gas emissions, meeting the data acquisition requirements and could be retrofit for substantially less than the previous SCADA solution!

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Paramount King's Island amusement park near Cincinnati, Ohio was one of the first parks in the world to install a roller coaster which uses a linear induction motor (LIM) to electro-magnetically accelerate its vehicles. The Flight of Fear indoor ride's LIM is used to launch a vehicle with 24 riders from 0 to 54 mph in under four seconds. The LIM launch replaces the traditional lift-hill and its relative quietness is ideal for indoor use. Riders are sent through four inversions and more than 50 horizontal and vertical curves in complete darkness. The ride launches a vehicle every other minute creating a voltage sag.

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At 3 a.m. on Friday, August 15, Joe Torr knew he was in for a tough day. Arriving long before dawn at Delphi Corporation's massive Flint East manufacturing complex in Michigan, where he is site facility engineer and energy coordinator, Torr and his team faced the aftermath of the biggest power failure in the nation?s history

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Arduous switching, testing and recording of generator test results are almost a distant memory for the VA?s operations people at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Using the VA?s new PowerLogic power monitoring system, Herschel Flannery, the VA?s electrical engineer, now can expediently and accurately prove the reliability of their Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS) and recently upgraded electrical system.

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A paper mill customer wanted to buy a new 250KVA winder but found out that there was not enough current capacity available in their switchboards to support the new winder. A power system study reveled that power factor correction would reduce the current through his switchboards giving the capacity needed for the new winder.

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An ongoing $53 million capital improvement project dedicated exclusively to energy systems on was underway on the main campus in Albuquerque. As part of the project, the university was building a 12,000-ton chilled water production plant; replacing five boilers with cogeneration units; replacing all chillers; conducting an upgrade of the electrical system; and undertaking a host of demand-side energy management investments. The physical plant utilities engineer needed to justify the energy improvement project, Schuster needed to develop baseline energy measurements, providing the ability to evaluate and improve system performance through analytical and control systems

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An international manufacturer launched a major program to cut energy expenditures worldwide. Their mission was to reduce energy consumption with the philosophy; "You cannot control what you cannot measure." With the help of Square D PowerLogic, the customer was able to monitor consumption of all other utilities (water, air, gas, electric, and steam - better known as WAGES), and ultimately reduce energy costs.

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Large Steel Mill facilities require relatively large amounts of reactive power to operate. Resultant low network efficiency decreases effective network capacity, creates overloads of network distribution equipment, and inflates Utility bills with low power factor penalties.

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