Power System Study & Analysis in Australia
Care Labs provides several services for electrical installations such as electrical safety inspections, electrical system design simulations, power quality analysis study, power systems study, and analysis.
Our team of electrical professionals utilizes the best power system transient analysis tool- ETAP to carry out load flow and short circuit studies, protective device coordination studies, harmonic emission and filter design studies, transient analysis, and network stability studies.
It enables us to work closely with clients to design and deliver the best power compensation and solutions available.
Why Power System Analysis Study Important?
All industrial or commercial facilities rely on a steady, reliable, and well-maintained power system. Even a small power outage or failure can have devastating consequences like extensive downtime, damage of critical equipment, and their repairing.
According to the state’s peak business lobby, a few years back in South Australia’s state-level blackout cost businesses AU$367 million. When a power blackout disrupts IT systems, one-third of companies lose AU$18,500-$465,000 per incident.
A periodic power system analysis study conducted on your facility’s power system could ensure a safe, efficient and reliable system under both normal and abnormal conditions.
Power systems must be analyzed in detail throughout all stages of the design, commissioning, and operation of the network.
Our power system studies and analysis using the ETAP software tool will give an overview of how the system will respond under normal operating and transient fault conditions.
It is defined as a made-up of various engineering analysis investigations used to analyze an electric power system’s response to events over different periods that a power system study will look at, such as transient, dynamic, static.
Many different studies reflect the status of the power system at your facility. It can be included in a power system analysis study report, a few of the more common are:
- Short circuit
- Protection coordination
- Load Flow
- Dynamic and transient analysis
- Arc Flash Study
- Power Quality
- Harmonic analysis
- Motor starting
- Earthing study
It allows the industries to develop a baseline for other sections of the overall plant operation, especially the electrical safety program.
These studies can provide evidence of potentially safe and reliable operations.
Load Flow Studies:
Load flow studies provide a means to calculate the voltages and currents in different parts of the network and the selection of adequately rated equipment.
In ETAP, load flows can be carried out using the in-built load flow function which provides information on the power loading and power factor, as well as voltages and currents of a power system.
Short-Circuit Studies:
Short-circuit studies are essential to determine the behavior of a power system under fault conditions. It is a time-intensive process to carry out short circuit studies by hand, and it is far more effective to do this using capable software such as ETAP.
IEC60909 and AS3851 standards are followed throughout the short-circuit studies. Three-phase short circuits and single-line to ground short circuit studies are carried out at all buses.
The system protective devices are modeled in ETAP and evaluate the effect of 3-phase, L-G, L-L, and L-L-G faults in distribution systems.
Transient Studies:
Transient studies compute the magnitude and shapes of transient overvoltage and currents due to lightning strikes and switching operations. Insulation and surge arrestor requirements are determined from the results.
Protection Coordination Study:
This study is used to verify the several protection devices in your system. It verifies whether they are coordinated correctly and are sized appropriately for the equipment they are protecting.
Our power system analysis study process generally consists of the following key functions:
- Data gathering process
- Data review and client meet
- Compiling equipment data
- Single line diagram model
- Power system modeling using ETAP
- Load flow and short circuit analysis
- Protection coordination study
- Arc flash study review
- Study report with an overview
- Risk assessment and mitigation analysis
- Project management
Care Labs Power System Analysis Include:
- Opportunities to reduce energy demand and costs.
- Reports highlighting problem areas.
- Recommendations on solutions.
- Information regarding how and where energy is being consumed.
- Reassurance of protective device ratings.
- Help to avoid damage and injuries.
- The effects of harmonics and transients.
- Compliance to Australian or International Standards – AS/NZS 3000, AS/NZS 2067, AS3851, IEC
Our power system analysis studies focus on the assessment of the client’s electrical system to provide recommendations to optimize its performance while improving the security of the supply.
We offer power system study and analysis services in all the major cities of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
Book your power system study and analysis today or get a quote by contacting us!
