Activities
ARDELEC
Engineering & Consulting
Engineering & Consulting
for Power Industrial Networks
- Visualization and design of optimal network topologies
- Diesel/gas/converter-fed generation modelling in island mode and grid connected modes of network operation
- Selection and specification of key plant parameters
- Power quality assessment in systems with high densities of power electronic drives
- Standby power and auxiliary supply systems
- Load shedding strategy development for process assurance
- Cable analysis and selection
- Stability in island mode operation
- Evaluation of motor starting transients and strategies for the starting of motors and drives
- Experience applicable to any industrial segment including oil and gas, manufacturing, mining, metals, chemical, marine and data centers
- Determination of consumer lists and load structures
- Preparation and review of plant designs and network expansions
- Dimensioning of switchgear, distribution systems, cables and transformers based on load flow and short-circuit calculations in accordance with relevant standards
- Development and dimensioning of connections of third-party grids and in house power plants including the required standby power supply concepts
- Definition of the basic parameters of generators and control systems
- Design of highly reliable network areas
- Integration of large drives and strongly fluctuating consumption
- Assurance of the required grid quality and reliability of supply
- Arc flash hazard calculation based on the applicable standards
- Evaluation of motor starting and re- starting concepts as well as the application of automatic transfer switches in order to avoid long interruptions in a process, taking into account the dynamical behavior of generators