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ComRent Load Bank Solutions

Our Knowledge, Your Power

• TestingFacilitieswithLoadBanks• UnparalleledBenefits• AValuedDifference:TraditionalGridLoadvs.LoadBankTesting• TheComRentExperience

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Six Benefits of Load Bank Testing& What They Mean For YourCommercial Facility

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Thesimpleanswer?Loadbankscansavetime,andtimeismoneyyou(andyourcustomers)can’taffordtolose.Byimplementingloadbanktestingintoyourfacilitymanagementpractices,youarenotonlymakingsurethatyourbusinessispreparedinthecaseofanemergency,butarealsominimizingyouroverallriskbyavoidingsituationsthatcanseverelyimpactyourbusiness’reputation.

Weknowandvaluetheimportanceof“keepingthelightson”andbecauseofthat,believethatyourloadbanksolutionshouldalwaysbetailoredspecificallyforyourbusiness.Thatway,youcanensureyouarealwaysminimalizingpotentialrisksandareconsistentlyprepared,notjustinthecaseofanemergency,buteachandeveryday.

Aspowersystemswithinfacilitiesbecomemorecomplex,periodictestingandmaintenanceoftheentiresystembecomesevenmoreimportant,andusingloadbankstoensurethatthosesystemswillworkasintendedisevenmorevital.Whenyouremergencysystemsfail,yourbusiness’integrityandreputationcanalsobecompromised–especiallyifthethreatofpowerlossthreatensthelivesofyourcustomersandthewell-beingofyourcommunity.

That’swhyit’scriticalthatyoumaintainapartnershipwithaloadbankcompanythatisnotonlypreparedtoaccommodateyourneeds,butalsoexceedyourexpectations.

What’s the most important thing to look for in a Load Bank Partner?A PartnershipBeingprovidedwithloadbankequipmentaloneinordertosolveyourbusiness’increasingneedsforreliabilityandavailability,issimplynotenoughtoensuretheoptimalreliabilityandperformancethatyoudesireanddeserve.

Yourloadbankpartnershouldmaintainarelationshipwithyoufromtheinceptionofyourcommissioningortestingprojectsothattheycanhelpyougetthemostaccurateandappropriateemergencysystemloadtestequipment,aswellasprovideyouwiththebestcustomerservicepossible.

Introduction: Testing your Facilities with Load Banks

Your Load Bank Partner

Youshouldchoosealoadbankpartnerthatwillnevermakeyoufeellikeyouarealoneintheprocess.Aconsultantshouldalwaysbeknowledgable,experienced,andavailabletoworkwithyou,side-by-side,toensureyouarehavingthebestandmostefficientexperiencepossible.

Why test with load banks?

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Unparalleled Benefits

No One Size Fits

All SolutionTherearemanythingsinlifethatareconsidered“one-size-fits-all,”butyourloadbanksolutionshouldnotbeoneofthem.Whileloadbankssavetime,money,andlaborbyprovidingtestequipment,it’salsoimportanttomakesureyouhaveknowledgeabletechniciansonboardwhoareexpertsintheindustryandcanidentifyaspecificsolutionforyouruniquesituation.Eachloadbanksolutionshouldbetailoredfittoyourspecificneeds.

Inamissioncriticalindustry,it’simportanttoensurethatyouremergencygeneratorsandpowersystemsrunwhentheyneedto.Thatway,youdon’thavetoriskoperationsandallowafailedsystemtodissatisfyyourcustomersandultimately,damageyourreputation.

Alossofpowercanmeanyouhavetobringoperationstoacompletestop,andincertainsettingslikeatahospitalorlargeuniversity,cancauseseriousimplicationsorworse–putthelivelihoodsofyourcustomers,aswellastheircustomers,andcommunityatrisk.Testingprovidesyouwithanalternativewhereyoudon’tneedtoshutdownyourday-to-dayfunctionsandcanensurethattherearenointerruptionsinyourservice.

With load bank testing, you can:• Provide a stable and controlled demand on power systems.

Loadbanksallowyoutoisolateyourpowersystemfromprecisionequipmentandaresizedtofityouruniquesituation.

• Offer controlled and sustainable load. Withloadbanks,industrialcustomerscantestadistributedenergysourceagainstasimulatedgrid,insteadofjustadistributionnetwork,allowingforyoutocontrolthetestaccordingtoyourstandards.

• Provide a faster, better, safer, and more accurate test solution.Savetime,money,andlaborbyprovidingtestequipmentaswellasknowledgeabletechnicianswhoareexpertsintheirfieldtoreducethetimerequiredforinterconnectiontests.

• Allow for expedited commissioning and integrated data collection.Regulartestingwithloadbanksincreasestheavailabilityofallofyoursystemsandallowsyoutocommissionyourprojectswithaloadbankstrategythatsimulatestheactualloadfromthefacility.Withaccurateloadsimulation,youwillbeabletoknowwhetherornotthesystemwillhavethecapacitytosupportyourpowerneeds.

• Make it work for you, not make you work for it.Withloadbanks,youcanschedulealoadtestwheneveritisconvenientforyou-withoutaninterruptioninservice.

• Employ a real-life modelUsingloadbanksprovidesamorerealisticrangeofscenariostoverifythatpowersystemsarecapableofrespondingwhencalledtoduty.Byimplementingloadbanktestinginyourbusiness,youcanaccuratelysimulateloadstepsfortestinganemergencysystem,suchasthoseinanuclearpowerplantorsystemrestorationblackstartplant,bymimickingareal-worldsituation.

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Thetraditionalmind-setisthatusingloadstraightfromthegridisthebestwaytoloadtesttheinterconnectionofadistributedresourceforallcustomersandallindustries.However,loadbanktestingallowsmanyadvantagesovertraditionalgridload.Thatcanpositionyourbusinessaheadofitscompetitors,aswellasexceedyourexpectations.

A Valued Difference: Grid Load vs. Load Banks

With Grid Load Testing... With Load Bank Testing...• Gridloadallowsforlesscontrolandrequiresapproval

fromanelectricutilitybeforeyoucantest.• Gridloadcanbeinadequateasituses

fluctuatingload.• You’llneedtoconnecttothepowerdistribution

networkwhichmeanslongerleadtime,longerexecution,andmoremanhours.

• Youhaveamorerealisticscenarioandcanmimicrealloadstepscenarios.

• Youcansimulatereactivepowerandtestsituationsthataremoreaccuratebecauseyouarereplicatingthefullrangeofthetrue,operationalenvironment.

• Thereisnoneedtowaitforinterconnection,whichmeansshorterlead-timeplanning,shorterexecution,&lessmanhours.

Why change the way you’ve been load testing for decades?Youusuallydon’tthinkofloadbanktestingwhenit’stimetocommissiontransformersandsubstations.Afterall,youcanplugrightintothegrid–whenit’savailable.Butwhatifyoucouldmakecommissioningfaster,cheaper,andmorepredictable?Andwhatifyouhadmorecontroltomakeloadtestingworkforyouandnotagainstyouintermsoftime,cost,andreducedriskofoutages?

• Testing real-world loads:Testingwithloadbanksprovidesasustainableandcontrollableload.Theaccuratesimulatedloadstepsofaloadbankenablesfasterdatacollectionforvalidationofdesignspecifications,shortenslead-timetocom-missioning,andultimatelyrequireslesslaborforlowercosts.

• Minimizing risk of outages during commissioning: Real-worldconditionswhileconnectedtothegridcanresultinreal-worldoutagesifequipmentfails.Andfailuremeansyou’renotproducingorsellingpower–withapotentiallossofamilliondollarsormoreperday.Commissioningwithloadbanksinsteadofthegridminimizesthisrisk,acceleratestheprocess,anddeliversmoreaccurateresults.

• Saving time in substation commissioning:Yourpartnerneedstheexpertise,knowledge,andproprietarytestingequipmentnecessarytocommissionsubsta-tioncomponentsforthemodernsmartgrid–safely,quickly,andwithlimitedrisk.Yoursolutionshouldreducetheriskinvolvedinbackfeedormakingchangestothetransformertosimulateanactualload.

• Eliminate the need for grid load:Loadbanktestingeliminatestheneedtousegridloadtotesttransformers,switches,substations,oranyequipmentthatiscriticaltodistributedpowergeneration.Itprovidesahigherlevelofservicetohelpinsureyoualwayshavetherightequipmentfortherighttest.

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The ComRent Experience• Proprietary Load Banks -ComRentbuiltthefirstandonlyloadbanktesting

equipmentthatmeetsthecomplexrequirementsofutilitypowerplantequipment.

OurCR922A5MWmediumvoltageloadbankhasbeencustomengineeredtohandleloadsspecifictotransformers,blackstartgenerators,windturbines,solararrays,transferswitchesandswitchgear,andothercriticalequipment.Infact,ComRenthasthelargestinventoryandvarietyofloadbanksinNorthAmerica,sowecansupportvirtuallyanytestorcreateanyoptimaltestingenvironment.

• Technical Consulting and Expertise-Ourtechnicalexpertsarealsotrustedsolutionconsultantswhowillwalkthesitetohelpyouplanequipmentplacement,access,ingress,andegress,plusend-to-endlogisticcoordinationandroll-outandroll-upservices.We’llhelpyouensureasafe,risk-freecommissioningexperience.

• Custom Solutions -Ourtalentedin-houseengineeringstafflovesanewchallenge.Soifyouhaveaspecificchallengeorrequirement,wecaneithermodifyourexistingsolutionsordesignanewonetomeetyourneed.

Ourgoalistobeavaluablebusinesspartnerwhocanhelpkeepyourprojectontimeandonbudget,andthat’swhyweliketogetinvolvedattheverystartofyournewequipmentacquisitionorupgrade.

• Resistive and Reactive and Test Solutions-ComRentunderstandsthevalueofbothresistiveandreactivetestingtoensureacomplete,accuratetestofthegenerator’sperformance.Thisensuresthatthegeneratorcanwithstandalaggingorreactiveloadwithoutriskoffailureanddowntimetoyouroperations.

Weprovideparalleltestingonmediumvoltagegeneratorswithouttheneedfortransformersforfastercommissioningthat’smorecosteffectiveinthelongrun.

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The ComRent ExperienceWehopeyoufoundthiswhitepaperusefulandlookforwardtoprovidingadditionalpublicationsthroughouttheyeartohelpyourbusinessstayaheadofthecurve.

With18strategicallylocatedcentersandNorthAmerica’slargestinventory–over2,500piecesofequipmentand90milesofcable–ComRentcanmeetawidevarietyofloadrequirements,regardlessofyourindustryandtestingobjectives.

Andwithover30,000loadtestsperformedanda99.99%onsiteperformancerecord,there’snobetterormoreexperiencecompanyinthebusiness.ComRentisyoursinglesourceforelectricandthermalloadtesting.

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Contact InformationFor more information on ComRent and our experience in your industry, please visit our website, contact your nearest ComRent location or call 888-881-7118.

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