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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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