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TOEPASSING IN DE ECHTE WERELD

Analyse en beheer van de stroomkwaliteit

Stroomkwaliteitsproblemen kunnen uw IT-apparatuur ernstig beschadigen. De oplossingen van Siemens monitoren en analyseren afwijkingen in real time en gebruiken geavanceerde analyses om storingen te voorkomen, uitvaltijd te minimaliseren en een betrouwbare, ononderbroken werking te waarborgen.

Uitdaging

Stroomkwaliteit is een cruciale maar vaak onderschatte factor voor de beschikbaarheid van datacenters. In grote gebouwen zorgen hernieuwbare energiebronnen voor meer schommelingen in het stroomnet en maakt lokale energieproductie de energiedistributie complexer. Het gevolg: apparatuurstoringen en kostbare uitvaltijd.

Oplossing

Geïntegreerde bewaking van stroomkwaliteit in uw EMS- of BMS-systeem helpt u verstoringen vroegtijdig te voorspellen. Instrumenten voor stroomkwaliteit detecteren afwijkingen en sturen de gegevens naar het energiebeheersysteem, zodat u proactief kunt ingrijpen.

Meting

Installeer stroomkwaliteitsmeters op strategische punten in het stroomdistributienet om kritieke parameters zoals spanning, harmonischen, flikkeringen en transiënten nauwkeurig te monitoren.

Analyse

Evalueer de verzamelde gegevens om te bepalen of de kwaliteit van de elektrische energie aan aanvaardbare normen voldoet.

Identificatie

Detecteer afwijkingen van normen en identificeer vroegtijdig mogelijke problemen, zoals spanningsschommelingen of harmonischen.

Improve energy efficiency

Reducing harmonic distortion and other disturbancesminimizes energy losses and improves the overallefficiency of electrical equipment.

Increase transparency

An integrated BMS and EPMS delivers visibility into electrical, cooling, and environmental performance, enabling operators to correlate disturbances, run analytics, detect anomalies faster, and manage infrastructure holistically.

Met SENTRON Powermanager beschermt u de beschikbaarheid van uw installaties door spanning, harmonischen, flikkeringen en transiënten in uw netwerk continu te monitoren. Geavanceerde gegevensanalyse bevestigt of de energiekwaliteit aan de vereiste normen voldoet. Door spanningsschommelingen en harmonischen vroegtijdig te detecteren voorkomt u kostbare storingen. Continue monitoring en realtime waarschuwingen maken snelle reactie mogelijk, terwijl geavanceerde analyses problemen opsporen voordat ze impact hebben op uw bedrijfsvoering.

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How to get started

Whether you’re building a new data center or modernizing an existing one, Siemens provides the expertise, software, hardware, and services to manage and analyze power quality issues in your network.

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Consult with experts

Discuss operational goals, uptime targets, and key performance indicators with experts such as Siemens PTI consultants. Identify where power quality measurements are required, such as grid infeed, automatic transfer switches, UPS systems, distribution units, cooling systems, and server racks.

Plan and design your solution

Define the power quality monitoring architecture and determine optimal placement of measurement devices. Ensure the design supports relevant standards, redundancy requirements, and open communication protocols such as IEC 61850 or Modbus TCP.

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Deploy and scale your solution

Install power quality instruments such as SICAM Q100/Q200 at critical points in the power distribution network to capture parameters including harmonics, voltage sags and swells, transients, and frequency variations.

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Monitor, analyze and report

Use SENTRON Powermanager with the PQ Advisor module to visualize power quality data, analyze disturbances, and create reports based on EN 50160. Dashboards support real-time event tracking, ITIC diagrams, and harmonic analysis. Integration with Desigo CC combines EPMS and BMS data.

Case Study

Power quality recorders connected to the BMS

Company: Greenergy Data Centers

Location: Estonia

Siemens solutions: Integrated BMS-EPMS, power quality, white space cooling optimization (WSCO), low voltage power distribution

With their own 110 kV substation feeding power directly from the grid, Greenergy Data Centers implemented an integrated BMS–EPMS platform to monitor their power quality across HV/MV, LV, UPS, and third-party devices. The EPMS is connected to the network provided by their customers, and it all communicates with the BMS system.

Siemens provided not only the necessary hardware and software, but also the technical solution consulting throughout the project. Learn more!

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Use case

Integrate BMS and EPMS into a single platform

Integrate building and power management into a single platform to gain unified visibility and insights on dependencies and patterns across your data center infrastructure.

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