{"id":4820,"date":"2023-07-03T17:17:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/?p=4820"},"modified":"2023-07-04T12:59:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T10:59:21","slug":"how-power-quality-affects-led-lighting-costs-in-industrial-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/how-power-quality-affects-led-lighting-costs-in-industrial-buildings.html","title":{"rendered":"How Power Quality affects LED lighting costs in industrial buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-PQ-and-LED-Lighting.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[e09ac727587a65ad957]\" data-title=\"Electrex&#8211;PQ-and-LED&#8212;Lighting\" title=\"Electrex&#8211;PQ-and-LED&#8212;Lighting\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"672\" alt=\"Electrex - How Power Quality affects LED lighting costs in industrial buildings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-PQ-and-LED-Lighting.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4822 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-PQ-and-LED-Lighting-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-PQ-and-LED-Lighting-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-PQ-and-LED-Lighting-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-PQ-and-LED-Lighting-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-PQ-and-LED-Lighting.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2><\/h2>\n<h2>INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ARE COMPLEX ONES<\/h2>\n<p>The effects of Power Quality on LED lighting performance generally receive little attention prior to installation.\u00a0 Power quality issues such as dips, harmonics, interruptions, <strong>can result in expensive, early replacement of damaged or failed LED lighting equipment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result end-users are forced to absorb:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0increased Installation costs<\/strong>: over-dimensioning of electrical installation<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>increased Operation and Maintenance (O&amp;M) costs<\/strong>: electrical labor costs to remove failed luminaires, replace drivers, and re-hang fixtures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Electrical environments of industrial plants are very complex and many LED drivers and fixtures are designed without considering it.<\/p>\n<p>Non-linear loads, such as variable-frequency drives (VFDs) and other high-power equipment like induction motors generate power quality disturbances. Other power quality phenomena can be generated by the switching of contactors or may come from outside the plant or caused by meteorological factors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Industrial buildings need to take Power Quality issues into account before making the change to LED lighting because they can contribute to power quality issues if preparation is overlooked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Power quality problems can cause a range of costly facility issues, from overheating equipment to power failures and increased utility costs.<\/p>\n<h2>LEDs AUTO-CONTRIBUTE TO POOR POWER QUALITY<\/h2>\n<p>The same LED lights can be a source of poor power quality.<br \/>\nIssues coming from the LED lighting are:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/how-power-quality-affects-led-lighting-costs-in-industrial-buildings.html\/attachment\/electrex-kilo-pq-harmonics\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4837\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4837 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-1024x545.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-200x106.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-400x213.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-600x319.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-800x426.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-1024x545.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-1200x639.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics-1536x817.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electrex-Kilo-PQ-Harmonics.jpg 1682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Harmonics<\/strong> &#8211; LED lights are non-linear loads producing harmonic distortion in the plant\u2019s electrical system, including the lighting one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power Factor &#8211; <\/strong>LED drivers with a low power factor reflect harmonics back to the mains.\u00a0 A poor power factor can cause equipment degradation, power losses in your system, voltage drops, and utility company penalty charges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inrush Current<\/strong> &#8211; LED lighting with compensated power factor can cause high inrush current and surges of energy. This can cause damage and malfunction of equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2><\/h2>\n<h2>WHAT CAN BE DONE?<\/h2>\n<p>It is a good practice to start with documenting the non-linear and high-power loads operating in the building.<\/p>\n<p>As a second step\u00a0 you need to conduct power quality monitoring on your critical, first-tier loads and the panels currently powering the lighting systems.<\/p>\n<p>Every electrical network and its problems with Power Quality are unique and need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>planning of the measurement campaign,<\/li>\n<li>preparing the site,<\/li>\n<li>measuring activity,<\/li>\n<li>and finally understanding where the problem is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>THE ELECTREX MONITORING SOLUTIONS AND POWER QUALITY ANALYZERS<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/the-importance-of-managing-power-quality-and-reduce-the-financial-losses-caused-by-disturbances.html\/attachment\/attachment-electrex-the-importance-of-managing-power-quality-and-reduce-the-financial-losses-caused-by-disturbances-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1256\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1256 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-News-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"Electrex -The importance of managing Power Quality and reduce the financial losses caused by disturbances\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a>Electrex,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/permanently-installed-vs-temporary-power-quality-monitoring-systems.html\">permanent or portable<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/the-importance-of-managing-power-quality-and-reduce-the-financial-losses-caused-by-disturbances.html\">Power Quality Energy Analyzer &amp; Web Data Manager devices<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are designed to monitor and analyze Power Quality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our devices are <strong>IoT type, including\u00a0 an embedded web interface<\/strong> and communication ports that make it possible to display measurements and <strong>control the device remotely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition it is possible to activate <strong>an embedded \u201cenergy PLC\u201d<\/strong> functionality allowing to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/the-digital-platform-electrex-ioe-internet-of-energy.html\"><strong>energy automation applications<\/strong><\/a> within the same energy analyzer.<\/p>\n<p>Our Power Quality analyzers can be used for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the recording of PQ events<\/li>\n<li>preventive maintenance on the LED lighting system<\/li>\n<li>PQ measurement campaigns for specific periods defined from the user<\/li>\n<li>monitoring of the compliance with PQ standards or service standards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The final step instead is focused on <strong>analyzing\u00a0 the power quality data<\/strong>.\u00a0 As in many other fields, in depth analysis will require power quality experts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1259\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/the-importance-of-managing-power-quality-and-reduce-the-financial-losses-caused-by-disturbances.html\/attachment\/attachment-kilo-d6-pq-electrex-power-quality-dip-ph1-graph\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1259\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1259\" class=\" wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-Dip-PH1-graph.jpg\" alt=\"Kilo D6 PQ Electrex-Power-Quality-Dip-PH1-graph\" width=\"271\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-Dip-PH1-graph-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-Dip-PH1-graph-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-Dip-PH1-graph.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kilo D6 PQ Electrex-Power-Quality-Dip-PH1-graph<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>In order to support end users and professionals with data understanding the Electrex Power Quality analyzers include, among other functionalities,\u00a0 the \u201cevent\u2019s graphic detail\u201d and \u201cevents timeline\u201d which can display detailed info\u00a0 of each event and a timeline of the succession of events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/the-importance-of-managing-power-quality-and-reduce-the-financial-losses-caused-by-disturbances.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>&#x1f449; DISCOVER MORE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Included in the embedded web server, the graphs and charts, permit also to a non-expert user to<strong> identify the statistical frequency, the magnitude and the possibility to cause a malfunction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1258\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/news\/company-news\/the-importance-of-managing-power-quality-and-reduce-the-financial-losses-caused-by-disturbances.html\/attachment\/attachment-kilo-d6-pq-electrex-power-quality-overcurrent-ph3-graph\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1258\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1258\" class=\" wp-image-1258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-Overcurrent-PH3-graph.jpg\" alt=\"Kilo D6 PQ Electrex-Power-Quality-Overcurrent-PH3-graph\" width=\"271\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-Overcurrent-PH3-graph-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-Overcurrent-PH3-graph-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electrex.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Electrex-Power-Quality-Overcurrent-PH3-graph.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kilo D6 PQ Electrex-Power-Quality-Overcurrent-PH3-graph<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other functions, for example, permit identifying the direction compared to the monitoring point, therefore identifying the source of the disturbance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summarizing,\u00a0 <\/span>the success of any LED lighting project\u2014whether it&#8217;s a retrofit or new industrial construction\u2014is the understanding, identification, resolution, and prevention of power quality problems.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Preventive and continuous Power Quality monitoring can ensure a smooth installation and reliably operating system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The Cost of Analysis is always Small if Compared to the Cost of Equipment Replacement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#d1cfcf;border-color:#d1cfcf;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Contact me to schedule a call! 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