Power System Analysis for Commercial Agriculture

A major U.S. poultry farm was in a bind. Their hundreds of electronically commuted motor (ECM)–controlled fans, used to ventilate barns, were causing high levels of harmonic distortion and running afoul of IEEE 519 requirements. Although a third-party consultant identified the fans as the source, its data lacked the detail needed to properly size a mitigation solution.

They needed granular understanding of what was happening across the system to move forward with a precise harmonic correction. Powerside was brought in to help.

Read the full case study now to learn how Powerside successfully uncovered the scale of the problem after only one week of data collection and analysis — and helped the facility design a targeted solution that overcame the issue and mitigated IEEE 519 compliance failures.