USP&E Global, a trusted supplier of power plant
solutions in emerging markets, assures of quality project outputs that adheres
to acceptable power industry standards. Not only do we supply power generation
equipment to our customers, but we also help ensure that our equipment is the
most efficient, reliable and economical specific to each project. We provide
inhouse power systems analysis studies, using ETAP Software, according to each
project requirements.
Our power systems analysis studies help keep the project in
balance. Not only do they strike a balance between generation and load or
between production and consumption of reactive power; they further take into
account the costs involved as well as balancing between the reliability of the
supply and the investments needed to develop the system. Our approach
capitalises on advances in technology and uses proven sophisticated computing
techniques, using ETAP Software, that conforms to specific standards issued by
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Our most basic power systems analysis conducts each plant’s
power flow study (aka load-flow study). The study evaluates the normal
(steady-state) profile of the plant and equipment to determine the voltages,
currents, and real and reactive power flows in a system under given load
conditions. Our designers, with the help of ETAP Software, are then able to
ensure that: all bus voltages are within acceptable limits, all voltages are
within rated insulation limits of equipment, power and current flows do not
exceed the maximum ratings, power losses are within acceptable standard limits,
circulating power flows are eliminated and that the steady state profile of the
plant is within stability limits.
At USP&E we are committed to designing, engineering,
procuring, constructing and operating and maintaining the safest power plants.
To that effect, our power systems analysis studies using ETAP Software
considers the plants’ fault current analysis. This analysis undoubtedly
constitutes one of the most critical calculations of the electrical design
process. These faults are short circuit conditions whereby the normal operating
current flow suddenly increases by a factor of hundreds or even thousands. The
deadly fault current magnitudes are destructive and jeopardizes human lives,
production, expensive equipment, and project investments. By conducting fault
current studies as part of our power systems analysis for your project, our
team of designers can find the maximum available fault current at different
points in the electrical system. The
fault current found is then used to design and specify electrical components
that can withstand the tremendous forces of faults without harming occupants and
without damaging equipment and thereby safeguarding project investments.
Our power systems analysis studies are comprehensive. They
consider and evaluates all possible plant configurations for each project
thereby equipping decision makers to select the most accurate and efficient
power plant designs. The output of the studies are all-inclusive reports with
analysis of the power sources, loads, and branches of the power system to
guarantee successful project implementations.