~ CP Automation announces new partnership with Eluminate ~
To improve power quality in Denmark’s industrial facilities and support the country’s move to electrification, power quality experts CP Automation and SineTamer have partnered with Eluminate. The Danish company specialises in helping customers integrate renewable energy in the grid, supplying and installing monitoring and mitigation devices. Eluminate will now supply SineTamer surge protection devices, meaning it can help solve a wider range of power quality-related issues.
Eluminate now provides SineTamer’s full range of transient frequency attenuation devices (TFAD), which can protect variable frequency AC/DC drives and other electronic equipment. Unlike traditional surge protection devices, SineTamer uses special frequency attenuation circuitry rather than voltage actuation. Therefore, the device can actively track and follow the sinewave form — protecting all 360 degrees, not just the extremes.
SineTamer can also help address issues high up on the frequency spectrum, including supra-harmonics. These are voltage and current waveform distortions in the frequency range of 2-150 kHZ, which can cause a range of issues, including equipment overheating and early component aging.
“Denmark is embracing the green transition, but the move towards electrification isn’t without issues,” explains Anders Dahl Johnsen, CCO and lead consultant at Eluminate. “For example, we’ve removed many of our overhead lines and replaced them with cables, which has caused grid instability — and more customers have been coming to us with issues like harmonic noise and transients.
“We partnered with CP Automation and SineTamer for two key reasons,” added Johnsen. “First, SineTamer is like nothing else we’ve seen before, and it can work at high frequencies that we couldn’t previously reach. Then there’s CP Automation’s knowledge of the power quality market, which will be crucial as we consult on a wider range of issues, like supra-harmonics.”
“As more countries transition to renewables, we must consider the long-term impact on the grid and our power supplies,” added John Mitchell, global sales and marketing director at CP Automation. “We’re looking forward to working with the team at Eluminate, sharing our experience of the UK’s power infrastructure and applying this to Danish sites. Both countries are on this electrification journey and we’re all too familiar with the issues at stake.”
“It’s always exciting working with new partners, so we’re very happy to partner with Eluminate,” added Jeff Edwards, CEO and founder of SineTamer. “The company has a reputation for being knowledgeable and highly specialised — exactly what we look for in a partner. SineTamer will be a valuable addition to its product portfolio and will unlock doors as the company can tackle a wider range of issues across the spectrum.”
To find out more about SineTamer and how it can minimise issues in your facility, visit the CP Automation website.
