Technical Data Sheet (PDF)

Like a simple network of personal computers, the Microgrid Secure™ suite of software applications links together seldom-used standby and emergency backup generators at hospitals, universities, manufacturers, office towers, and other facilities that thereby allow utilities and high-energy users to draw additional power from these on-site sources as needed.

Features

• Multi-site dispatch center
• On-site and remote graphical metering, monitoring and control
• Complete integrated solution
• Real-time data logging and trending
• Power transfer monitoring and control
• Complete alarming and security features
• Generator(s) and utility-tie circuit breaker status
• Voltage and current harmonics monitoring & alarming
• Engine parameter monitoring and protection
• “Drill-down” within sites to monitor and control individual gensets
• Aggregate total power production monitoring
• Compatible with standard PC-based hardware

• Dispatchable power for generation or delivery constraints
• Low capital cost, low financial and political risk
• Quick design, build, installation and start-up
• ower plant construction in small increments instead of large capital projects
• Competitive energy generation in $/kWh vs. traditional central-station power plus T&D delivery
• Integration of fossil-fueled resources with renewable energy technologies
• Complements existing GT&D in the short term while allowing the best mix of central and distributed resources in the long term
• Increased grid stability and power reliability

Dispatch Workstation
The Dispatch Workstation (DWS) is a Windows® NT-based PC that runs Microgrid Secure™ (VPP) software. Used for dispatching remote sites via dial-up modem or LAN/WAN.

Remote Generation Sites
Encorp Power™ equipment provides generator control, monitoring, protection and energy metering capabilities.

Communications Processor Module (CPM)
A Windows®NT-based industrial grade PC. Communicates directly with the DWS (see above) and provides control and information data from Encorp hardware.

• Diesel and natural gas gensets
• Micro-turbines
• Steam and combustion turbines
• Wind-diesel hybrid systems
• Renewable energy: wind, solar/photovoltaics, biomass, micro-hydro base-load, and more
• Energy storage devices: batteries, flywheels, capacitors, compressed air and hydraulic energy storage

Used in a variety of applications: distributed generation, village power, cogeneration, peak shaving, base-load, and more.

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