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energy
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ComEC
The Universal Energy Controller
for Commercial Applications
cut electric bill
& save up to 18%
reduce
CO2
energy. efficiency. control.
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Markets
&Applications
The retail market is weighed
down by rising electric costs
and narrowing profit margins.
The need for an energy
efficiency solution is vital
for sustainability.
Restaurants,
Cafés &
Fast Food
Shopping
Malls &
Retail Stores
Petrol Stations
& convenience
Stores
Hotels
& Resorts
Supermarkets
& Food Stores
Refrigerated
Storages
& Factories
ComEC is best suited for supermarkets,
restaurants and coffee shop networks,
retail stores, petrol stations, convenience
stores, hotels, refrigerated storages and
factories.
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ComEC is the solution, it is the most
advanced voltage optimiser for saving
electricity.
ComEC provides the most cost-efficient
solution, generating the highest saving in
facilities that include refrigerators, freezers,
kitchen appliances, HVAC and lighting;
extending the lifetime of electrical equipment
and increasing your profit margins.
ComEC improves your bottom line by
cutting the electricity bill and reducing
maintenance costs. It is a scalable
solution suitable for small enterprises to
medium and large facilities.
ComEC savings per electric load*
230V
235V
240V
245V
Kitchen appliances
10 %
12 %
14 %
15 %
Heaters and boilers
14 %
17 %
17 %
16 %
Freezers, refrigerators and cooling equipment
8%
12 %
15 %
17 %
HVAC, air conditioners, ventilation, and fans
4%
6%
8%
10 %
18 %
19 %
20 %
21 %
Lighting systems
(conventional fluorescent, CFL, PL, Metal Halide)
* Estimated savings for a range of electric loads
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100%
Voltage Control
&Savings
12.9%
19.9%
Benefits
Remote EMS improves
energy performance
Installed within 4 hours
LEC &
ComEC
Benefits
Astronomic clock for outdoor
lighting control
Automatic & Manual Bypass
Refrigerated
Container
Services
15.6%
ComEC
3x250A
Benefits
Full branch rollout solution
Small footprint, wall mountable
21%
Resorts
& Hotels
ComEC
3x125A
ComEC
3x160A
Benefits
Leading
European
Petrol Stations
Nation Wide
Retail Chain
14.1%
Voltage stabilisation
No change to electric infrastructure
Supermarkets
& Food Chain
ComEC
3x800A
Benefits
Reduced carbon emissions
Undervoltage protection
12.3%
ComEC
3x250A
Benefits
Adaptive voltage control
Extended equipment lifetime
is a global provider of energy efficiency solutions leveraging decades of expertise in voltage
optimisation and control. We offer a wide range of systems including: ComEC - cutting facility’s
electric bill up to 18%, LEC - cost-efficient street & road lighting and commercial solution,
reducing up to 35% of total electric consumption, and SinuMEC - improving overall electric AC motors efficiency.
All our products seamlessly integrate with Remote Energy Management system for on-line remote control, analysis
and monitoring of all electric usage in real-time. With over 25,000 PowerSines systems are installed worldwide
our customers are successfully contributing to the environment and saving energy.
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Worldwide
Fast-Food
Network
Guarant
eed
ComEC All-in-One
Universal Energy Controller
ComEC is an advanced energy controller built around
an adaptive voltage control technology.
ComEC stabilises and regulates the incoming voltage
with reductions of up to 20V by 2.5V steps.
ComEC installs after the main switch and immediately generates
savings. It requires zero maintenance and enables you to contribute
to a greener environment.
Product Benefits
Adaptive voltage control
protects against under voltage and maximises saving
Voltage stabilisation
stabilised power supply for all electric equipment
Integrated Automatic Bypass
ensures voltage output is kept above minimum level,
protecting against over temperature and short currents
Manual changeover switch
manual bypass for service and safety
Automatic saving calculations
with daily, weekly, monthly and yearly slices.
Network electricity analyser
measures all electric parameters and energy consumption
Remote Energy Management System
for control, alarms, reports and services
Small footprint
simple to install, compact and wall-mountable
Zero maintenance
Save 10% - 18%
ROI 1 - 3 years
ComEC Product Range
3x80A – 3x1450A
ComEC maximises your savings
Cuts electric costs by up to 18%
Reduces carbon emissions
Reduces reactive power by 45%
Total Daily Electricity Consumption for 3 Phasas
KW
40
Bypass
Saving
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Extend equipment lifetime
Reduce CO 2
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Using sinusoidal INV™ (Induced Negative Voltage Technology),
ComEC optimises the voltage, improving power quality and
protecting your equipment. Voltage optimisation boosts efficiency,
reduces maintenance and operating costs and increases
your bottom line.
Remote Energy
Management System
In addition to direct savings generated by ComEC,
PowerSines offers an on-line Remote Energy
Management System (EMS) that seamlessly
integrates with ComEC devices.
The Remote EMS enables users to monitor, analyse and control
in real-time the electric consumption in all facilities.
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The Remote EMS consists of a GSM Controller, that communicates
with the ComEC, sending data to the central server over the Internet
and mobile networks. Users can securely access on-line, real-time
and Historical data aggregated in the Remote EMS server from
anywhere, simply through a web browse.
The Remote EMS can be added to your ComEC solution through
a SaaS (Software as a Service) model with minimal costs.
This enables you to achieve immediate business profitability,
by minimising the effort and resources needed for establishing
a complex communication infrastructure.
Solution Benefits
On-line saving results and consumption figures
sliced by day, week, month or year
Reports, charts and Excel forms
for smart analysis of electric usage
Real-time alarms (SMS and emails)
for abnormal conditions, anomalies and failures
Remote setup of all ComEC configuration parameters
Remote
Administrator
Tools
Application
Server
ComEC
Energy
Controllers
Mobile
User
GSM
GPRS
Web
User
GSM communication is enabled by a local SIM card
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Voltage
&Optimisation
ComEC is the advanced voltage optimiser:
In the last decade utilities have continuously increased the supplied
voltage in order to provide an adequate voltage level to the rapidly
rising demand for electricity and growing number of electric appliances.
The typical voltage supplied today is over 230V and it fluctuates in the
range of ±10% due to changes in demand, infrastructure and other
factors. As a result, electric equipment and appliances are often operated
in overvoltage conditions causing wasted energy, losses, electric stress
and shortened equipment lifetime.
energy. efficiency. control.
Operating electric equipment at reduced and
stabilized voltages with ComEC generates up to
18% energy savings and significantly reduces
equipment failures and maintenance costs.
Over Voltage
The Right Voltage
Energy Inefficiency
Equipment Failures
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Maximises saving
Dynamically controls and stabilises the voltage at the optimum level
Prevents the supplied voltage from dropping below the pre-set level
Improves power quality, mitigates harmonics, voltage peaks and dips
Extends equipment lifetime
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Voltage Control
Choosing the Best Energy Efficiency to Save
A solution that provides immediate energy savings while eliminating wasted electricity in
commercial facilities, and contributing to a greener environment.
The need to save energy is prevalent in every aspect of business and life. As such, there are a number of
solutions currently available in the market today for cutting down on energy consumption. This article
focuses on how voltage control is the most effective method to save money and eliminate wasted energy
by your business.
We will focus on:
• The ways in which voltage fluctuation and overvoltage are detrimental to your business, your electrical
equipment and your bottom line.
• Available technologies for implementing a voltage control and regulation solution that saves electricity
and money.
• PowerSines’ voltage control solution and how it solves business’ voltage problems in a clear and definitive
way, immediately saving money, meeting government standards and greening your business.
Introduction
In this article we will discuss the best choice for businesses seeking energy saving and energy efficiency
solutions. The technique of voltage optimization and regulation is already a known and acceptable method
for reducing consumption and electric bills while helping to avoid peak demands. We will explain the
financial and business detriments caused by voltage fluctuations on electrical equipment. Included will be
an overview of the technologies behind the solutions that offer variations of voltage control, ultimately
proving how only through the Right Voltage technology for voltage control and optimization will energy
efficiency and savings be achieved.
The Need for Voltage Control
The ultimate reason for using voltage control solutions is financial: (i) by regulating and stabilizing the
voltage you control the power, current and energy (KW, KVAR and KVA) – voltage optimization enables you
to control your electric bill and save money; (ii) voltage control helps improve overall power quality to
minimize the costs associated with equipment damage and downtime, caused by overvoltage levels.
Voltage control saves money.
Voltage control, also known as “voltage regulation", "voltage stabilization" or "voltage optimization” is an
energy-saving technique that controls and reduces the voltage supplied to a site in order to save electricity.
It works by reducing losses in electrical equipment, which thereby reduces energy consumption, CO 2
emissions and your electricity bill. In addition, equipment running on lower voltages tends to be cooler,
extending its lifetime and reducing maintenance costs.
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Why does Overvoltage Exist?
Voltage supplied by the utilities to many premises is often much higher than required, leading to excessive
losses in many types of equipment. This is inevitable and as a result of infrastructure. Some specific reasons
include: (i) the need to supply voltage at a level that meets the required demand by each end user; (ii) the
fact that electricity consumption has been on the rise. Though there is a constant increase in the demand
for electricity, the control abilities by the utilities are limited to changing the taps in substations only,
thereby exposing the user to overvoltage.
What is an Optimum Voltage?
Voltage Control and Power Quality
Power quality problems, which compromise industrial productivity, fall under five main categories: electric
noise or transients, voltage fluctuations, brownouts, harmonics and blackouts or power interruptions. At
the end of the day, the impact of power quality problems can be financially devastating for businesses
through increased costs and reduced productivity. Voltage levels are often highest during the night time
hours and weekends, when the electric demand is minimal and lowest on weekdays when electricity peaks.
The ultimate solution for reducing electricity consumption and improving power quality would be a
combined voltage control system, which supplies a constant voltage level to equipment despite the
fluctuation of the line voltage, and a technology for suppression of harmonics and transients.
Voltage Control Solutions
All the facts discussed so far are well known in the market and there are many types of voltage control
technologies to choose from. Most of the solutions, though they may seem beneficial for your business and
electric equipment, in general come with certain drawbacks that may negatively affect some types of loads
as well as the entire electric infrastructure.
In the following sections we will examine the commercially available technologies and solutions and
compare their performance attributes, ultimately elaborating on the most preferable solution for ensuring
energy savings in commercial applications.
Tap-changing Voltage Controllers: THE AUTO TRANSFORMER
An autotransformer is a type of transformer that has one winding, a portion of which is common to both
the primary and the secondary circuits. The voltage control is implemented with a rather simple concept of
back-to-back thyristors with a tap-changing transformer as shown in the diagram. This technique has a
reasonable response time (1 cycle) and is popular for small and medium power applications (> 20kVA).
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The optimum voltage for a site is usually the low end of the nominal voltage. The main purpose of voltage
optimization is to reduce the voltage to this optimum level. All electric equipment is designed to work
within the legal range of 240v ± 10% (most 220). Reducing the voltage to 215V will safely provide energy
savings, reduce losses and extend equipment lifetime.
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The drawbacks however, include high control resolution, which requires a large number of thyristors (60
thyristors for +/- 3% regulation with +10/-20% input range).
In addition, although autotransformers provide sinusoidal output voltage to the load, they have several
disadvantages:
• Complicated switching control (make before break).
• One shortened thyristors will completely block the control of the entire system.
• Bulky size and heavy weight which makes it an expensive solution.
• Costly installation and difficulties to find sufficient room to install such a bulky device.
• Copper Losses. Typical copper losses in transformers are about 3% -5%. This requires special
considerations for heat dissipation. For example 50KVA autotransformer generates about 1,500W –
2,500W of heat. This makes it not suitable for installations in commercial indoor applications such as retail,
offices, etc.
• Difficult to control. Multi-tap systems are not reliable and can’t provide flexible control of output voltage.
Electronic voltage controllers fall into two categories: 1) phase controllers or; 2) high frequency switching
inverters.
Phase controllers are based on thyristors to control output voltage. These devices control RMS voltage by
chopping part of each voltage cycle. They have high electric distortion especially with non-linear loads,
require over-sized filters, very poor input line harmonics and will not handle surge currents such as motor
starting.
The second type, Inverter- based, implements various switching and modulations technologies based on
IGBTs and thyristors to control AC voltage, frequency and current. These devices provide flexible and
continuous control over all electric parameters; however the main drawbacks are very high THD and high
losses (6-10%). The power quality of the output voltage may be improved using at 12 or 18-steps inverters’
technology, but they are very complex and costly.
Taking into consideration power quality and reliability issues make both these options ineffective for most
of commercial voltage control applications.
PowerSines Universal Energy Efficiency Controller – ComEC
PowerSines develops energy efficiency and energy saving solutions for over 30 years. The company’s
solutions implement the most effective method to control and optimize voltage; they are built around a
proprietary and patented design using sophisticated control algorithms. They provide the Right Voltage™ an optimized and pure sinusoidal voltage to the load.
Voltage Control and Optimization
The core of the ComEC system is based on a proprietary topology of power transformers controlled by a
microprocessor. The system ensures that only the right amount of energy required maximizing efficiency of
the load, reducing the voltage by up to 20V and stabilizing it.
PowerSines invented the following voltage control technologies, which lay in the foundation of all the
company's products:
I N V – Induced Negative Voltage – Inducing non-relevant voltage via a combination between voltage and
current transformers to provide a high power transfer ratio (the ratio between load power and continuous
power).
V V C – Voltage Vector Combination –controlling the voltage utilizing the voltage vectors angle and
magnitude of 3-phase electric systems.
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The principle of the INV and VVC are via reducing the non-relevant voltage (up to 20V). This will result in a
very high "power transfer ratio" PTR (the ratio between the load power and the controllers power). In the
ComEC the PTR is about 12, whose main advantages result in a small footprint, low losses, and high
efficiency. For example, a typical autotransformer system of the same power is 12 times larger than
ComEC, generating more losses and heat. In addition, ComEC produces a pure sinusoidal waveform to the
load and even suppresses harmonics and electrical distortions; therefore improving power quality. Since
the system core is composed of power transformers, the overall design of the system is robust and reliable.
The ComEC provides energy savings up to 18% savings on the electricity bill* in commercial applications. It
is installed between the main circuit breaker and the load, on the existing electric infrastructure.
Unlike multi-tap autotransformer systems that control the voltage by switching the desired tap, the ComEC
selects the right combination between voltage and current transformers to induce the right magnitude of
negative voltage. As seen in the image below.
Furthermore, unlike electronic voltage controllers that alter sinusoidal voltage waveform and generate
harmonics to both loads and network, the ComEC is truly a “Power Quality Friendly” system. The ComEC
provides low THD and a pure sinusoidal waveform to the load.
ComEC is an all-in-one energy controller providing programming features, built-in energy management and
measurements, and protection mechanisms, including an automatic internal Bypass and manual Bypass
switch gear for isolation in case of failure. It is a cost-effective, highly reliable, small footprint solution that
does not compromise on power quality when providing energy efficiency.
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Below is a list of expected savings based on the value of Line voltage prior to any voltage reduction.
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2
0%
1%
2%
3%
3%
3%
Refrig
HVAC
3
3%
8%
12%
14%
16%
17%
4
3%
4%
6%
8%
10%
10%
Chillers
Inverters
5
0%
0%
1%
1%
2%
3%
Kitchen
IT
6
10%
14%
18%
17%
16%
16%
7
1%
1%
2%
2%
3%
3%
Others
Inductive
8
1%
3%
5%
7%
8%
8%
Note: Saving percentages are estimated according to numerous field and lab tests and depend on electrical
infrastructure, line voltage level and type of equipment. Some equipment, which require constant amounts
of energy (e.g. to bring water to a boiling point), will only generate power reduction without savings on
electricity consumption (kWh).
Summary
Choosing an energy savings solution to meet your voltage control problems may seem
complicated with all the different technologies and solutions available in the market today. The
ideal choice should be a solution that provides a quick return on your investment. Choosing the
wrong technology may result in poor power quality, which will inevitably lead to inefficiencies in
your businesses productivity.
With the growing awareness of energy efficiency products, the preferable choice is an energy
saving solution that installs on your existing electric infrastructure, with support for your future
electrical infrastructure growth, while most importantly providing you immediate energy savings
today, such as the offering you get with PowerSines ComEC system.
ComEC is built around a proven technology platform, which is the foundation of all PowerSines’ voltage
control product systems. PowerSines systems are installed worldwide in blue-chip customers, utilities and
global companies.
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Volts
225
230
235
240
245
250
T8, HID
PL, CFL
1
6%
18%
19%
20%
21%
21%
Provides typical energy saving of 10%-14%
Includes smart monitoring of energy consumption
electric parameters and CO2 emissions figures
Supplies voltage optimisation for the entire
property
Robust system designed with smart features for
seamless operation
Extends electrical equipment lifespan
Guarantees efficiency and savings!
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