The mission of critical power systems in data centers has always been to contribute to maximum uptime – and it still is. But critical power is changing: Low-emission power sources are a viable alternative to diesel gensets. Plant owners can open up revenue streams by selling ancillary services. Another increasingly important concern is the level of resilience to avoid hacker attacks.
No matter what challenges you are facing, and what you want to achieve, DEIF provides a full line of products; controllers, PLCs, protection relays, displays, and other devices that help you design a bespoke backup power control solution.
Power and energy management
With DEIF devices, you can create reliable power and energy management systems (PMS/EMS) that maximize reliability in new build, retrofit, and upgrade projects. Drawing on our vast experience in power control, they offer a range of features that help you every step of the way: system design emulation; multi-master control with device redundancy, hot standby, and N+1 secure mode; fast startup, and much more.
Ancillary service control
Critical power plant owners can generate income by selling ancillary services to transmission system operators (TSO) or independent system operators (ISO), helping the operator keep the power grid stable. TSOs/ISOs often rely on external vendors for ancillary services.
DEIF can help you design a solution that enables ancillary service control for new or existing critical power facilities. Our solutions help supply additional power to the grid or reduce the load on the grid by voluntarily disconnecting from it. We have cooperated with major clients on setting up the required solutions; for example, we worked with a broadcasting corporation to provide manual frequency restoration reserve services from its emergency power system.
Integration of renewables
To reduce the carbon footprint and emissions of your backup power system, you can use non-emission power sources like solar panels, batteries, and fuel cells. These renewables enable you to deliver emission-free backup power; they also help you run gensets more efficiently, saving fuel and reducing carbon emissions. All it takes is a control solution managing it all, and DEIF delivers: With our control system, you can easily integrate any power or energy source in your PMS/EMS.
Protection from hacker attacks
Web-connected control systems greatly improve the flexibility and convenience of your solutions; unfortunately, they also increase the risk of cyberattacks from malicious entities. With the DEIF iE 250 controllers, however, you get cybersecurity features that help you protect your control system, power assets, and customers from attacks – including role-based authorization and secure firmware updates.
In short, DEIF devices and support help you maximize uptime without manual interventions and human error whilst capitalizing on the opportunities that are opening up to data center owners and operators in a changing critical power sector.
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