Can power monitoring provide a real economic advantage to an informed user?

With the installation of modern, particularly nonlinear, equipment, and emphasis on high efficiency and energy savings, combined with a growing environmental concern, users of electrical equipment need to take proactive steps to maintain proper equipment operation. Cost effective solutions with definable payback periods are usually based on the extensions of existing plant automation equipment operation. The author presents some of the application success stories to date, indicating the driving force, and describing the key application factors in each.<>