Automatic Control of Industrial Peak Loads

Automatic control of equipment is anticipated to represent the next logical step in the progression from passive monitoring toward plant wide automation. Automatic transfer functions, load-shedding and load sequencing are expected to find increasing application. In this paper a device named PeakLoad for monitoring and control of power consumption in industrial plants is presented. It is a PLC based maxigraph developed upon the analysis of efficient and optimized use of the electrical energy and is planned to be used by medium and big industrial energy consumers with purpose to decrease the cost of their production