Improving process control immunity to supply voltage dips in industrial settings

In the modern industrial facility, many electrical and electronic control devices are routinely integrated into automated processes to increase both energy efficiency and productivity. In many cases these controls turn out to be very sensitive to power quality variations. In fact they can be just as sensitive to minor power system voltage dips as they are to complete power failures. The end result being that the process experiences a costly interruption in production or output. This paper focuses on the range of solutions that may be implemented to resolve common power quality related upset problems with large process applications.