How USES® Works
The USES® technology is dynamic, passive and resonance-free and reduces kW demand and kWh consumption through five methods:
Magnetic phase balancing of voltage and current to reduce waste, demand, friction and heat in loads;
- Passive resonance-free power factor correction to reduce the demand of reactive non-power currents;
- Harmonic filtering of non-power currents to reduce the billed kWh consumption;
- Transient energy conversion through the surge protections self-healing magnetic chokes – energy above and below the operational voltage of a facility is absorbed, re-constituted, and returned to the customer as usable power;
- Proprietary chokes generate a current from each phase that is injected into the adjacent phases as usable power, reducing magnetic fields.
It has been found that the unique arrangement of chokes provides substantial reductions in power usage, especially for inductive loads in an industrial application. The immediate benefit is a verifiable reduction of electric utility bills. Additionally, equipment life is increased while maintenance and downtime are reduced.
The USES® technology employs self-healing magnetic chokes and metal oxide varistors as its two forms of surge and spike protection.
The units are not custom-built per loads, but are specifically and intentionally placed throughout a facility according to the operational demands. They will help protect against damage from surges, sags and phasing, and are maintenance-free with an expected life of approximately 15 to 20 years. They are VFD or any control system compatible.