Power management systems-predictive maintenance and energy sourcing opportunities

This paper describes the addition of a power management system installed at a large pulp and paper manufacturing facility. The paper reviews system selection criteria, installation, start-up, and performance issues. Practical use and benefits of the new available data to establish a mill-wide predictive maintenance process is reviewed. Finally, the potential applications for the system in managing power quantity and quality now and in the utility deregulated future are discussed.