Peaks in electricity demand from unmanaged electric heating systems can increase the risk of power outages, especially if these systems are running on emergency power generation. When power is demanded from multiple heating zones at random, it can unpredictably overload the power supply system, causing circuit breakers or gen-sets to trip. In the worst case, unmanaged demand from multiple heating systems can leave glass manufacturing plants operating close to the limit of their main electrical power supply and at risk from plant-wide power outage. This article explains how using predictive load management strategies in the EPower Advanced SCR power controller help minimise peak power demand through "load sharing" and "load shedding" technology.
