Edge-based solution for detecting and mitigating sub-synchronous oscillations

Could AI hurt the grid?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing data centers, but it also introduces challenges such as sub-synchronous oscillations (SSO). These oscillations can cause severe damage to electrical infrastructure, making it crucial to detect and manage them effectively. Eaton's edge-based processing solution offers a robust and reliable method for detecting SSO, ensuring the stability and efficiency of AI data centers.

What could AI do to the grid?

AI applications require performance-intensive computing, leading to significant energy consumption and sudden swings in energy usage because of dynamic loading. These swings can create sub-synchronous oscillations, which occur at frequencies below the power system's fundamental frequency. SSO can cause transformer overheating, ferro resonant damage, and resonance at sub-synchronous frequencies, potentially damaging rotors, turbines and generators. Our approach to SSOs allows for detecting events that occur at sub-synchronous frequencies to manage AI workloads and alert your operations teams when action is needed.

Edge-based solution - Why it’s superior

Reduced latency on critical alerts

Higher resolution data for better detection accuracy

Cost-effective computing

Option for redundancy in critical areas

Targeted insights

Safeguarding against disrtuptive events: Innovative solutions for sub-synchronous oscillations in AI data centers

This whitepaper discusses the impact of AI on data centers, particularly focusing on the challenges posed by SSO and the importance of detecting these events to ensure continuous operation and prevent equipment damage.

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Tackling SSO: An edge-based solution

This listicle highlights the key points of Eaton's edge-based processing and event detection solution, emphasizing its advantages in tackling sub-synchronous oscillations in AI data centers.

Our solution at a glance

Edge-based detection heps mitigate the perils of SSO

Elliminate equipment damage

Prevents transformer overheating and generator damage

Increased uptime

Ensures continuous operation of data centers

Avoid penalties & costs

SSO mitigation reduces repair costs and helps elliminate potential utility penalties

Monitoring for SSO can be extended to other rotating devices within data centers, such as cooling systems and backup generators. Metering for SSO at different boundaries within a facility can provide valuable data for managing loads and ensuring stability. The Power Xpert quality event analysis system is an edge-based power quality monitoring solution for high-performance applications, helping you to detect and mitigate SSOs.

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Edge-based solution for detecting and mitigating sub-synchronous oscillations

What could AI do to the grid?

Edge-based solution - Why it’s superior