A recent press release states, “Sentient Energy, the industry leader of Intelligent Sensing Control Analytics Networks, today announced the new version of the Sentient Energy Ample software. Ample 4.0 includes new “dashboard” workflow tools for data analytics, enhanced device management, and multi-sensor support for Sentient’s ZeroAmp Monitor ZM1 alongside its flagship, the MM3. Sentient Energy Ample 4.0 enables utilities to proactively monitor and analyze grid activity and expand fault, momentary and disturbance detection to provide their customers excellent power quality and avoid possible outages due to high feeder level loading. Ample 4.0’s enhanced dashboard provides reliability engineers the ability to summarize all their critical network data in one interface, and then seamlessly drill-down to the circuit details. The new dashboard tools include a Load and Unbalance Monitor, Momentary Interruption and Disturbance Heat Map, Customizable Feeder Watchlist, and other improvements increasing analytic accuracy and usability.”

The release goes on, “Users can quickly locate potential ‘trouble-spots’ down to a feeder segment – either due to high instances of momentary interruptions and disturbances, or over-loading and unbalance. Additionally, monitoring load and phase balancing enhances resiliency by ensuring that there is sufficient capacity for feeder switching and restoration. ‘We are constantly looking for ways to design our products with the most beneficial features that will help our customers improve their energy operations and fault detection practices,’ said Konda Ankireddyapalli, CTO for Sentient Energy. ‘Ample 4.0 was designed to provide utilities a comprehensive analytics platform to monitor worst performing feeders and mitigate exceptions found that may cause future outages, momentary faults and power quality issues’.”

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