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Cat® Energy Control System (ECS) 400

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Cat® Energy Control System (ECS) 400

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The Cat® ECS 400 integrates advanced site controls for both traditional and hybrid microgrid systems. The Cat ECS ensures precise management of generation assets with operational reliability and optimized cost effectiveness. The system features a user-friendly and intuitive 396 mm (15.6”) color touchscreen interface.

Cat® Energy Control System (ECS) 400

Cat® Energy Control System (ECS) 400

Cat® Energy Control System (ECS) 400

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Provides graphical human machine interface (HMI) to all control elements to simplify operator interactions with DER assets. Includes system visualization and user interface for manual or automatic control of the DERs.
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  • Rugged metal enclosure
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  • NEMA 1 wall mountable
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  • 396 mm (15.6”) industrial color touch-screen display
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  • Cat PLC-based electronic control module
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  • Ethernet router included
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  • Input/Output Ethernet module for interfacing with ATS and other relays
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  • Input Circuit Breaker Protection (Single phase 120/240 VAC 50/60 Hz)
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  • Best Battery Diode (BBD) for backup
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  • Cat PLE702 telematics device
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  • Router for Internet connection to telematics with Ethernet connection
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  • Operating temperature -20°C to 40°C (0 to 95% relative humidity)
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  • Voltage & lightning protection
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The Cat® ECS 400 is designed for large industrial/ commercial installations. The Cat ECS 400 integrates a variety of traditional and renewable energy sources within a microgrid by providing optimized monitoring and control for up to 32 Distributed Energy Resource (DER) assets.

The DERs, including but not limited to generator sets, battery energy storage system (BESS) and other renewable sources are controlled from the Cat ECS 400 for:
        
  • Energy contribution from each of the DERs to maximize penetration from renewable energy sources and system reliability. Priority for distributed resource use can be changed from the Cat ECS 400 user interface.
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  • Optimizing asset performance according to pre-programmed routines that can be adjusted via user-selectable criteria. The optimization routines can be based on several different parameters, such as minimizing fuel cost, optimizing engine operation, user configurable schedules for charging and discharging and grid export/import, charging batteries from PV only or maximizing system reliability.

The Cat ECS 400 will regulate the amount of real and reactive power exported from DER’s  to  the  utility based on a programmable set point.

The Cat ECS provides the option to have Cat Engineering Services customize solutions to meet large site requirements worldwide.
 
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Cat dealers have over 1,800 dealer branch stores operating in 200 countries and offer extensive post-sale support including maintenance and repair agreements.
Application
The Cat ECS 400 is used in a variety of microgrids where the Cat ECS 400 is configurable to meet applicable site-specific asset requirements.
Module Type
Monitoring / control and asset optimization may be configured with up to 32 Distributed Energy Resources (DER’s).
Enclosure Rating
NEMA 1 wall mountable
  • Control Modes | Off |
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  • Standard Components
    • Managed switch that offers configurable site communication and enhanced security provision to assure network integrity. One ethernet (4-Wire) port connection for customer networking of DER’s.
    • Telematics PLE702 (See LEHE22212) allows data logging of 300 channels for 1.5 days (requires subscription for visualization).
    • Best Battery Diode (BBD) for backup power supply.
  • Control Modes | Auto | Grid Connected – Sub-modes (16):
    • Scheduling – 5 schedules and 6 segments – BESS dispatch scheduling based on year, month, time, day and segment of day – 5 schedules and 6 segments – Import and export scheduling for active and reactive power based on time, day and segment of day
    • Load sense/load demand – Based on asset priority or engine-hour balancing – Automatically matches on-line asset capacity to the loads
    • Load smoothing mode – Non-stable load dispatch using available assets for specified durations of time
    • Reliability mode – At least one high priority “fuel consuming” asset ON
    • Grid Reactive Control mode – There are 4 available reactive power control settings – Constant VAr, Constant PF, Volt-VAr curve, Watt-VAr curve.
    • Pro-active add and drop – Ability to manually bring additional gensets online in anticipation of bringing on large loads. – Manually turning off gensets instead of waiting for LSLD drop when the customer knows large loads are being taken offline
    • Utility parallel, base load operations
    • 3 Flexible efficiency modes 1, 2 and 3 that may be set up based on asset group priorities
    • Economy mode – All Gensets and non-renewable “fuel consuming” assets OFF
    • Unplanned Islanding or Emergency standby – Closed transition (with soft unload) or Open transition
    • Utility parallel, import power from grid – Minimum import kW setpoint is maintained
    • Planned Islanding or Intentional islanding
    • Load shed/load add – Automatic or manual load shed up to eight (8) stages
    • Utility parallel, export power to grid -Target export setpoint is maintained
  • Input/output Ethernet Modules
    • Package mounted and/or ship loose options (See LEHE22466).
    • Supports expanded Inputs/Outputs (IO) capability of the Cat ECS 400 control: – Analog & digital I/O – Temperature sensing (RTD).
    • Interface with a single ATS and other relays that allows load shed/load add with up to eight (8) load breakers.
    • Configure I/O for any event (read & write function).
  • Control Modes | Auto | Off-grid (island) – Sub-modes (7):
    • Pro-active add and drop – Ability to manually bring additional gensets online in anticipation of bringing on large loads – Manually turning off gensets instead of waiting for LSLD drop when the customer knows large loads are being taken offline
  • Applicable Codes And Standards
    • UL 508A; Note codes may not be available in all model configurations. Please consult your local Cat dealer for availability.
    • NEMA Type 1
    • SunSpec® Compliant
  • Control Modes | Manual |
    • Communications, power allocation test mode for site commissioning. Manually control assets and the microgrid system.
  • Control Modes | Idle |
    • Monitoring only – Cat ECS 400 relinquish control to another site controller.
  • Cat Remote Breaker Control
    • Utility Protection Functions – American National Standards Institute (ANSI) – Over / Under Voltage (59 / 27) – Over / Under Frequency (81O / U) – Rate of Change of Frequency (ROCOF) (81R) – Sync check (25).
  • Enclosure Options
    • Security window Service Receptacle and Light Interior 120 VAC, 5A service receptacle and light. Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery, when fully charged, provides backup for a minimum of 10 minutes with a DC load of 150 watts.
  • Cat Remote Breaker Control
    • The Cat ECS 400 utilizes an optional external device for utility sensing breaker control.
  • Cat Engineering Services
    • Advanced Hybrid Sites for > 32 DER’s: Caterpillar developed code base is used to meet customers’ energy outcomes in complex installations requiring up to 250 DERs. Contact your local Cat dealer for more information.
    • Global team delivering advanced solutions to meet customer specifications including: Custom Cat ECS control solutions Cat ECS hardware integrated with distribution switchgear Customer specified sequence of operations Test reports per Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Integrated Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) solutions including remote start signal integrity and report generation Expanded performance capability: – Multi-bus sites – Advanced utility protections – Greater than 8-stage Load Shed – Load Add (LS/LA) functionality – Redundant PLC configurations – Weather-rated packaging (IP54 / NEMA 3R or IP52 / NEMA 12). – Larger HMIs – Up to 250 Distributed Energy Resources (DER’s).
    • Off Package HMI: The Cat ECS 400 supports a full function HMI display with the addition of an unmanaged Ethernet switch. The interactive 396 mm (15.6″) color touchscreen graphical interface serves to display system alarm conditions, status indications and annunciation. (Ship loose HMI display without panel box).
  • Telematics
    • Up to 800 channels of data storage every second for 1.5 days depending on the number of devices or equipment connected to PLE702 (See LEHE22212) with options for: Cellular (part no. 550-3269) or Satellite radio + cellular (part no. 545-3987) (Requires subscription for visualization).

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Application
The Cat ECS 400 is used in a variety of microgrids where the Cat ECS 400 is configurable to meet applicable site-specific asset requirements.
Module Type
Monitoring / control and asset optimization may be configured with up to 32 Distributed Energy Resources (DER’s).
Enclosure Rating
NEMA 1 wall mountable
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