Chilled-water plant, 480V. About 4.82% winter and 3.45% summer kWh. VFD and control stability after lightning-related faults. About a five-year payback.
Lucid Load · data center, industrial, critical
Lucid Load is power conditioning for data centers, plants, chilled-water, process lines, and sensitive electronics. The job is demand, power factor, and surviving sag, surge, and a dirty grid. It is not the Tune commercial panel filter.
Why this product exists
Once on the utility bill as extra kW, kVA, and kVAR. Again when UPS, VFDs, cooling, controls, and boards take a sag or a strike. Lucid Load is the product we take to that conversation.
Lucid Load is for the site where uptime and demand both matter: data halls, chilled-water plants, process lines, and buildings with dense VFDs. A convenience store or a car-wash tunnel is a different product conversation. That is Tune.
What we take to a data-center or plant briefing
| Job | Why it shows up on the P&L |
|---|---|
| Lower kW, kVA, kVAR | Dirty power inflates demand and energy. Abitibi measured utility cost and power factor on a 14-month test. |
| Better power factor | UF reported Lucid Load was the only device they tested that both improved power factor and cut kWh. Not a capacitor bank. |
| Hold through sag and surge | Coldwater’s protected side held product and motors in a sag event. The unprotected side took the damage. |
| Keep VFDs and controls alive | UF chilled-water after lightning-related faults. Schindler Hawaii on elevator boards and drives. |
Published Lucid Load results
Chilled-water plant, 480V. About 4.82% winter and 3.45% summer kWh. VFD and control stability after lightning-related faults. About a five-year payback.
Groundwood pulp. 14-month test versus a three-year baseline. Utility cost down. Power factor from below 0.90 to 0.99. Lower kW, kVA, and kVAR.
Eleven units on the north end. Demand drop of 40 to 50 kW. In a sag event the protected side held; the unprotected side took the damage. Coldwater estimated $6 to $8 million in avoided damage.
Grid fluctuations that can take out elevator boards, VFDs, and controller fuses. Lucid Load used as a conditioning layer. Fewer power-related callbacks. Energy language on this site is potential only. No percent claimed here.
“Since we have installed this device, we haven't had any issues with the VFDs or control systems due to lightning strikes.”