Electro-technology company operating throughout Australia to deliver installation, maintenance and manufacturing services from inception to replacement.

Engineering Services

Power Quality Analysis

Nilsen Engineering Services’ team provides comprehensive power quality analysis and can implement measures to bring power quality to acceptable standards. Improving power quality can bring significant financial benefits.

  • Poor power quality can damage sensitive equipment.
  • Poor power quality can lower productivity and also drive up energy costs.
  • Poor power quality can cause increased expenditure on electrical assets when plant or building expansion is necessary.
  • Poor power quality can impair the safety of electrical installations.

Poor power quality is caused by:
  • Harmonic distortion and voltage fluctuations.
  • Low power factor—this can increase electricity costs through maximum demand charges.
  • Power electronic loads (variable speed drives, welders, CNC machines, etc).
  • Inadequate wiring plan, and undersized circuits.


Nilsen Engineering Services’ expert team can assess power quality of electrical installations in cost-effective ways.

  • Initial examination of plant or building electrical documentation to identify likely areas for investigation.
  • Overall installation power quality measurement, and initial report.
  • Detailed analysis of the installation and recommendations for improvement.

Case Study

Westfield - Implementation of unique and comprehensive electrical preventive and predictive maintenance functions
Westfield - Implementation of unique and comprehensive electrical preventive and predictive maintenance functions Westfield - Implementation of unique and comprehensive electrical preventive and predictive maintenance functions Westfield - Implementation of unique and comprehensive electrical preventive and predictive maintenance functions Westfield - Implementation of unique and comprehensive electrical preventive and predictive maintenance functions

This project incorporates 42 sites including shopping centres and office towers across 5 states.

Outline of NILSEN Scope of Works:

  • Comprehensive reporting to the customer
    – Westfield National General Manager
  • Energised Testing
  • Infrared Thermography
  • Visual Inspection to Australian Regulations nand Standards
  • Energy Auditing
  • Circuit Identification
  • National resource management to meet the demands of 42 Westfield sites
  • Ultrasonic Testing
  • Voltage and Current Analysis
  • De-energised Maintenance
  • Power Quality Analysis
  • Power Factor Correction Testing
  • Repairs to electrical distribution systems

Specific Project Obstacles to be Overcome:
The Communication and Coordination of 42 individual Westfield Shopping Centres

Nilsen Innovations:

  • The design of unique and comprehensive testing packages.
  • Guarantee to repair or replace a component should it fail for the life of the agreement.
  • Guaranteed consistency in processes across the country.
  • Encompassing of Energy Auditing.

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