SmartSignal Corporation announced it has been chosen by Invenergy to supply its EPI Center predictive diagnostic software. Invenergy will use the software to protect its GE wind turbines, installed at various wind farms across the United States. SmartSignal will deploy, maintain and provide support for EPI Center.

What's being monitored and analyzed in EPI Center.

This deal follows a successful period of research and development collaboration between the two companies, resulting in software that's optimized for the needs of wind energy operators. The software monitors and controls load balancing, efficiency and provides diganostics for turbine failures. SmartSignal develops empirical models of all turbines. Each of these models is composed of a combination of related sensors which provide data about the many parameters that define wind turbine operation. Every ten minutes, the software performs an analysis of thousands of data points across a fleet of wind farms, and informs a wind farm if there are problems in its unit operation. This allows the operator to address any problems that arise quickly and more efficiently.

[source: SmartSignal]