We offer a one-source responsibility for many types of turnkey solutions requiring multi-discipline system integration. Using emerging technologies in electrical equipment manufacturing, instrumentation, process control, power generation, and SCADA, we deliver functional systems to support your mission.

Establishing enhanced features such as power management, system automation, and remote monitoring may improve your mission’s reliability and your overall system operation.  By implementing advanced digital relaying and automation controllers, we can enhance your power reliability by establishing automatic source transfer controls, synchrophasor trending, generator automation controls, and base-load demand response systems.  With PLC/PAC control philosophies and appropriate control logic development, we can ensure the proper operation of your electrical equipment to fulfill your specific requirement.

Our core competencies:

With intelligence applied to your electrical system, it allows you to accomplish enhanced features and establish advanced capabilities for power management, sequence control in response to changing circumstances, or remote monitoring of your unique electrical system to meet your specific functionality requirements.  Examples of such system integration applications that can benefit you include:

  • Water & Wastewater Systems. Process control, automation, and monitoring of water and wastewater facilities to ensure proper water treatment, wastewater treatment, water distribution, and to avoid sanitary sewer overflows.

  • Mission Critical Facilities. Automated priority load management schemes for a mission-critical facility to ensure maximum reliability to electrical equipment and avoid unnecessary downtime that can compromise essential system loads.

  • Power Generation Systems. Paralleling control systems for power generation plants to ensure proper functionality of engine generator sets in conjunction with prime mover controls, turbine controls, switchgear integration, and coordination with the balance of plant equipment.

  • Distribution System Automation. Automation, remote control, and adaptive intelligence for optimizing protection and control of electrical substation facilities to optimize power flow, electrical system stability, power factor control, and the ability re-route power around faulted systems.

  • SCADA Systems. Real-time connectivity, data exchange, and system trending between electrical equipment and with remote SCADA systems using Modbus, DNP3, Mirrored Bits, and GOOSE message communication protocols.

A representational list of our system integration projects:

Water & Wastewater Facilities

  • WSSC Parkway Water Resource Recovery Facility – Laurel, MD (Learn More)
  • Fort Meade Wastewater Treatment Plant – Laurel, MD
  • Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant – Baltimore, MD

Higher Education Facilities

  • Georgetown University – Washington DC
  • Community College of Baltimore County – Catonsville, MD
  • Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant – Baltimore, MD

Military Facilities

  • Quantico Marine Corps Base – Quantico, VA
  • NAVFAC Naval Support Facility – Dahlgren, VA

Our blogs related to system integration:

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How to Apply Communication Schemes for Proper Generator Source Synchronization and Paralleling

There are many benefits to using the latest protective relays available in the market. Fast communication and better system protection are two such examples. This article explores both concepts in relation to source synchronization for generator paralleling schemes. To meet the requirements for large-scale electrical distribution systems, multiple generators often need to be paralleled (operate in tandem). Hence, the synchronization of generator sources becomes a very important aspect when multiple generators are required to supply power to an electrical distribution system.

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How a Properly Established Electrical System Will Ensure the Integrity of Your Potable Water Distribution System

Water pumping and booster stations are used for pumping potable water from lower elevation areas to higher elevation areas of a distribution system. This energy expenditure is necessary to supply potable water required for homes, businesses, and industries. Water pumps depend on electricity to run, but water pumping stations also depend on specialized instrumentation and control schemes to manage the safety and reliability of the water distribution system.

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Protect Your Water System Infrastructure from “Water Hammering” With a Variable Frequency Drive

Municipal water distribution systems contain thousands of miles of underground pipes to distribute potable water to homes and businesses. In order to supply water across long distances, and to reach all points within the distribution system, large pumping facilities are used to maintain water system pressure within these pipes.

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How a CHP System Can Heat and Cool Your Facility, Reduce Your Electric Bill, and Act as a Backup Source of Power

Large industrial and commercial facilities consume sizable amounts of electricity for heating, cooling, and operations. By using a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system, you can significantly reduce the facility’s electrical consumption. In addition, a CHP system can be made to operate as a backup source of power in the event of an electrical utility outage.

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Testimonials from our system integration clients:

“Helios Electric has come up with an excellent technical alternative approach for this complex electrical system and I’m confident that we can find a way to get the original design issues resolved.”

NAVFAC Consultant Engineer (Washington DC)

“Helios Electric integrated, programmed, and commissioned the electrical protection system on a large transit project for us. I found them to be very knowledgeable and willing to accommodate the rigors of working on a large project.”

Electrical Contractor (Manassas, VA)