Relay Settings Development

Ironhouse provides Relay Setting Development for Transmission Operators, Generator Operators, Distribution Operators, and Municipalities in the Electric Utility industry, including:

• Logic Diagrams
• Settings Calculations
• Operational Guides
• Short Circuit Studies
• Relay Settings

Testing & Commissioning Services

• Commissioning Management
• Lead Commissioning Engineering
• Relay Testing
• Relay Test Macro Development & Lab Testing
• Automation & Integration Commissioning
• Testing Oversight
• Outage Sequence Planning
• Test Data Review
• Remote Field Support
• Data Analysis
• Power Quality Monitoring

Event Analysis

Event Investigation & Root Cause Analysis provides valuable understanding about the health of an entities protection system, and Ironhouse provides all services including:

• Event Investigation
• Root Cause Analysis
• NERC Misoperation Reporting (MIDAS)

Owners Engineering Services

Ironhouse provides Owners Engineering (OE) Services for Transmission Operators, Generator Operators, Distribution Operators, and Municipalities, including:

• Scoping (including remote ends)
• Conceptual Design
• Review & Oversight During Design
• Ensure design QA/QC methods are applied
• Ensure adherence to Design Standards
• RFI Review and Coordination

Crossbow Consulting Services

We maximize the value of RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW systems by:

• Ensuring the system is meeting both compliance and operation needs
• Providing assessment of the system as related to access policies and password management
• Delivering recommendations on the use of CROSSBOW beyond password management

We can act as the administrator of CROSSBOW system and provide additional services including:

• Add new devices
• Assess new releases in a quality environment
• Recommend upgrades after quality testing
• Ensure continuous operation of the CROSSBOW software

Quality Assurance Reviews/Audits

Ironhouse provides Quality Assurance Program Development and Consulting Services for Transmission Operators, Generator Operators, Distribution Operators, and Municipalities in the industry. We audit programs and assess:

• Designs
• Processes
• In-service systems and programs

System Protection Studies

Ironhouse has experience performing coordination, clearing time, and system impact studies for system protection groups throughout the industry.

Power System Modeling

Ironhouse has experience generating and validating power system models.

Automation & Integration Settings Development

Ironhouse has experience developing and validating automation and integration settings.

Electronic Security & Network Settings Development

Ironhouse has experience developing and validating electronic security & network settings.

Technical Training

Ironhouse can provide protection and control (P&C) training to your technical staff. We have experienced training client staff in protection and control fundamentals, relay testing, circuit troubleshooting and print reading. We have a fully equipped lab to provide "hands-on" relay testing training as part of a P&C curriculum.