IPT powers NIE 14.1

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class George Gutierrez | Spc. Daniel Sanders, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, explains how Intelligent Power Technology generators are synced together with a digital smart system to create an agile power grid during Network Integration Evaluation 14.1 at Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 28, 2013.  

FORT BLISS , TX, UNITED STATES

10.28.2013

Story by Staff Sgt. George Gutierrez 

24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element

FORT BLISS, Texas - With Network Integration Evaluation 14.1 in full swing at Fort Bliss, Texas, the soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, are evaluating a power generator that will allow the Army to save fuel and be more tactical while on the battlefield.

According to the DRASH website, the manufacturer of the Intelligent Power Technology generator, "The IPT is an advanced smart system enabling users to connect several digital trailer-mounted generators together to form a networked power grid.”

For soldiers of 2/1 AD, the system allows them to keep and maintain power to the tactical operations center.

The generators talk to each other through a digital smart system, which makes it possible to share the load.

“The IPT is capable of load sharing to preserve fuel by letting the generators distribute the load evenly by coming on only when necessary and shutting down when not needed,” said Spc. Daniel Sanders, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2/1 AD.

The new generators can be monitored through a computer system inside the Tactical Operations Center, said Tim Taets, director of Federal Programs for DRASH’s Intelligent Power Technology. This allows the Army to refocus soldiers to the true mission.

When compared to the old generators that the Army currently uses, there are substantial pros.

"The stand-alone generators, or analog generators, start up and run at maximum potential at all times,” said Taets.

IPT is digital, so instead of running five, six or seven generators that are analog and consuming all that fuel, we can run one or two generators in a power grid and save substantial amounts of fuel, have a decrease in noise, and have the ability to be more efficient on how you use power.

“IPT is a fail-safe (generator) that ensures no brown outs occur and that power is consistent 24/7,” said Taets.

• Date Taken: 10.28.2013
• Date Posted: 10.31.2013 15:26
• Story ID: 116052
• Location: FORT BLISS , TX, US
• Hometown: MIDLAND CITY, AL, US