Brownfield hybrid controllers
DEIF hybrid controllers for brownfield applications help you add hybrid capabilities to an existing commercial or industrial plant, for example by adding a rooftop solar panel or a battery energy storage system (ESS) to your mains-powered or genset-powered plant. You can also use them for standalone hybrid power solutions such as off-grid or rental applications.
Fuel saver capability
Adding PV panels or a battery ESS to an existing power plant provides several benefits. Solar power reduces your dependency on grid or genset power, lowering grid power cost and genset fuel consumption, while ESS solutions provide many different options for maximising efficiency and lowering cost through strategies such as spinning reserve and peak shaving. Both PV panels and ESS solutions can reduce emissions from your site, lowering your carbon footprint.
Industry-standard integration
All our hybrid controllers offer a user-friendly interface that simplifies system setup and integration. Compatible with a wide range of third-party controllers, SCADA systems, and inverters, the DEIF ASC-4 Solar and ASC-4 Battery controllers can easily be integrated in any sustainable brownfield application, allowing you to add hybrid capability to your existing plant. The ASC-4 Battery is also well suited for use as a standalone controller for a single ESS in rental applications. And the DEIF AGC-150 Hybrid gives you all-in-one control of a single genset, a mains connection, and a PV panel.
Well suited for rental applications
DEIF brownfield hybrid power controllers are very well suited for rental applications of any size. The simple setup makes it easy to add a solar or storage controller in combination with a genset or mains connection. For example, you can use it to control rental assets that combine several gensets and battery energy storage systems in a flexible package that delivers the required power with fewer emissions and zero noise pollution.
Brownfield products
Flexible PV controller ASC 150 Solar
Single controller
- Useful for brownfield applications
- Makes sure that there is a minimum genset load
- Optimises the diesel genset load for high efficiency and low carbon footprint
Power management
- Automatically maximises PV power
- Automatically Load-dependent start and stop generators
- Automatically closes and opens breakers
- Optimises the diesel genset load for high efficiency and low carbon footprint
- Balances the loads in the system
Off-grid applications
- With a genset:
The controller uses the genset power measurements to calculate the set points for the PV power.
- With storage:
The controller combines the available PV power with the charge/discharge scheme to determine the set point for the PV power.
Grid-tied applications
- Feed surplus PV energy to the grid
- Charge the energy storage system (ESS)
- Regulate PV production to match the self-consumption
Flexible ESS controller ASC 150 Storage
Single controller:
- Useful for rental and brownfield applications
- Automatically charges and discharges the ESS
- Optimises the diesel genset load for high efficiency and low carbon footprint
- Requires power measurement and breaker feedback for other power sources
- Only one source: Can use the controller's 4th current measurement.
- Multiple power sources: Measurements from:
- Genset controllers (DEIF or third parties)
- Power meters
- Transducers -
Power management communication is not required
Power management:
- Automatically charges and discharges the ESS
- Automatically uses the ESS as spinning reserve for PV and microgrids
- Automatically starts and stops generators
- Automatically closes and opens breakers
- Optimises the diesel genset load for high efficiency and low carbon footprint
- Optimises the fuel consumption
- Balances the loads in the system
- Uses the plant logic
- Makes sure that the system is safe
Automatic sustainable controller ASC-4 Battery Standalone
- Storage integration in hybrid applications
- ASC-4 sustainable controllers connect upto 16 gensets for Storage-Diesel
- Simple graphical configuration
- Communicates with BCU, BMS, or PCS over Modbus
- Charging/discharging based on SOC or Schedular Command timers
- Optimal genset load constraint
- Controls functions, energy source or power source
- Grid-forming, grid-following, or droop mode (virtual synchronous generator)
- Load dependent genset start/stop - Rental
- SOC dependent genset start/stop - Rental
- Minimum genset load constraint
- Ideal for self-consumption applications
- Highly customisable with user-friendly M-Logic tool
- Control of breaker
- Record time commissioning with DEIF Emulation
- uses and verifies the functions of the real system for test, production and design - Suitable for power management solutions fitted with AGC-4, AGC 150 or AGC 200 genset controllers
- Suitable for single controller solutions using multi-instruments such as DEIF’s MIB or MIC
Automatic sustainable controller ASC-4 Solar Single controller
- Solar integration in hybrid applications
- ASC-4 sustainable controllers connect upto 16 gensets for PV-Diesel
- Simple graphical configuration
- Maximised sustainable power penetration
- Minimum genset load constraint
- Ideal for self-consumption applications
- Highly customisable with user-friendly M-Logic tool
- Control of breaker
- Record time commissioning with DEIF Emulation
- uses and verifies the functions of the real system for test, production and design - Suitable for power management solutions fitted with AGC-4, AGC 150 or AGC 200 genset controllers
- Suitable for single controller solutions using multi-instruments such as DEIF’s MIB or MIC
Automatic genset controller AGC-4 Mk II
- Automatic Mains Failure sequence
- Multi-master Power Management
- Power Management Core (32dg)
- Power Management Extended (>32dg)
- RMB Transformer maintenance with up to 32 gensets
- PLC
- Engine CANbus
- Din rail mount
- Flexible Hardware
- Additional CANbus based I/O (9 x CIO modules)
- Redundant controller
- Redundant CANbus for Power mamangement
- N+X configuration
- Close Before Excitation / Run-up synchronization from 6 seconds
- DEIF digital AVR DVC550 support
- Multi purpose PID´s
- Gridcode compiant with: VDE AR-N 4110/4105 (Medium voltage, Germany, VDE AR-N 4105 (low voltage, Germany, EN 50549-1:2019 (Europe), ENA EREC G99 (United Kingdom)
- Touch Screen Supported (TDU107)
- Tier4 final/stage5
- Emulation for easy training and FAT
- Hybrid EMS support (1)
- Heavy consumer (via ALC-4)
- Fuel optimisation
- Fully compatible with AGC 150 and ASC-4
- TÜV pending and UL approved
Advanced Genset Controller AGC 150 Hybrid
- Minimum Genset load
- Load calculation in terms of solar power
- Genset start/stop based on mains import/export
- Genset start/stop based on PV production
- PV included in mode: MPE Mains Power export/import
- PV included in mode: LTO Load Take over
- PV included in mode: Fixed Power
- PV included in mode: AMF Automatic Mains Failure
- PV included in mode: Peak Shaving
