Major Clients:
Confidential
Revenue:
$10 million - $50 million
Year Founded:
1989
Pricing:
H
Fulltime Employees:
100 - 250
Active Clients:
37
Client Retention Rate:
88%

Major Clients:
Confidential
Year Founded:
1989
Fulltime Employees:
100 - 250
Active Clients:
37
Client Retention Rate:
88%
Revenue:
$10 million - $50 million
Pricing:
H
Secondary Services:
Social:

About - Oxford Computer Consultants

Kaz Librowski, Owner

23-38 Hythe Bridge Street | Oxford, British Columbia, OX1 2EP

Engineers at National Grids National Control Centre in Wokingham are responsible for balancing national supply with demand on a minute-by-minute basis.

This requires not only constant monitoring of each circuit but live calculation of the capacity of the grid, ensuring it stays within operating limits. OCC has been supplying National Grid with modelling software to calculate the capacity of critical components in the network since 2000. Now it has implemented the Circuit Thermal Monitor, which is used by the National Control Centre to constantly monitor critical circuits, calculating capacity and raising alarms if components approach safe limits.OCC consultants worked with National Grid IT and engineering staff to capture requirements and resolve the high-level design.

The software needed to be compatible with the National Control Centre infrastructure. An additional challenge was that the project team had to develop and deliver the new software as part of a larger Control Centre upgrade by General Electric. This necessitated close working with GE staff in Shanghai and Florida to ensure compatibility both in implementation and project milestones this was a project that could not slip.

The OCC team designed, developed and tested the software that calculates the thermal capacity of critical components, most importantly transformers and cables. Today, the engineers responsible for managing the national electricity supply can see up-to-the minute calculations of the capacity of circuits on the grid, identification of hotspots and an indication of the time available to resolve potential overloading.