Blackstar Diversified
Blackstar Diversified Enterprises (BDE) is a minority owned, small business certified electrical distribution and traffic controls systems integrator that conducts business in the Mid Atlantic and Gulf South regions of the United States. With experience in project management, equipment sales, service sales, engineering design, equipment manufacturing and integration, BDE offers customers the “complete package”. We don’t compete with the Nationals, who’s emphasis is making assembly line style equipment which employs more of a focus on optimizing operations versus fulfilling customer needs. Instead, we specifically focus on custom equipment and services, for discerning customers that demand perfection. BDE strives to humbly follow in the footsteps of Granville T. Woods and Lewis H Latimer in revolutionizing the electric industry.
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SC 925 Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant – Arc Flash System Upgrade
Design, installation and commissioning of an arc flash mitigation system on (7) existing substations at Back River WWTP. Arc Flash Hazard Analysis found these (7) substations to be in Hazardous High Incident Energy situations. As a solution, BDE LLC then reconditioned (27) low voltage drawout circuit breakers, outfitted them with…
SC857 Patapsco Waste Water Treatment Plant Facilities Improvements
Design, supply, programming and management of low voltage motor control center upgrades at Patapsco WWTP. BDE LLC was involved in assisting Sidhu, the electrical engineer, to design upgraded MCC buckets to handle the new motor loads and automation at the facility. We added an additional section to the existing Eaton…
Ashburton Water Treatment Plant Arc Flash Improvements
Design, supply and management of low voltage switchgear modifications, existing PLC and SCADA systems at one of Baltimore City’s main water treatment facilities. BDE LLC supplied a custom UL508 PLC control panel, remote breaker control cabinet (RBCC) and modification services. The customer planned to add a new generator to the…
Montebello Filtration Plant 1 Improvements
Design, supply and management of medium voltage generator paralleling systems at one of Baltimore City’s main water treatment facilities. BDE supplied a custom 15kV MetalClad switchgear lineup, switchboard and transformer for skidded load bank and a vacuum verification cubicle. BDE teamed with generator provider Curtis Engine to resolve Baltimore City’s…
Patapsco Waste Water Treatment Plant Arc Flash Improvements
Design, supply, programming and management of medium voltage switchgear upgrades at Patapsco WWTP. BDE LLC was involved in assisting Sidhu, the electrical engineer, to design the remote breaker control cabinets. BDE, LLC also complted the systems study of the entire facility to find out the arc incident energy of the…