http://www.tempsensornews.com TempSensorNEWS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:44:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/ir-sensor-successfully-monitors-the-heat-controls-quality-at-ottawa-fiber/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/ir-sensor-successfully-monitors-the-heat-controls-quality-at-ottawa-fiber/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:09:54 +0000 ArleneS http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8300 According to the App note on the Raytek website with the customer using the Marathon FA1G sensor, a fiber optic infrared thermometer for measuring glass temperatures from 750 to 1675 °C (1382 to 3047 °F), from Raytek. No question about it, Stan Banaszkiewicz can take the heat. In fact, it’s his job, and every where [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/ir-sensor-successfully-monitors-the-heat-controls-quality-at-ottawa-fiber/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/dts-monitors-hvdc-submarine-cable/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/dts-monitors-hvdc-submarine-cable/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:30:11 +0000 LIOSinfo http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8293   Cologne (Köln), Federal Republic of Germany —   LIOS’ multi mode and single mode Distributed Temperature Sensing systems offer real time temperature surveillance of this important link to avoid overheating of the submarine conductors and subsequently power outage. The DTS monitors HVDC Submarine Cable that links the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands For [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/dts-monitors-hvdc-submarine-cable/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/smarter-grid-in-russia-with-dts/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/smarter-grid-in-russia-with-dts/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:00:57 +0000 LIOSinfo http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8208 Cologne (Köln), Germany —  LIOS Technology has been awarded to supply the online condition monitoring system for one of the largest 500 kV high voltage cable projects, a milestone in modernizing Russian industry and infrastructure. The Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (JSC FGC UES) selected LIOS’ highly reliable distributed temperature sensing system based [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/smarter-grid-in-russia-with-dts/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/temperature-control-using-the-fiberlance%e2%84%a2/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/temperature-control-using-the-fiberlance%e2%84%a2/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:43:11 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8163 Langhorne PA, USA — FiberLance™ has been developed for direct and accurate bath temperature measurement in reduction cells for the primary aluminium industry. The precision and accuracy go beyond the best available type K thermocouples. FiberLance™ uses an optical fiber, which is connected to a light detecting sensor. The intensity of light traveling through the [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/temperature-control-using-the-fiberlance%e2%84%a2/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/newr-signal-conditioners-for-continuous-switch-gear-bus-bar-temps-monitoring/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/newr-signal-conditioners-for-continuous-switch-gear-bus-bar-temps-monitoring/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:00:48 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8165 Coquitlam, BC, Canada  —  OSENSA Innovations Corp. (“OSENSA”) introduces two new fiber optic temperature sensor signal conditioners for continuous switch gear and bus bar monitoring to 200 °C. The FTX-301 and FTX-302 fiber optic temperature transmitters are lower-cost, lower-resolution, alternatives to its high-precision FTX-300 series of temperature transmitters. The FTX-301 model support three fiber optic [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/newr-signal-conditioners-for-continuous-switch-gear-bus-bar-temps-monitoring/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/opsens-receives-multi-well-order-to-instrument-high-temp-reservoirs-with-opp-w-sensors-dts/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/opsens-receives-multi-well-order-to-instrument-high-temp-reservoirs-with-opp-w-sensors-dts/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:41:50 +0000 opsens http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8040 Quebec City PQ, CANADA – Opsens Inc. (“Opsens”) announces receipt of an order to instrument a string of eight high-temperature observation wells with its proprietary OPP-W technology for single-point pressure and temperature sensor to be used in combination with a Distributed Temperature Sensing (“DTS”) system. In each of the eight observation wells, the combination of [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/opsens-receives-multi-well-order-to-instrument-high-temp-reservoirs-with-opp-w-sensors-dts/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/hot-beneath-the-snow/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/hot-beneath-the-snow/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:00:43 +0000 LIOSinfo http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7794 LIOS Enters Canadian High Temperature DTS Applications after Agreement with Opsens Cologne (Köln), Germany — LIOS Technology GmbH has signed a long-term agreement with Opsens Inc. Combining the two complementary well monitoring technologies complying temperature and pressure measurements from two leading suppliers of fibre optic based measurement systems contributed to the successful installation of their [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/hot-beneath-the-snow/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/opsens-signs-long-term-agreement-with-lios-technology/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/opsens-signs-long-term-agreement-with-lios-technology/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:00:12 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7766 A LEADER IN DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEMS-DTS Quebec PQ, Canada — Opsens announces signing of a long-term agreement with Lios Technology GmbH (“Lios”) to provide an integrated solution to measure pressure and temperature in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) wells. With this agreement, Opsens’ OPP-W high-temperature optical pressure and temperature sensor will be combined to [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/opsens-signs-long-term-agreement-with-lios-technology/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/high-resolution-temps-or-strain-measurements/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/high-resolution-temps-or-strain-measurements/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:06:02 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7548 ROANOKE VA, USA -/BUSINESS WIRE/ — Luna Innovations Incorporated has announced the launch of the ODiSI (Optical Distributed Sensor Interrogator) instrument, the new sensing platform which will be marketed and sold under the company’s test and measurement equipment brand name Luna Technologies. The new sensing product provides fully distributed strain or temperature measurements, delivering an [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/high-resolution-temps-or-strain-measurements/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/fast-response-ir-fiber-optic-thermometertransmitter/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/fast-response-ir-fiber-optic-thermometertransmitter/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:38:17 +0000 tasha http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7488 Stamford CT, USA –  OMEGA’s CE-marked low cost OS1590 Series infrared fiber optic thermometer/transmitter system measures temperature ranges up to 2482 °C (4500 °F) and provides dual analog outputs (4 to 20 mA, 0 to 5 Vdc, 0 to 10 Vdc, 1 mV/Deg, J, K T/C) electrically isolated from the DC power supply input. The [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/fast-response-ir-fiber-optic-thermometertransmitter/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/cross-bonding-earthing-fault-detected-by-dts-surveillance-in-china/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/cross-bonding-earthing-fault-detected-by-dts-surveillance-in-china/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:28:48 +0000 LIOSinfo http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7461 Cologne, Germany — The Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) online surveillance of a 220 kV power cable system in Xiamen Power Utility, China helps preventing a potentially serious large-scale high voltage cable fault. Following the DTS system alarm indication the maintenance staff of the power utility was able to discover a grounding problem in one cross [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/cross-bonding-earthing-fault-detected-by-dts-surveillance-in-china/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:42:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7382 Held Once per Decade – The Top Temperature Meeting in Los Angeles – March 2012 ITS9 – the International Temperature Symposium – A friendly reminder that we are just two days away from the July 15 deadline for ITS9 Abstracts. We’ll be sending out a bulk email reminder to our general mail list. Do you [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:06:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7238 Los Angeles USA | 19-23 March 2012 The Ninth International Temperature Symposium, ITS9, will be held in March of 2012, in conjunction with the Measurement Science Conference 2012, along with a combined technology exhibition. Sponsored by: Measurement Science Conference (MSC) and the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Proceedings published by: American Institute [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/opsens-wins-order-for-high-temp-sagd-well-more/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/opsens-wins-order-for-high-temp-sagd-well-more/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:05:50 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7217 Quebec City PQ, CANADA – Opsens Inc. is pleased to announce receipt of an order to instrument one high-temperature Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (“SAGD”) oil well and two high-temperature observation oil wells. In the SAGD well, Opsens’ OPP-W high-temperature optical pressure and temperature sensor will be combined to a high-temperature Distributed Temperature Sensing System (“DTS”) [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/opsens-wins-order-for-high-temp-sagd-well-more/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal-properties/firelasertm-heat-detection-system/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal-properties/firelasertm-heat-detection-system/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:07:37 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6670 Sensornet launches FireLaserTM Heat Detection System Elstree, UK — Sensornet has announced the launch of its FireLaserTM linear heat detection system which has been specifically designed for fire hazard detection applications. The FireLaserTM connects to a fibre optic cable and determines temperature and distance data at thousands of points along its length. The fibre optic [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal-properties/firelasertm-heat-detection-system/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/real-time-condition-monitoring-for-samsung-mobile-display%e2%80%99s-new-production-line/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/real-time-condition-monitoring-for-samsung-mobile-display%e2%80%99s-new-production-line/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:42:06 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6121 Samsung Mobile Display Co., a venture between Samsung Electronics Co. and its sister unit Samsung SDI Co., are building a new plant that produces displays used in phone handsets and small televisions. The plant in Asan city, 42 kilometres southwest of Seoul, South Korea, will be completed by July next year. Samsung Mobile Display plans [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/real-time-condition-monitoring-for-samsung-mobile-display%e2%80%99s-new-production-line/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/its9-cfp/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/its9-cfp/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:59:06 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6058 9th International Temperature Symposium Los Angeles / Disneyland CA, USA – March 19-23, 2012 The 9th International Temperature Symposium will be held in March of 2012, in conjunction with the Measurement Science Conference 2012, along with a combined technology exhibition. Sponsored by: Measurement Science Conference (MSC) (www.msc-conf.com) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/its9-cfp/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/distributed-temperature-sensing-the-motor-for-tunnel-innovation-and-safety-in-croatia/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/distributed-temperature-sensing-the-motor-for-tunnel-innovation-and-safety-in-croatia/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:58:01 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4529 LIOS Technology & Tehnomobil’s new standard for fire safety solutions in Croatian tunnel network The Brinje (Tunnel) & Others, Croatia — Tunnels are sensitive traffic bottlenecks and consequently extraordinary vulnerable in case of accidents or fire blasts. Danger for life and enormous economic consequences ask also for technical solutions of prevention and limitation of damage. [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/distributed-temperature-sensing-the-motor-for-tunnel-innovation-and-safety-in-croatia/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/ta_modeling/new-thermal-profile-investigation-service/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/ta_modeling/new-thermal-profile-investigation-service/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:34:35 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3830 Schlumberger Launches New  OPTICall Service that  tracks fluid movements in real time along the wellbore to improve field productivity DOHA – Schlumberger announced at the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference the release of its OPTICall* thermal profile and investigation service. This new distributed temperature sensing (DTS) service tracks fluid movements in real time along the [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/ta_modeling/new-thermal-profile-investigation-service/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/smart-grid-starts-at-tpc-345-kv-substation-in-taiwan-2/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/smart-grid-starts-at-tpc-345-kv-substation-in-taiwan-2/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:33:52 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3733 TPC Follows its Smart Grid Strategy Cologne, Germany –  State-run Taiwan Power Co. (TPC) has equipped its 345kV substation HouLi with a real time condition monitoring DTS system providing current ratings and ampacity predictions. A rugged fiber optic sensor cable is attached to all phases of the 4 cable systems, the tie lines as well [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/smart-grid-starts-at-tpc-345-kv-substation-in-taiwan-2/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/fiber-optic-temp-sensing-oil-gas-wells/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/fiber-optic-temp-sensing-oil-gas-wells/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:15:59 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3626 Multi-channel signal conditioner for pressure & temperature measurements in harsh environments Quebec QC & Edmonton AB, Canada –Opsens’ all-sapphire OPP-W fiber optic pressure and temperature sensor operates in extremely harsh commonly found downhole in the oil & gas industry. It delivers real-time, accurate data and allows continuous monitoring of both downhole pressure and temperature in [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/fiber-optic-temp-sensing-oil-gas-wells/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-modline%c2%ae-6-fiber-optic-ir-thermometers/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-modline%c2%ae-6-fiber-optic-ir-thermometers/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:16:22 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3569 Ircon® Announces Innovative, fully featured, high-temperature models designed for metal and glass applications SANTA CRUZ CA, USA – Ircon® has introduced the new Modline® 6 Series of infrared thermometers. The new line of high performance sensors features advanced signal processing and background-reflected energy compensation capabilities, and includes one-and two-color fiber optic IR devices designed for [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-modline%c2%ae-6-fiber-optic-ir-thermometers/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/Cryogenics/cryogenic-dts-application-containment-integrity-monitoring-solutions-for-lng-carriers/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/Cryogenics/cryogenic-dts-application-containment-integrity-monitoring-solutions-for-lng-carriers/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:44:13 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3565 Cologne/Germany — LIOS Technology distributed temperature measurement system (DTS-System) is suited ideally to detect reliably and to locate precisely any temperature anomaly caused by an accidental release of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG). Their innovative and patented Optical Frequency Domain Reflection (OFDR) evaluation method enables the determination of a continuous temperature profile along the entire length [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/Cryogenics/cryogenic-dts-application-containment-integrity-monitoring-solutions-for-lng-carriers/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/us-renewable-energy-project-equipped-with-lios-condition-monitoring/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/us-renewable-energy-project-equipped-with-lios-condition-monitoring/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:35:49 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3516 Monitoring temperature of medium voltage power cables from wind turbines Morganville NJ, USA — For one of the biggest American renewable energy companies LIOS provided its well recognized Distributed Temperature Sensor (DTS) system for monitoring the temperature of two medium voltage power cables directly buried coming from a wind turbine towards the substation. All asset [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/us-renewable-energy-project-equipped-with-lios-condition-monitoring/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/first-smart-grid-ready-winding-hotspot-temp-monitor/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/first-smart-grid-ready-winding-hotspot-temp-monitor/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:33:40 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3451 LumaSense Technologies™ Announces Luxtron® LumaSMART™ Santa Clara CA, USA — LumaSense Technologies has announced the release of the Luxtron LumaSMART™ Winding Hotspot temperature monitor. Transformer winding hot spot temperature is a critical parameter required to manage the loading, life and reliability of transformers. Common devices, such as Winding Temperature Indicators (WTIs) or Electronic Temperature Monitor’s [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/contact/first-smart-grid-ready-winding-hotspot-temp-monitor/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/dynamic-wind-farm-load-patterns-recorded-by-long-range-dts/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/dynamic-wind-farm-load-patterns-recorded-by-long-range-dts/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:00:24 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3372 Recorded by long range Distributed Temperature monitoring Systems (DTS) Cologne, Germany – The largest Danish utility owner has successfully completed the installation of LIOS’ Single Mode DTS equipment to monitor the power cable temperature of an offshore UK wind farm. This wind farm consists of 25 wind turbines and running in total 150.000 hours/year, designed [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/dynamic-wind-farm-load-patterns-recorded-by-long-range-dts/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/success-for-permanent-downhole-temp-sensing/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/success-for-permanent-downhole-temp-sensing/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:47:44 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3281 Demonstrated in onshore and offshore projects in Brunei BSP Cologne, Germany –  In the oil and gas industry, there is keen interest and high demand for low-cost, reliable, and easily installable systems to enhance downhole production and recovery. “Installation of LIOS DTS in the Darat Field in Brunei has proven to increase the value of [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/success-for-permanent-downhole-temp-sensing/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/protecting-coal-storage/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/protecting-coal-storage/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:07:32 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=2782 A DTS Fire Detection Application by AP Sensing Böblingen, Germany — The coal stock “La Medusa” in Spain has a capacity of 100,000 tons of coal. After a unforeseen fire incident in November 2007 the operator took several measures to improve the safety situation significantly. The safety measures included – among other – several different [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/protecting-coal-storage/feed/ 0