condition monitoring

Cross Bonding Earthing Fault Detected by DTS Surveillance in China

by LIOSinfo on July 25, 2011

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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 bonding ...

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10 DTS Tips for Electric Utilities

August 3, 2010 Applications

To Implement Condition Monitoring Successfully Cologne (Köln), Germany & Morganville NJ, USA — Real time condition monitoring has become a well accepted tool for thermal assessment and accurate rating of transmission and distribution assets. However, the use of fibre optics as sensors for distributed temperature sensing (DTS) is a rather complex technology …

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Containment Monitoring for LNG Carriers

July 16, 2010 Applications

Using LIOS fibre optic temperature measurement for CMT structure REPORT: Cryogenic tests for the validation of a cargo containment system for LNG ships This report shows the results of cryogenic test for confirming the KC-1 cargo containment system which will be applied to LNG ship. Open mock-up tank has already been built to prove …

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Thermoteknix Systems At IEEE PES Transmission 2010

April 18, 2010 Applications

Work Smarter with VisIR 640-P Thermal Imaging Cameras – Visit Thermoteknix at Booth F936 New Orleans LA, USA –  VisIR 640 Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera from Thermoteknix is a state-of-the-art, high resolution thermal imager for Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring. It will be shown along other products at The 2010 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution [...]

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Smart Grid starts at TPC 345 kV substation in Taiwan

December 30, 2009 Applications
LIOS Power Cable Monitoring

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 [...]

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Cryogenic DTS Application

November 22, 2009 Applications
LNG Carrier: Monitoring of the Integrity of Membrane Containment Systems

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 [...]

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