Substation monitor passes field trials
UK: Western Power Distribution and 42 Technology have announced the completion of six months of field trials for FuseOhm, a device that monitors performance parameters in electricity substations.
UK: Western Power Distribution and 42 Technology have announced the completion of six months of field trials for FuseOhm, a device that monitors performance parameters in electricity substations.
The device provides continuous real-time measurements, allowing distribution network operators to manage networks to improve stability and performance.
The trials follow results from tests on pre-production prototypes carried out at the Power Networks Demonstration Centre in Glasgow, at the University of Strathclyde.
In those tests, FuseOhm was found to deliver reliable results over multiple tests, temperatures and environmental conditions.
The FuseOhm device can measure voltage, temperature and phase angle on low voltage networks, with the phase angle results allowing DNOs to identify customer connections that are drawing high loads.
This will allow DNOs to monitor the loads downstream of the substation and manage demand on upstream generation sources.
The device will also identify any stress points linked to changes on the network as low carbon technologies come on stream, such as electric vehicle charging, domestic heat pumps or consumers exporting back to the gird.
Source: Network