BPLG Launches Temperature Monitoring for Power Transformers

Friday, Jan 15, 2010

BPL Global^®, Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability, announces the availability of its transformer Temperature Monitoring System (TMS) integrated with the company’s market leading Serveron^® portfolio of on-line power transformer monitoring solutions. By offering real-time, precision temperature monitoring, the TMS improves transformer reliability while simultaneously maximizing capacity and reducing maintenance costs as well as customer outages. The addition of the TMS to the company’s substation automation and monitoring solutions provides electric utilities with two key smart grid technologies; comprehensive, on-line transformer monitoring integrated with substation automation.

Power transformers are a critical asset class in the world’s electric grids and their proper operation is vital to grid reliability. The TMS is designed to accurately measure transformer oil temperatures directly and calculate the Winding Hot Spot (WHS) temperatures that guide utility grid operators on how much load the transformer can handle. This enables the operator to more accurately detect potential threats to the transformer fleet before they cause significant damage, thus extending transformer life and reducing outages.

“The TMS and our on-line transformer monitors combine to ensure that utilities can protect their critical and costly power transformer fleets,” said Steve Jennings, CMO of BPLG. “We apply intelligence to the electric grid that provides our customers with the ability to make accurate operational decisions resulting in fewer customer outages and improved reliability.”

Along with the TMS, BPLG is the leading provider of on-line transformer monitor solutions including the TM Series of dissolved gas analysis (DGA) monitors as well as our family of Transformer Bushing Monitors. Coupled with our substation automation systems, BPLG can provide electric utilities with comprehensive substation asset monitoring and automation.

Based on the Power SG^® enterprise class platform BPLG brings electric utilities collaborative smart grid solutions that address the energy delivery value chain from the substation to customer premises. Our substation automation and monitoring systems work with our distribution grid intelligence solutions to provide end-to-end smart grid connectivity.

 

Source: BPLG