by Annika | Mar 22, 2024 | Power Grids, Refase, Industrial, Cable condition monitoring, Case Studies
Selected as part of Elewit’s Advanced Venture Client Program, Synaptec retrofitted their Cable Condition Monitoring (CCM) solution, using DES technology to provide permanent and synchronous comparison of electrical and mechanical stresses at cross-bonding points,...
by Annika | Dec 1, 2023 | Renewables, Synchromerger, Industrial, Synthesis, Cable condition monitoring, Case Studies
The Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (AOWF, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre) is operated by Vattenfall. Facilitated by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC), Synaptec retrofitted passive fibre optic sensors to the AOWF to monitor and...
by jeremy | Sep 12, 2022 | Industrial, Case Studies
Affordable, resilient monitoring of overhead power lines using passive, distributed current sensors. Deutsche Bahn are a German railway company and the largest railway operator in Europe. In 2021, Synaptec has completed their first trials with Deutsche Bahn to...
by jeremy | Oct 20, 2021 | Power Grids, Renewables, Industrial, Case Studies
Electricity from renewables is helping reduce the emissions that would otherwise be produced from fossil fuels, but network operators struggle in integrating these more distributed sources of energy. One solution is to use smart grids capable of monitoring and...
by jeremy | Oct 20, 2021 | Power Grids, Refase, Line differential protection for complex feeders, Industrial, Wide-area monitoring, Case Studies
Accurate, reliable and real-time protection is vital for maintaining integrity and continuity of service on power networks. The increased drive to integrate new renewable generation within the network has also heightened the multi-ended circuit challenge. Distance and...
by jeremy | Oct 20, 2021 | Power Grids, Refase, Industrial, Synthesis, Digitalising substations, Case Studies
Fast and robust busbar protection is critical to ensuring the reliability and safety of transmission substations and their power networks. Failure to clear busbar faults in a timely manner has the potential to severely damage the entire substation, causing prolonged...
