by jeremy | Oct 20, 2021 | Refase, Mixed circuit protection, Power Grids, Synchromerger, OHL sag, ampacity and dynamic line rating (DLR), Renewables, Industrial, White papers
Synaptec’s distributed sensing platform consists of a compact interrogation device that passively and accurately measures values from up to 50 sensors measuring any combination of current, voltage, strain, vibration and temperature, using a single optical fibre over a...
by Debbie Deak | Oct 13, 2021 | Technology and products, Renewables, Videos
Synaptec’s technology is a platform technology for instrumentation of power systems. An operator can mix and match a range of sensors on that network – current, temperature, strain and vibration. This means the network is adaptable and extendable. Learn...
by jeremy | Oct 13, 2021 | Technology and products, Renewables, Videos
Operators around the world re trying to find out how best to digitalise substations. Synaptec worked on the FITNESS programme with Scottish Power Energy Networks to reduce a substation by 25% by eliminating tonnes of copper wiring and having everything...
by jeremy | Oct 13, 2021 | Industry challenges T&D, Power Grids, Renewables, Industrial, Videos
The existing level of deployed technology today, to use an analogy, would be a doctor using a stethoscope which provides an occasional sample of the heartbeat of the system. The latest generation of montioring devices based on synchrophasers provides quite a...
by jeremy | Oct 13, 2021 | Technology and products, Power Grids, Renewables, Industrial, Videos
Because Synaptec’s equipment is standard primary instrument transformers and standard single optical mode fibre there are no specialist skills required beyond what is already known by installation contractors. Learn more from our Head of Sensor...
by jeremy | Oct 13, 2021 | Industry challenges offshore, Renewables, Videos
Developers and operators of offshore wind farms face unique challenges, as they generate energy from distant locations out at sea, often difficult to access. Synaptec’s technology is ideally suited to automate the visibility and control of those turbines...