White papers
Partial discharge vs passive electrical and thermal sensing
Is your cable monitoring strategy missing the bigger picture? Partial discharge monitoring is a well-established technique — but it only tells part of the story. With insulation faults accounting for fewer than 25% of HV cable failures, and cable accessories...
IEEE standard for streaming telemetry transport protocol (STTP)
IEEE 2664-2024 Authors: IEEE PSCC Working Group P10 Date published: August 2024 Summary Streaming Telemetry Transport Protocol (STTP) is defined in this standard. This protocol was initially designed for streaming power system data over Internet protocol (IP)...
Solving Complex Feeder Protection Challenges and Reducing Wildfire Risks With Remote Measurements
Following on from the T&D World webinar, we are delighted to share with you our new white paper on 'Solving complex feeder protection challenges and reducing wildfire risks with remote measurements'. In this white paper, we propose a comprehensive and...
Advanced cable monitoring techniques
In the past two decades the power sector has steadily increased its investment in optical sensing technologies. At present, distributed fibre optic temperature sensing technologies are widely used by utilities to provide valuable operational ampacity data for...
Distributed optical sensors reliability and lifetime performance
Synaptec’s distributed sensing platform consists of a compact interrogation device that passively and accurately measures values from a number of sensors measuring any combination of current, voltage and temperature, using a single optical fibre over a distance up to...
Enabling digital substations through passive distributed sensor networks
As the drive towards a decarbonised, decentralised and digitalised energy industry continues, the industry is increasingly focused on digitalising a core element of every grid - the substation. But digitalising a substation is not without challenges. The initial high...