Improving Substation Reliability With

Automated Asset Monitoring

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 Company Overview
“Intelligent monitoring solutions for real time
substation visualization.”

• Founded in 2009 by people with extensive experience in the

electric utility industry
• Background in substation and industrial automation, and
communications
• Experienced in advanced technology solutions for mission critical
applications in harsh environments

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 Utility Trend: Automated Remote Site Monitoring

• Utilities are moving towards ‘Touchless’ substations

to redefine maintenance practices and deploy on-
line condition monitoring
• Automated remote monitoring benefits:
• Increased service reliability and customer
satisfaction
Still Collecting Data Manually?
• Improved employee and public safety
• Reduction in O&M costs

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 Visual and Thermal Monitoring System
Asset Monitoring
• Thermal Analysis
• Trending Reports
• REAL TIME alerts
• SCADA Integration
Safety
• Improve safety for employees and public
• Reduce site visits
• Situational awareness
• Keep intruders out
• Enforce procedures
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 Substation Inspections

Automated, remote inspections

Automated inspection and Data processing. Real time data and visualization,
data collection and analytics. health trending.
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 Manual vs. Automated Thermal Monitoring

▪ Snapshot image of temperature profiles ▪ Provides continuous temperature data

▪ Not suited to trend analysis ▪ Trend Analysis
▪ Requires operator to be at right place at ▪ Analytics / automatic alerts
right time
▪ Continuous monitoring – input to ‘Condition
▪ No visibility of changes over time Based Maintenance’
▪ Travel, time, manual data entry Private and Confidential ▪ Reduced travel to sites, improved safety
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Visual Asset Monitoring
• Real time view of what is going
on at the substation

• Tuned to avoid false alarms

caused by small animals or the
environment

• Schedule configurability when

authorized personnel are
working at site to eliminate
unnecessary alarms

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 What Can Thermal Cameras Monitor?
Transformers:
• Bushings
• Connections – heating due to poor mechanical
connection
• Insulation breakdown – heating due to partial
discharge
Current Transformer / Arrestor / Disconnect Switch:
• Connections – heating due to poor mechanical
connection
• Insulation breakdown – heating due to partial
discharge
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What Can Thermal Cameras Monitor?

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 Compensate For Environmental Variables
Electric Utility Advantage – 3 Phase Power. Use Relative Comparison!

Compare relative temperatures of A, B, C phase where possible.

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Relative Temperature Trending can give Information
Insulator Temp
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Temp (C)

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60 B
A
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Thermal Condition Monitoring Actions

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Utility Monitoring System:

Visual and thermal asset monitoring system

designed to solve utility problems. SCADA Integrated
• Utility Grade – IEC61850-3 and IEEE1613
certified
• Integrated with SCADA, PI and Asset
Management Systems
• Architecture for Utility Asset Monitoring at
remote sites

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 Utility Grade Hardware

-40 to +85C

IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 standards – high

immunity to EMI, ESD, voltage surges and
interrupts - same ratings as protection relays.

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SCADA Integrated Video

Substation Visualization:
• Video system monitors
substation assets
• Analytics detect unusual
events and sends alarms to
SCADA

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SCADA Integrated Video

Substation Visualization:
• Alarms and video snapshots
are received in the SCADA
system
• Video snapshots and live
streaming provide visual
confirmation of events

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SCADA Integrated Video

Substation Visualization:
• Thermal imaging continuously
scans assets and records
temperature readings
• Analytics detect hot-spots and
provide notifications

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DVS – OSIsoft PI System integration
OSIsoft is a global leader in operational intelligence,
delivers an infrastructure to connect sensor-based
data, operations and people to enable real-time and
actionable insights.

DVS2500
TCAM2500
Temperature Data (DNP, Object 30)
Alarm/Events (DNP, Object 1)
Live Video (HTML5)

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PI Vision Dashboard

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Asset Health Data

Store in database
Historical Temperature
Data Used by Asset
Management
Automation Dashboard

Send to SCADA
Live Video and
Temperature Data

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System Architecture

Key Features:
DNP, MODBUS, ▪ Connection to SCADA with native protocols
IEC61850
(DNP, MODBUS, IEC61850)
▪ Single HMI to substations
▪ Low bandwidth (no constant video
streaming)
▪ Edge processing - intelligence and storage
at the substation
▪ Resiliency – systems continues operation
with control center network outage
▪ Digital I/O allows communication with
substation devices

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Installation Examples

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Installation Examples

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Installation Examples

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Installation Examples

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Installation Examples

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Installation Examples

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Installation Examples

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Installation Examples

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Systems With Intelligence – New Products
IM500 IOT Sensor
SWI IOT Cloud

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IM500 IOT Module
• Dual Sensor
Thermal Visual
• Thermal and Visual camera
• Low cost
• Small form factor (3”x5”x1”)

• Low Power
LED
• Energy Harvest (Solar, CT) or Battery

• Cellular based – LTE-M

• Simple to install
• No trenching. No communication
Digital I/O, Power
infrastructure required

• Thermal analytics / snapshots

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 IM500 Industrial IOT Architecture

ISG500 Sensor Gateway

SWI IoT Clould: https://iot-systemswithintelligence.com

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