LineWatch
Low/Medium Voltage Sensing and Monitoring
RELIABILITY
Our advanced sensors offer comprehensive monitoring across overhead feeders, laterals, and underground lines, enabling proactive maintenance, swift response to faults, better load management, and data-driven decision-making, ultimately enhancing the grid's resilience and minimizing downtime.
VISIBILITY
High-resolution sensors offer a comprehensive and granular view of the electrical grid, providing crucial data that enables grid operators, utilities, and stakeholders to make informed decisions, optimize grid performance, enhance reliability, and ensure a more efficient and resilient energy system.
INTEGRATION
By leveraging sensor technology, the integration of renewable energy and EVs becomes more manageable and efficient. It allows for a more dynamic and adaptive grid, capable of handling the challenges associated with variable renewable sources and the increasing demands of electric vehicles.
PREDICTIVITY
Sensors help in predicting potential equipment failures by continuously monitoring the health and performance of grid assets. This allows utilities to schedule maintenance or replacements proactively, reducing the likelihood of unexpected outages.
LineWatch L
Distribution Grid Sensing and Monitoring for Low Voltage Applications
Line Watch Low voltage provides real-time, near revenue grade electrical power distribution, grid sensing and monitoring system for low voltage applications. Its robust and versatile design allows for installation in both overhead and underground locations and can support any communications network. Line Watch delivers near revenue grade (0.5%) current and voltage accuracies.
Features & Benefits
Improves grid awareness for better operational efficiencies
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Enables fault detection and location
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Integrated reporting tools
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Facilitates energy balancing
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Reduces service interruptions
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Simple installation
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Data storage up to 30 days
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Browser based user interface
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User configurable alarms/events
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Simple installation
Applications
Theft Detection/Anomalous Usage
Identify, reduce and eliminate power theft by deploying sensor technology as an energy balancing tool identifying losses, interruptions and malicious usage.
Grid Automation
Enable remote monitoring and operation of grid infrastructure for more efficient and automated management of the grid avoiding operational costs.
Voltage and Power Measurements
Improve efficiency of the distribution grid by monitoring voltage, current, real and reactive power. Voltage and current waveforms are captured and processed by an integrated microprocessor, providing detailed power quality information.
Fault Detection and Outage Management
The sensor system features outage ride-through super capacitors in order to supply last gasp messages. This allows for easy identification of the location of a fault to quickly restore power.
Asset Management
Asset monitoring for improved management and allocation of capital expenses.
Green Energy/Renewables Integration
Distributed generation interconnection permitting and ongoing monitoring.
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
LineWatch M
Distribution Grid Sensing and Monitoring for Low Voltage Applications
LineWatch M delivers near revenue grade (0.5%) current and voltage accuracy to address a variety of utility applications. The “bird-on-wire” design supports fast and safe hot stick installation greatly reducing deployment expense and total cost of ownership. LineWatch incorporates a flexible design that supports any utility communications platform.
Features &
Benefits
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Delivers near revenue-grade (0.5%) current and voltage accuracies
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No neutral connection
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Safe and easy installation with a hot stick
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Accommodates any utility communications platform
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Power quality measurements for voltage and current up to the 13th harmonic
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Records up to 40 fault current waveforms in the 10 kA and 25 kA range
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Continuous monitoring; data recorded in one minute intervals
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User configurable alarms/events
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Reporting available in three modes:
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At scheduled intervals
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By exception
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On-demand polling
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Applications
Legacy Substation Monitoring
Monitoring of assets located at substations without need for costly renovations or service interruptions
Grid Automation
Enable remote monitoring and operation of utility infrastructure for more efficient grid management
Volt/VAR Optimization
Sensors can be used as part of a centralized VVO system or locally as replacement of PTs or line post sensors
Fault Detection and Outage Management
Easily identify the location of a fault for quicker power restoration
Asset Management
Asset monitoring for improved management and allocation of capital
Voltage, Current and Power Measurements
Voltage, current, real and reactive power monitoring to support power flow studies and modeling
CheckTool Medium Voltage Installation
LineWatch Check Tool is an integral part of the LineWatch M sensor installation. Its highly accurate voltage and phase angle measurements are used to quickly and easily calibrate the sensors in situ.
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
CheckTool Medium Voltage Installation
LineWatch Check Tool is an integral part of the LineWatch M sensor installation. Its highly accurate voltageand phase angle measurements are used to quickly and easily calibrate the sensors on site.
The Check Tool can also be used as a precision stand-alone, quick reference tool for spot measuring phase-to-neutral voltage, phase current, and power flow on a live line. Unlike the LineWatch M product, the Check Tool is not intended to be left on the line.
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A capacitive voltage divider that delivers unprecedented accuracy.
Uses Include:
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Measuring feeder primary voltage, current and power Troubleshooting distribution circuits
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Site survey for Capacitor Bank placement
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Automated Setup Tool software makes LineWatch M sensor install quick and easy
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Can be used in conjunction with any Windows based PC/laptop/tablet
Benefits
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Quick and easy sensor calibration in situ
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Measurement of live line conditions
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Most accurate hot stick power meter on the market
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No need for multiple tools— combined current and voltage in same device
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Real and reactive power flow measurements
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Windows-compatible RF Dongle for automated setup and reporting
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Can log measurements to local file
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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2525 Rue Louis-A-Amos
Montreal - Quebec
H8T 1C3 - Canada
4035 Rue Letellier
Sherbrooke - Quebec
J1L 1Z3 - Canada
