Undergrounding Innovation: Maintenance Practices
Innovation: Advanced Sensors and Monitoring Systems.
Description/Definition: State-of-the-art and emerging sensors used to monitor and locate faults underground. Examples: Power Quality Monitors, Fault Indicators, High Voltage Current Sensors, Underground Cable Fault Passage Indicators, Radar, etc.
Impact: Reduced Maintenance Cost: Achieved through fewer truck rolls and technician time in the field to monitor and locate a fault. Reduced risk of damaging cable performance with “thumping” fault- finding technique.
Bob Hobson, Associate Technical Consultant
Burns & McDonnell
Bob is a high voltage and medium voltage power systems specialist who excels working with customers, consultant and suppliers on complex electrical power projects to generate cost effective solutions.
Landry Molimbi, VP of Asset Management
Prysmian
Landry maintains 20+ years of work in High Voltage & Medium Voltage Partial Discharge testing/monitoring services and optical sensing products (DAS, DTS).