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Megger’s MPQ2000 can be powered from Phase A, from an internal rechargeable battery pack or from any conveniently- available mains supply
EmPowr CL Edge medium-voltage
cable now available General Cablehas introduced its
new EmPowr CL Edge™ medium- voltage (MV) cable. “EmPowr CL Edge brings further
value to our customers, making it the best, new cable innovation built for the renewable energy market,” comments Joshua Katzman, Vice President, Strategic Marketing – North America, General Cable. “EmPowr CL Edge delivers up to 20% longer reel lengths, up to 10% reduction in diameter and weight, and enables jacket integrity testing in the field making this new cable easier to use, faster to install, and more reliable overall.” EmPowr CL Edge is said to be the
first MV cable for renewable energy which combines four of the most effective features in the cable industry for greater efficiency, protection and reliability: 1. Compact phase conductor and
flat strap neutral conductor 2. Two non-hygroscopic rip cords 3. Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) jacketing 4. All black semi-conductive
polyethylene (SCPE) coating EmPowr CL Edge is also a UL-rated
MV-105 which means that users can run this cable at higher temperatures knowing that there won’t be a loss of reliability. “We listened to our customers’ and
designed EmPowr CL Edge to deliver a solution that addressed our customers’ problems,” said Michael Noyes, Vice President & General Manager, Utility – North America, General Cable. “They asked for an easier and faster way to terminate the cable along with a more consistent method to test for jacket integrity.”
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The new MPQ2000 three-phase portable power quality analyser from Megger offers unrivalled versatility with facilities for measuring, analysing and displaying all key power quality parameters on AC and DC systems operating at up to 1,000 V. It complies fully with IEC61000-4-30
Class A requirements for all measured parameters, and has a CAT IV 600 V safety rating in line with IEC61010. Despite its extensive functionality, the MPQ2000 is fast and easy to set up and use, thanks to its high-resolution colour display and intuitive user interface. The MPQ2000 can be powered from
Phase A, from an internal rechargeable battery pack or from any conveniently available mains supply. It is housed in a robust IP54 (NEMA4) enclosure. These features mean that it can be readily used in almost any location, including outdoors.
Typical applications of the MPQ2000 include compliance testing to power quality standards, power factor studies, load studies and load balancing, substa- tion monitoring, capacitor bank sizing, transformer derating and lamp flicker analysis. It helps nvestigations into problems such as breaker tripping,
PrecisionHawk Inc., a provider of drone technology, announced the release of its final Pathfinder Report – a blueprint for enterprises to conduct Beyond the Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations. The fieldwork was performed in part- nership with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and MITRE under the Pathfinder Program. The report outlines a comprehensive safety case and standards to fly drones BVLOS and has yielded critical information to the US FAA regarding drone operations. Combining extensive research and rigorous testing, the learnings have been summarized into American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards and are available to the public and any drone company seeking to obtain its own waiver to fully realise the benefits of BVLOS drone operations. The full report, which describes how to develop a safety case and choose technology that is
Drone operations to increase in power industry /
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required to fly BVLOS can be found at http:/
An abbreviated version of
PrecisionHawk’s safety research is also publicly available at http:/
/www.
precisionhawk.com/pathfinder “The final report determined that there
are three necessary components for BVLOS flight operations: detection, safety, and drone operator training,” stated Dr. Allison Ferguson, director airspace research at PrecisionHawk.
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switchgear failures & neutral overheating. The instrument’s integral colour display
operates in oscilloscope and multimeter modes, allowing RMS data, waveforms, demand data, phase angles, harmonics, unbalance, flicker and more to be viewed. Data can also be recorded direct to a standard SD memory card, and either recalled to the display, or transferred to a PC for further analysis and archiving. As standard SD cards are used, expanding the memory is as simple as plugging in a new card, which means that the recording capacity is virtually unlimited. Megger’s new MPQ2000 portable power quality analyser is supplied complete with internal battery pack, unfused voltage leads, external AC adaptor and soft-sided case. Available accessories include multi- range rain tight current clamps for use on AC circuits up to 6,000 A.
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Worldwide Independent Power May 2018
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