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ANSI 670 Series Relays
ABB Substation Automation launches a complete range of Protection and Control IEDs supporting IEC 61850 and DNP 3.0. The 670 Series is designed for both ANSI and IEC applications providing protection, control and monitoring of overhead lines, cables, transformers, reactors, bus and circuit breakers as well as bay control. A powerful yet simple Windows® Explorer "look and feel" setting tool "PCM600... MoreCircuit Breaker Controller - with Arc Flash Mitigation
Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution introduces the SIPROTEC Circuit Breaker Controller, a unique and low cost solution for remote circuit breaker control and monitoring. All the customer needs to provide is the existing or new settings. It is a new cost effective product solution that will address Arc Flash Mitigation as required by NFPA 70E by minimizing the risk of personal injury by remov... MoreEconomical Transmission Protection
AREVAT&D announces a major evolution, with the MiCOM P547 Phase comparison protection now incorporating the proven technology of the sub-cycle distance MiCROMho P443, merged as one single device. This relay can be the standard in all HV, EHV line protection applications, duplicated where dual redundant main protection is demanded. Features include: Phase segregated phase comparison protection tri... MoreGARD 8000 Communications and Relaying System
The new GARD 8000 Communications and Relaying System from RFL Electronics, Inc. received the UTC Telecom Product Award for best Telecom Equipment of 2007. The GARD 8000 is an innovative product that combines high performance line protective relays (current differential and/or distance protection) with teleprotection interfaces (digital, audio, Power Line Carrier) in one chassis. The GARD 8000 Syst... MoreGuaruja 2 is energized
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has completed the modernization and energization of Guarujá 2, a substation integrated with the IEC 61850 protocol, belonging to Elektro Eletricidade e Serviços S.A., a large electric distribution utility in Brazil. This is the first of 30 substations SEL will modernize for Elektro by creating new HMIs and updating all SCADA systems, substation autom... MoreNew Dual Channel Universal Power-line Carrier
Pulsar has introduced the 4RU option for their industry leading UPLC. The new 4RU Dual UPLC offers two PLC channels in just one package. The new design reduces your panel space with only 4RU of panel space instead of the standard 6RU that you get with two separate packages. This UPLC also includes internal combining hybrids. One directional comparison blocking and a single channel direct transfer ... MoreNorth American Synchro-Phasor Initiative
Measurements and information to improve system performance. The advancements in communications and computing technology, the wide spread use of multifunctional intelligent electronic devices and the increased availability of synchrophasor measurements in such devices create an environment for a change in the way that electric power systems are monitored and controlled, especially under dynamically... MoreRugged Wireless Ethernet
RuggedCom's new RuggedWireless(tm) family of products is a line of substation hardened Ethernet switches integrating IEEE 802.11b/g wireless access points with fully managed wired 8-Port Ethernet switches providing six Fast Ethernet copper only ports and two optional copper or fiber ports. All wireless communications are protected by the very latest "robust securitynetworks" based on IEEE 80... MoreSampled Values Generated by CMC 256
OMICRON has made another step in complementing its testing tools for IEC 61850. The CMC 256 with NET-1 Option does now also generate sampled values. Together with the GOOSE features, the vision of "fully networked" protection testing has been realized. The sampled values are generated according to the "Implementation Guideline for Digital Interface to Instrument Transformers using IEC 61850 9 2", ... MoreToshiba launches IEC 61850 compliant IEDs
Toshiba announces the availability of its Bay Control Unit GBU100 (photo) and Transformer Protection relay GRT100 in compliance with the IEC 61850 standard for substation communications. GRT100 and GBU100 were certified IEC 61850 compliant at the first attempt by KEMA in June 2007 and August 2007 respectively. This is additional to the GRZ100 distance protection which had already been certified co... MoreVolt/VAr Control Enters New Era
M-6200 Digital Voltage Regulator ControlBeckwith Electric recently announced a regulator controls that goes significantly beyond the norm for conventional controls. The M-6200 boasts nuances such as; adaptive or conventional algorithms, high-speed USB or optional Bluetooth local customer interface, SD Card for upload programming or for data logging, oscillographic, and SOE download, as well as IEC... MoreTechnology News
New Internet Speed Record
The continuously increasing demand for improvement in the substation-substation and substation-system level communications is forcing protection and control engineers to look for new ways to meet these requirements. The new data transfer land speed records show that the time for revolutionary Internet based power system applications is not that far in the future.Using a modified version of TCP, a ... MoreRussians Building Floating Nuclear Power Plant
The need for generation in different parts of the world is continuously changing and the industry is looking for ways to deliver power to areas that need it in a relatively short time. A potential solution based on an old idea is emerging and is raising some environmental concerns. At the same time it will have significant impact on the protection and control of electric power systems where applie... More
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