Cigre Session 2012 – The forum for electrial innovation

Now in its 44th edition, the CIGRE Session assemble more than 3000 senior executives, experts and specialists, from the worldwide Power Industry, to enhance their knowledge, to discuss new developments and innovations, and to network.
The CIGRE Session provides a unique opportunity to listen to contributions from international senior executives as well as experts and specialists through official presentations, panel discussions, technical meetings and poster sessions. The Session also offers a social program starting with a welcome drink which includes daily coffee breaks to engage further discussions in a relaxed atmosphere.

In parallel of the Session, a Technical Exhibition is being held in the same location on levels 2 and 3. The exhibition offers the opportunity to all visitors, including delegates, to discover new services, tools, equipment and materials as well as the most advanced technologies in the field of power systems.

The CIGRE Session and its Technical Exhibition bring together around 6000 senior executives, engineers and experts from the worlwide Power Industry.

Main themes will include

• Eco design of equipment
• Maintenance, refurbishment and life time of equipment
• Real time monitoring of equipment and systems
• Development of DC solutions
• Coordination between TSOs
• Public acceptance of equipment
• Integration of renewable
• Active distribution systems
• Information systems

4 main strategic directions for CIGRE technical activities are

• The Electrical Power System of the Future: super grids, smart grids…
• Making best use of the existing power system
• Focus on environment and sustainability
• Communication on power system issues to the audience

 

August 26 to 31, 2012

Paris, France (Palais des Congrès)

Registration online

Member: € 800
Non Member: € 990
Early bird rate until April 27th

EN.SURE Grid Safety – New DTS Generation Presented in Mumbai, India

LIOS Technology GmbH was participating at ELECRAMA from January 18 – 22, 2012 in Mumbai India together with its partner PCI LTD.

ELECRAMA is the world’s largest electrical T&D exhibition held biennially in Mumbai, India since 1990. From the beginnings in 1990 with 283 exhibitors, it has grown significantly. During the last edition two years ago, ELECRAMA hosted 1,243 exhibitors from many different countries.

During this exhibition, LIOS proudly presented the new EN.SURE generation of Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) systems and Real Time Thermal Rating (RTTR) solutions for ampacity predictions of energy transmission:

• Highly reliable DTS systems with a range of up to 40 km for single mode fibres and up to 20 km for multi mode fibres in single ended configuration.

With a solid installed base in India for temperature monitoring of (Extra) High Voltage power cables, LIOS and PCI LTD are the preferred solution provider for utilities.

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COMETA: HVDC Submarine Cable to Link Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

For REE (Red Electrica de España), the owner and operator of the largest part of Spain’s power transmission grids, a consortium between Nexans and Prysmian Cables & Systems delivered a high voltage DC 250kV/500MW submarine power link between the Spanish mainland and the Balearic island of Mallorca. The submarine power cable is 240km long and is buried in the sea at a depth of maximum 1410m. COMETA, the name of this project (abbreviation for COnexión MEditerránea Transporte Alta tension), is of strategic importance for the development of Spain’s national energy transmission network, and links the biggest island in the Balearic archipelago with the mainland, providing access to generating capacities available on the peninsula.

LIOS’ multi mode and single mode Distributed Temperature Sensing systems offer real time temperature surveillance of this important link to avoid overheating of the submarine conductors and subsequently power outage.

Smart Grid in Russia – Strong Engagement in the Skolkovo Innovation City Project

LIOS Technology has been awarded to supply the online condition monitoring system for one of the largest 500 kV high voltage cable projects – a milestone in modernizing Russian industry and infrastructure.
The Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (JSC FGC UES) selected LIOS’  highly reliable distributed temperature sensing system based on OFDR technology for Russia’s high-technology hub Skolkovo. Load management, optimization and save grid operation describe the key factors for Russia’s federal grid company to equip the 11,5 km double circuit of 500 kV underground transmission cable with the latest fibre optic real time condition monitoring system.

OPSENS SIGNS LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH LIOS TECHNOLOGY A LEADER IN DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEMS-DTS

Opsens Inc. (“Opsens”) (TSXV: OPS) is pleased to announce signing of a long-term agreement with Lios Technology GmbH (“Lios”) to provide an integrated solution to measure pressure and temperature in SAGD wells.

With this agreement, Opsens’ OPP-W high-temperature optical pressure and temperature sensor will be combined to LIOS’ high-temperature Distributed Temperature Sensing System (“DTS”) to provide a complete profile to optimize and improve SAGD well management. Combining the two complementary well monitoring technologies incorporating temperature and pressure measurements from two leading suppliers of fiber optic based measurement systems contributed to the successful installation of their High Temperature solution into already several projects in Canada.

Downhole fiber optic pressure and temperature sensing solution multi-channel signal conditioner dedicated for pressure & temperature measurements in harsh environnements

The benefit of this alliance is to combine complementary well surveillance solutions and apply the advanced concept on Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and other Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery wells. This concept of effective applied synergy expands the scope of measurements by offering pressure as well as distributed temperature (DTS) measurements. With this integrated solution, the customer will have the ability to monitor pressure and temperature at the toe of the horizontal well, in addition to temperature along the entire wellbore with sub-meter spatial resolution.  The result will be a comprehensive wellbore profile which can be used for enhanced optimization and improved well management.

“We see considerable potential for LIOS distributed sensing products in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and we look forward to exploring further possibilities that this partnership between LIOS and Opsens can offer,” says Gaetan Duplain, Opsens Vice President Oil and Gas.

Thomas Oldemeyer, Chief Executive Officer of LIOS Technology commented, “We’re exceptionally pleased to offer our products through Opsens Solutions. This partnership allows LIOS to operate in extreme harsh downhole environment and benefit of Opsens Solutions expertise in installation and completion of downhole instrumentation”.

In thermal recovery processes, Opsens’ OPP-W fiber optic sensor system provides oil sands producers with reliable real-time downhole pressure and temperature information about their SAGD wells during operation. The ability to accurately control bottomhole pressure at high temperatures for artificial lift systems such as electrical submersible pumps allows SAGD operators to improve steam/oil ratios and to reduce operating and lifting costs.  For multiple well operations, this can provide millions of dollars in savings by reducing water treatment costs, optimizing natural gas consumption as it pertains to steam generation and enhancing the run time of artificial lift systems. Opsens Solutions’ also has an ongoing commitment to the development of reservoir surveillance solutions and for CO2-EOR, geological storage of CO2, and unconventional gas projects.

NKT Holding Strategy 2011 to 2015 – POWERED BY NKT

The strategy named POWERED BY NKT is inspired by NKT operating a number of business units and developing them organizationally and financially based on NKT’s long-term global mindset.

NKT is a modern industrial conglomerate with 120 years of history. Over time NKT has demonstrated the ability to develop successful industrial businesses under long-term ownership and – if appropriate – to divest those businesses if alternative ownership could realize the new potential and deliver the value created.

NKT’s corporate business strategy for 2011-2015 is entitled ‘Powered by NKT’. As an industrial owner, NKT pledges that its business units are operated in accordance with long-term, global thinking and with focus on financial performance

NKT is a modern industrial conglomerate with 120 years of history. Over time NKT has demonstrated the ability to develop successful industrial businesses under long-term ownership and – if appropriate – to divest those businesses if alternative ownership could realize the new potential and deliver the value created. This is NKT’s mission: To create value by exercising long-term and active ownership in segments where NKT is ‘best owner’.
We today own the power cable company NKT Cables, the global supplier of professional cleaning equipment Nilfisk-Advance, and 51% of NKT Flexibles, a supplier of flexible pipe systems for offshore oil and gas industry. We also own the Photonics Group of companies in which we are working to develop a new technology platform in the laser industry.
In the period since 2008 when we launched our previous corporate plan, ‘Building Power’, we have strengthened these businesses significantly, primarily by adding global presence, improving competitiveness through increased production and sourcing in low-cost countries, and focusing on higher-value products and associated manufacturing facilities. The start of the period coincided with the economic downturn. This meant that the financial targets we had set could not be realized. But the planned initiatives were moved forward, and the businesses have today been taken to a new level, enabling a new corporate strategy to be established.

NKT mission: To create value by exercising long-term and active ownership in segments where NKT is ‘best owner.

The NKT group companies are all BTB companies on the international market.

• NKT Cables is an actor in the electricity and energy sector
• Nilfisk-Advance is an actor in the cleaning industry
• Photonics Group comprises three companies – including LIOS Technology, all players in the optical industry
• NKT Flexibles, of which NKT owns 51%, is a player in the offshore sector

New Technologies for Maintenance and Monitoring Systems of Insulated Cable – Presentation at International Workshop on Insulated Cables, São Paulo, Brazil

LIOS Technology GmbH- Linear Optical Sensors is pleased to invite you to attend the conference “ Redes Subterraneas De Energia Electrica 2011 ”, taking place in São Paulo, Brazil.

The Brazilian National Study Committee of Cigré B1 – Insulated Cables – is going to promote an International Workshop on Insulated Cables “ Workshop Internacional Sobre Cablos Eletricos ” , this year in São Paulo, Brazil.

The workshop taking place 20 – 22 June 2011, will be composed of short tutorials with international specialists on the following subjects:

• State of the art of technologies for maintenance of underground transmission lines (138 kV and above). The preferential methodologies that will be focused will be: measurement of partial discharges in field, detection and localization of small oil leakages in OF cables, and other maintenance edge technologies.
• Monitoring of underground transmission lines in real time: distributed temperature, current capacity, partial discharge, etc.
• Methods of calculation of magnetic fields of underground transmission lines and mitigation of magnetic fields generated by underground facilities.
• New technologies for high voltage cables and accessories: high-temperature superconductors, hybrid joints, Y joints, “plug in” joints and terminations.

LIOS Technology is participating with two tutorials captioned “New Technologies for Maintenance and Monitoring Systems of Insulated Cables” (Novas Tecnologias De Manutencao E Sistemas De Monitoramento De Cablos Isolados De AT) focusing on new trends for real time condition monitoring of insulated high voltage cables. Theoretical backgrounds as well as hands-on experience of recent projects serve as a base for interesting discussions with the Brazilian specialists on insulated cables.

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NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS DE MANUTENÇÃO E SISTEMAS DE MONITORAMENTO DE CABOS ISOLADOS DE AT Landry Molimbi, Key Account Manager, LIOS TECHNOLOGY, ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMÉRICA	pdf 1,4 Mb

NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS DE MANUTENÇÃO E SISTEMAS DE MONITORAMENTO DE CABOS ISOLADOS DE AT Landry Molimbi, Key Account Manager, LIOS TECHNOLOGY, ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMÉRICA	pdf 1,2 Mb

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Distributed Temperature Sensing has drawn high attention at the Jicable 2011 Conference in Versailles, France

Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Systems for high voltage cable systems were frequently discussed in course of the recent Jicable conference, the 8^th International Conference on Power Insulated Cables.

Several papers on online condition monitoring based on fibre optic temperature sensing were presented. In more papers DTS was mentioned as being part of the high voltage cable project discussed.

 

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The necessity analysis of distributed fiber-optic temperature monitoring by Xiamen power cable alarm case study YAN Youxiang, SU Xueyuan – Xiamen power Ultility, Xiamen, Fujian; China XIAO Chuanqiang – SINDIA, Beijing; China

Dynamic rating of transmission cables
Erik JACOBSEN, Jonas Fabricius NIELSEN, Steen Beck NIELSEN – SEAS-NVE Holding, Haslev; Denmark Sven SALWIN – nkt cables A/S, Copenhagen; Denmark Karl-Heinz COHNEN, Andreas MOHRS – nkt cables GmbH, Köln; Germany

Real time load optimisation of cable based transmission grids Rasmus Schmidt OLSEN, Unnur Stella GUDMUNDSDÓTTIR – Energinet.dk, Fredericia; Denmark Joachim HOLBOELL – Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby; Denmark

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June 2011 Versailles Congress Centre – Jicable’11 – 8^th International Conference on Power Insulated Cables

What is Jicable’11?
Jicable ’11 is an international forum for the exchange of information in the fields of research, industrial development, installation, operation and diagnoses relating to insulated power cables and their accessories from low voltage and special cables up to ultra high voltage cables and cables of new technologies.

Why is Jicable’11 important?

Insulated power cables are increasingly used in electrical power transmission and distribution networks. This is due to the significant progress achieved in the development of new technologies with higher performances, and supported by increasing environmental pressure. Cables are recognised as a reliable means for the transportation and distribution of electrical energy. Jicable’11 will allow in-depth analysis of the State-of-the-Art and future perspectives : new materials, evolution in technologies, improvements in fabrication process, improvement of maintenance policies and remaining life estimation, lessons learned from service experience, dielectric phenomena, thermal and thermo-mechanical behaviour, new innovative technical solutions for high power transmission : new superconductive materials as well as a closer look at major submarine cable projects connecting High Voltage networks in many countries.

Who will be taking part in Jicable’11?

As in past Jicable conferences held in 1984, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 (581 delegates from 48 countries), Jicable’11 will prove very useful to the following segments of the cable industry : researchers, engineers, decision-makers, raw materials suppliers, manufacturers, consultants, installers and users.

The following topics will be discussed:

• LV and MV Cables Systems
• HV and EHV Cables Systems
• Submarine Cables
• Economy and costs of Cable Systems
• Ageing, Diagnosis, Maintenance, Remaining Life Estimation and Management
• Cables for the Future
• Technical challenges encountered with cable systems
• Industrial and Special Cables
• Cables, environment and sustainable development
• Design
• Testing Methods

Jicable 2011 was organized with the support of:

• S.E.E. – Société de l’Électricité, de l’Électronique et des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication
• CIGRÉ - International Council on Large Electric Systems
• ERDF – Électricité Réseau Distribution France
• RTE – Réseau de Transport d’Électricité
• SYCABEL – Syndicat Professionnel des Fabricants de Fils et Câbles Électriques
• SERCE – Syndicat des Entreprises de Génie Électrique et Climatique

The Jicable’s Booklet

Discover the Jicable’s Booklet which contains all practical information about Jicable including registration procedures and technical programme

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Case Studies for Industrial Distributed Temperature Sensing in Electrical Transmission and Distribution Systems

LIOS Technology is actively deploying its DTS sensor technology in various industrial applications and has already equipped successfully more than 2000 permanent system installations worldwide. Today we highlight some projects in Power Cable and Transmission Line Monitoring in the following case studies.

Industrial Application: High Voltage Power Cable Monitoring – Smartgrid

		Beijing: Long Distance Cable Temperature Monitoring System for the Olympic City 2008 Beijing This project was the premiere of a successful cooperation between Brugg Cables and LIOS Technology. Both partners are currently developing further projects for power cable monitoring even with integrated dynamic rating systems (RTTR).

		Burbo Offshore Windfarm – Distributed Temperature Monitoring of Long Distance Submarine Cables Distributed temperature sensing (DTS) of long distance power cables is shown to provide valuable information for cable design optimisation and proper operation of wind farms. The long range sensing is enabled by using the Raman-OFDR (optical frequency domain reflectometry) technology in single-mode fibres. Raman-OFDR uses a modulated continuous wave laser for detection. The low peak power minimizes stimulated Raman-scattering in single-mode fibres making accurate temperature sensing over long distances feasible.

		Graz: Reliable Energy Supply for Graz, Austria The new cable installation is one of the city’s main transmission lines and is heavily loaded. In order to optimize the transmission performance and to guarantee its secure reliability, the cable installation has been equipped with large scale cross-bonding systems at its sheath. In addition, by the help of the LIOS temperature monitoring system (DTS), the level of backup capacity can be assessed.

Real-Time Cable Thermal Rating (RTTR) went on-line at a tunnel near Stockholm, Sweden In October 2006 the commissioning of the integrated condition monitoring system (CMS) for real-time monitoring of cables was successfully completed. Together with a Distributed Temperature Sensor (DTS) a parallel run of cables installed in a tunnel near Stockholm (Sweden) is being continuously rated by RTTR.

Middle East Electricity 2011 is Open – The Power Behind The Middle East Energy Industry

HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, accompanied by HE Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, today opened Middle East Electricity 2011. The show, which is the region’s largest trade show for the power and energy sector, hosted the global launch of an important new integrated water extraction and distribution solution from British firm Lister Petter. Middle East Electricity 2011 is expecting a trade visitor attendance of over 50,000 and has confirmed that all available exhibition space has been sold. In total, over 1,000 exhibitors from 58 countries covering 45,000 square metres of exhibition space are participating this year.

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