The August 2016 issue of Electricity+Control has interesting topics… One Cable Automation offers total flexibility, reduced costs and fewer sources of error! Certainly worth a read. The information that we receive from Pontins is always useful… with this month’s focus on lightning and induced surges… and the damage that these cause to vulnerable Free Field PV Power Plants.
We have a look at safety in product quality in beverage production. A comprehensive article on Smart Transformer Condition Monitoring discusses the use of a Rogowski Coil to make an open-ended and flexible sensor that wraps around the conductor to be measured.
The feature which we introduced earlier this year… In Conversation With… has Peter Middleton discussing microgrids and grid automation with an expert from ABB who describes the core purpose of the microgrid as that of ‘managing and combining the available power to best meet demand’.
Our last feature article examines Thorium as a safe nuclear fuel… and in fact, Steenkampskraal Thorium Mine in the Western Cape will start producing this alternative to Uranium in approximately two years from now.
All this… and so much more in the August 2016 issue.
Be safe in August.
Wendy Izgorsek
Editor, Electricity+Control
Tel. +27 (0) 11 622 4770
- Control systems + automation
Ultra-fast Communication and Power Supply in a Single Cable
Thomas Rettig, Beckhoff
One Cable Automation provides the optimal foundation for modular plant and machine design.
- Electrical protection + safety
Lightning and Surge Protection Systems for Free Field Solar Farms
Trevor Manas, Pontins
The significant amount of damage caused by lightning to various PV farms makes it clear that the proper lightning and surge protection measures are not being employed on these free field PV farms.
- Temperature measurement
Making ‘cents’ in Pasteurisation
Benjamin Mlangeni and Natlee Chetty, Endress+Hauser
Heating processes for the preservation of beverages, pose as critical points concerning product quality and safety in any beverage production. This company provides expert solutions.
Troyeville Hotel’s heat pump pays for itself in just over two months
Information provided by Eskom
A heat pump can be up to three times more efficient than a traditional electric element geyser.
- Transformers + substations
Smart Transformer Condition Monitoring with Smart Meter and Rogowski Coils’
Patrick Schuler, LEM
An innovative, more economical way to manage the distribution grid without having additional sensors on the MV side.
- Energy + enviroFiciency
In Conversation With: Crown editor, Peter Middleton, talks to ABB’s Tony Duarte about the recently inaugurated integrated solar-diesel microgrid installation at its Longmeadow facility in Johannesburg.
Thorium – a Safe Nuclear Fuel
Trevor Blench, Steenkampskraal
There is growing awareness that thorium is a safe alternative to uranium as a nuclear fuel and that its use will limit nuclear proliferation. To meet this demand, the Steenkampskraal thorium mine in the Western Cape will begin production in about 24 months.
