ONLOAD 05

This year’s inter­na­tion­al con­fer­ence for spe­cial­ists from the trans­former indus­try in Hong Kong is ded­i­cat­ed to the top­ic of megac­i­ties. Man­ag­ing Direc­tor Michael Rohde explains what glob­al urban­iza­tion means for the pow­er grids of tomor­row.

High-tem­per­a­­ture on-load tap-chang­ers get con­sid­er­ably bet­ter per­for­mance out of ester trans­form­ers.

When a de-ener­­gized tap-chang­er has to main­tain a huge test volt­age of 1,000 kilo­volts and switch 112 kilo­volts in a sin­gle step, size real­ly does mat­ter. The experts at Rein­hausen have built three of these giants for the Cana­di­an trans­former man­u­fac­tur­er PTI Trans­form­ers.

Con­stant­ly han­dling volt­age takes a lot out of trans­form­ers, so reg­u­lar check-ups are essen­tial to ensur­ing that both they and their on-load tap-chang­ers — the beat­ing heart of this type of equip­ment — have a long and healthy life. Richard Bates, Direc­tor of Asset Man­age­ment Busi­ness at Rein­hausen Man­u­fac­tur­ing USA, worked as a tech­ni­cian, ser­vice man­ag­er, and oper­a­tional man­ag­er in the field for sev­er­al years, so he knows exact­ly what it takes to keep trans­form­ers run­ning smooth­ly.

The FLEETSCAN 2D assess­ment sys­tem allows net­work oper­a­tors to keep an eye on their fleet at all times

The FLEETSCAN 2D assess­ment sys­tem allows net­work oper­a­tors to keep an eye on their fleet at all times.

Autarsys is in the busi­ness of pro­vid­ing smart ener­gy accu­mu­la­tor solu­tions. In this inter­view, co-founder and Man­ag­ing Direc­tor Matthias Roß gives us an insight into his com­pa­ny and how MR’s intel­li­gent fil­ter solu­tion is help­ing him to turn his ideas into a real­i­ty.

There are some 11 cities with over a mil­lion inhab­i­tants locat­ed in the Pearl Riv­er Delta region. Hong Kong is one of them. Here, we take a trip through the ener­gy that pow­ers this megac­i­ty.

All over the world, the dis­tances over which pow­er sources have to trav­el are increas­ing, requir­ing longer cables in both marine and ground appli­ca­tions. Test­ing the safe­ty of the cables that cov­er these lengths is putting real strain on exist­ing test facil­i­ties. For­tu­nate­ly, XXL reac­tors from HIGHVOLT are com­ing to the res­cue.

MR has had a sub­sidiary in Italy since 1993, spe­cial­iz­ing in pro­vid­ing all-inclu­­sive ser­vice for ener­gy providers and indus­tri­al cus­tomers.