TELEDYNE FLIR Power Generation Solutions
Save time and ensure equipment reliability with Teledyne FLIR's powerful, high-tech tools. Whether it's maintaining uptime at power generation stations, keeping power flowing through distribution networks, or troubleshooting residential and commercial failures, Teledyne FLIR offers the total solution for condition monitoring: thermal imaging, acoustic imaging, gas detection, test equipment, analysis software, and secure storage, all with the goal of helping you diagnose potential problems before they become costly failures.
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Electric Power Generation
Steam turbine inspections
Turbine generators are the core of the power plant, but they must be maintained to avoid costly repairs and outages. Thermographic inspection technology can help detect problems early. A special camera that detects carbon dioxide (CO2) can be used to help locate leaks in hydrogen-cooled generators by adding small amounts of CO2 to the mix as a benign tracer gas. For generators that rely on natural gas, an uncooled optical gas imaging camera filtered for methane (CH4) can help inspectors identify leaks throughout the system. Finally, maintenance teams can use an acoustic camera to identify high-pressure leaks and a standard thermal camera to inspect electrical and mechanical components.
General preventive maintenance
Failures in bushings and other electrical components can cost your company millions of dollars in lost revenue from downtime, repairs and worker overtime. Through regular inspections, you can detect electrical component failures before they occur. Traditional inspection methods, such as micro-ohm testing or power factor measurement, can be labor intensive and put the system out of service. Incorporating thermographic and acoustic technologies into your inspection routine allows you to locate the sources of potential equipment failures early, saving repair costs and avoiding equipment downtime.
Inspections and diagnostics of solar installations
Routine solar panel inspections are an essential part of operational efficiency. They are crucial to prevent more serious breakdowns, handle warranty claims with equipment suppliers and operate within contracted performance and production guarantees. A UAS solution with integrated thermography makes it easy to quickly inspect a large target area and detect solar panel problems from the air. Once the problem is identified with infrared, a digital multimeter or clamp meter can help you diagnose electrical problems at the point of failure and determine appropriate action. Incorporating thermal inspections into your routine maintenance plan will reduce inspection times, help you work more safely and improve overall efficiency.
Preventive maintenance of wind energy
Wind turbine components are vulnerable to wear and tear and can break down. When this happens, the end result can be costly downtime or a serious accident. This is why preventive maintenance, regular inspections and continuous monitoring are so important. Acoustic imaging is a great technology that allows you to inspect all high and medium voltage components of wind turbines and surrounding electrical systems to detect problems before breakdowns occur. The addition of a fixed smart thermographic camera to continuously monitor electrical and mechanical systems will help improve safety on the job site, giving field technicians the ability to detect problems before they become costly breakdowns.
Electrical Substation
Insulation inspections and diagnostics
When insulation fails, it can cause an extended outage. It is very likely to affect multiple components in the transmission system, creating a larger and unmanageable problem. It is not always easy to inspect for potential failures because the insulations are often located high and out of reach. Periodic temperature monitoring using a combination of acoustic and thermal imaging cameras can help you inspect and diagnose impending failures before they occur. With an acoustic camera, you can inspect for partial discharge. Using a thermal camera, you can easily look for temperature differences and hot spots to locate the problem area and diagnose the problem. You will establish a safer working environment, increase network reliability throughout the system and improve customer satisfaction by ensuring that there is no loss of electricity.
Continuous temperature monitoring
If one LTC fails, the entire transformer will be shut down, costing your utility millions of dollars in worker overtime and expenses to expedite repairs. This outage will have a negative impact on numerous distribution circuits and the rest of the power grid because of the need to reroute load to supply the affected circuits. A fixed thermal imaging sensor is a valuable tool for recording or monitoring temperatures in real time, as it can help you understand the temperature trends of an LTC and other critical components, so that you can then make decisions about the condition of the transformer before it fails. However, collecting sensor data from products with different communication protocols in one system can be difficult. A communication hub like FLIR Bridge solves the problem of sensor incompatibility by allowing companies to integrate different sensors without the need for qualified in-house IIoT programmers.
Electrical Transmission
Inspection of electrical transmission connections
Unplanned transmission line repairs can easily cost millions, so it is important to periodically inspect each connection to make sure it is working properly. Each system has many small connections, which are often located high and out of reach. Connections get hot before they fail. Performing periodic inspections on substations and transmission lines using acoustic and thermographic devices can give you a complete picture of potential problems. You can visualize partial discharges or measure the temperature of overheated connections and diagnose problems before they occur, minimizing the cost of repairs, maximizing equipment life and maintaining power for customers.
SF₆ circuit breaker inspection.
When you suspect a gas leak in an SF6 circuit breaker, it is crucial to locate and repair it immediately to minimize downtime and loss of revenue. This is not always easy to do using traditional gas detection methods such as sniffers or soap bubbles. The longer it takes to repair a leak, the more revenue is lost and the larger the carbon footprint on the environment. By using a portable, non-contact optical gas detection camera, you can visualize SF6 and other gas emissions without interrupting operations. You can also quickly scan substations for leaks while maintaining a safe distance from high-voltage equipment. Detect leaks early to reduce lost revenue from breakdowns and repairs. This will also reduce emissions, so your company can comply with environmental regulations and avoid potential penalties.
Electrical Distribution
Distribution transformer inspections
If a transformer overheats and fails, it can be devastating to utility service. An extended outage could mean thousands of customers are without supply and the cost to repair or replace the equipment is high. Periodic temperature monitoring using advanced diagnostic thermographic cameras can help you inspect and monitor the temperature distribution on the outside surface of each transformer to detect impending failures before they occur. It will show what the naked eye can't see: hot spots that indicate overheated parts, so you know where to investigate further. Find hidden signs of electrical resistance and mechanical wear so you can address repairs immediately.
Subway electrical vault inspections
Detecting hot spots that indicate electrical faults is the best way to avoid outages that interrupt power supply to thousands of customers. But performing a thorough inspection of subway electrical distribution vaults can be problematic: they are dangerous, difficult to access and may require special permits to open. An industrial thermal videoscope will allow you to inspect a subway vault while remaining above ground, and in some cases, without having to remove the manhole cover, all while avoiding the hazards of live wires and water seepage. Continuous thermography with an alarm-activated sensor is another easy way to detect potential problems in small or hard-to-reach spaces. Both methods can work together to ensure that potential faults are detected early, diagnosed correctly and repaired before causing an outage.
Commercial and Residential
Inspection of high voltage electrical distribution panels
Without power, factory operations cannot continue. That's why scheduled and periodic maintenance is so important to ensure that your electrical distribution system is working properly. A thermograph can help you detect hot spots in your distribution system before an outage occurs. Once the source of the problem is identified, a clamp meter can help you diagnose electrical problems at the point of failure and determine appropriate action. You will avoid downtime, unnecessary maintenance or repair costs and lost profits.
Commercial and residential electrical panels
As an electrician or service provider, it is crucial that you find and fix electrical problems before they become serious. Rely on thermographs and pocket-sized test tools to investigate faults in sockets, transfer switches and fuses. An inexpensive thermal imager can help you locate problems, show them to customers and demonstrate that they have been repaired. Pinch testers and digital multimeters with thermography offer a two-in-one advantage by helping you find the source of a problem and collect the data you need to fix.
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FLIR handheld infrared and acoustic camera software
FLIR helps you work more efficiently and increase productivity thanks to software packages and mobile apps for Android and iOS devices.
Software and cloud solutions
FLIR Thermal Studio Pro, FLIR Ignite Cloud storage and FLIR Path Management provide the total solution your team needs to streamline inspections, analysis and reporting.
FLIR Thermal Studio Pro: Create an efficient inspection roadmap with the FLIR Route Creator software plug-in, then download and run it using your camera's Inspection Route feature. Once the inspection is complete, return the images to FLIR Thermal Studio for processing, analysis and reporting.
For acoustic imaging, FLIR Si124 includes a software add-on for FLIR Thermal Studio Pro that allows you to calculate decision-critical data such as leak rates, costs and partial discharge threat level.
FLIR Ignite: Upload images wirelessly to this cloud-based service, which automatically manages the protected backup of your data and instantly shares content with authorized team members.
Infrared Training Center (ITC)
The value of thermography
The more knowledge you have about thermography, the greater the benefits to your company and your career. That's why the Infrared Training Center (ITC) offers classes for utility applications, from free online courses to advanced training with certification.
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