Non-Invasive Surveying System tests high-voltage equipment.
Press Release Summary:
Designed to help generation and industrial plants optimize maintenance, EMI Surveyor can detect more than 70 different electrical insulation and mechanical defects such as partial discharge, corona, arcing, and sparking in generators, motors, transformers, switchgear, and other high voltage equipment. EMI testing is performed while HV plant assets are in service, enabling efficient outage management and preparation for inspections, maintenance, and prioritization of needed repairs.
Original Press Release:
Doble Engineering Company Releases EMI Surveyor, Non-Invasive Testing Solution for High-Voltage Equipment
New In-Service Solution for Power Plant and Rotating Machine Condition-Based Maintenance
WATERTOWN, Mass., -- Doble Engineering Company, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE), today announced the introduction of the EMI Surveyor, a non-invasive surveying solution that helps generation and industrial plants optimize maintenance and improve outage planning.
Based on Doble's decades of electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing experience, the surveyor can detect more than 70 different electrical insulation and mechanical defects in generators, motors, bus duct systems, transformers, switchgear, cable terminations and other high voltage equipment. Using this information, asset owners can reduce costs and the risk of system failures by identifying areas where maintenance is not needed.
EMI testing is performed while HV plant assets are in service, enabling more efficient outage management and preparation for inspections, maintenance and prioritization of needed repairs. With the EMI Surveyor, data collection is completely passive, and there are no permanent high-voltage connections, arc flash concerns, or interference with plant operations.
"One of the biggest market needs today is being able to conduct condition-based tests without interruption to plant operations," said Paul Griffin, vice president of global professional services at Doble. "By packaging proven EMI testing methods into an integrated solution that can be used while the plant is up-and-running, we're offering teams a means to extend maintenance intervals and significantly reduce the risk of failures."
Doble's experienced services team also provides EMI testing services for customers, with more than 10,000 tests performed to date.
"EMI testing is performed at hydroelectric plants, fossil fuel plants, steam turbine plants, refineries and petrochemical sites," said James Timperley, senior principal engineer at Doble. "It's very useful for maintenance personnel to plan in advance for the replacement parts they need and focus their resources during outages and turnarounds on the equipment that needs attention."
By identifying dozens of different electrical and mechanical defects in HV electrical equipment, the EMI Surveyor provides testing teams with a broader view of potential defects, including partial discharge, corona, arcing and sparking. Doble also provides training and application support for understanding and successfully using the EMI Surveyor.
To learn more about the EMI Surveyor, please visit www.doble.com/product/emi-surveyor
About Doble Engineering Company
Now in 110 countries, Doble Engineering Company has been helping clients in the electric power industry improve operations and optimize system performance for nearly a century. Doble offers diagnostic instruments, services, and the world's premier library of statistically significant apparatus test results for the benefit of energy generation, transmission, delivery companies and industrial power users worldwide. Doble is part of the Utility Solutions Group of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE), St. Louis. For more information, visit: www.doble.com.
