Remote Monitoring System monitors SF6 gas-filled equipment.
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Compliant with EPA requirements, Model CBS-F6 provides safe remote monitoring of high-voltage equipment filled with SF6 gas, including dead- and live-tank breakers, gas-insulated switchgear, or single-pressure power circuit breakers rated 38 kV and above. Stand-alone, Smart Grid-based solution offers wireless communications capacity, remote interrogation, network integration, and compatibility with Asset Insight, which collects data from CBS-F6 solution to assess health of equipment.
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ABB Introduces New High Voltage Remote Monitoring Solution for SF6 Circuit Breakers
Smart Grid-based solution provides SF6 gas emissions for 38kV and above power circuit breakers
New Orleans, Louisiana, - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced the introduction of a new remote monitoring solution for any OEM circuit breakers filled with sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gases, the Circuit Breaker Sentinel, or CBS-F6 condition-based monitoring solution. The universal CBS-F6 monitoring system is one of the very first stand-alone SF6 gas-monitoring devices on the market today.
The CBS-F6 solution is in compliance with pending changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements pertaining to SF6 gas monitoring. The EPA is adding additional regulations and asking utilities to document, report and reduce the amount of SF6 gas that is leaked into the environment. The new solution also allows users to reduce the environmental impact of SF6 gas in their breakers.
The CBS-F6 system provides accurate and safe remote monitoring of high-voltage equipment filled with the SF6 gas, including dead- and live-tank breakers, hybrid modules, gas-insulated switchgear or single-pressure power circuit breakers rated 38kV and above.
"ABB has been a leader in high voltage breaker monitoring since 1995, and with the growing environmental conditions ABB has developed the SF6 gas only monitor to help the industry reduce their overall SF6 usage," said Jeffrey Barker, Business Development Manager, High Voltage Products, ABB. "ABB now provides a state-of-the-art method to monitor and reduce SF6 losses due to breaker leaks. With this solution, ABB can remove the need for time-based maintenance, while improving efforts to capture gas leaks early."
The CBS-F6 condition-based monitoring solution also helps prioritize managing a fleet assessment of SF6 breakers to determine corrective actions, thus vastly simplifying the accounting of a breaker's SF6 usage.
This solution provides many unique advantages in the market, including wireless communications capacity, long life and reliability, remote interrogation and network integration. It also offers improved compatibility with ABB's Asset Insight, a wireless monitoring system that collects data from the CBS-F6 solution to assess the health of the equipment.
For more information, please visit www.abb.com/highvoltage.
This announcement was made at the IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exhibition, a major semi-annual trade show and exhibition held this year in New Orleans.
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 117,000 people. The company's North American operations, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, employ about 12,000 people in 20 manufacturing and other major facilities.
For more information, please contact:
ABB Media Relations
Bill Rose
919.807.5743 - office
919.244.4879 - mobile
bill.rose@us.abb.com
