Yukon Visual Asset Monitoring
Substation maintenance managers are concerned about identifying conditions leading to catastrophic failures in high-value assets. The Visual Asset Monitoring solution by Cooper Power Systems provides real-time, remote monitoring that can help identify abnormal operating conditions or early failure indications. The result is a timely, appropriate response before a situation becomes critical.
Unlike periodic manual testing, real-time asset monitoring provides timely notification with trended contextual data instead of a generic trouble alarm. It allows appropriate event response while lowering the risk of component failure. This increases system reliability and equipment availability and prolongs the life of high-value assets.
The system sends pager, e-mail, or text message alerts with links to trend information directly to the primary maintenance provider—usually before generic trouble alarms arrive at a 24x7 operations center. Detailed information is securely accessible from any location.
- Yukon Visual Asset Monitoring Solution
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Visual Asset Monitoring Architecture
A comprehensive communications/information architecture—ensures the right information is available to the right person at the right time.
The Cooper Power Systems Visual Asset Monitoring solution consists of three main components:
- Sensors and Gateways—sensors designed for the severe environments of substations and gateways that bridge sensor data to the substation communications system
- Communications—a variety of communications options for data retrieval that include fiber optics, copper, and wireless media
- Software—Yukon—an enterprise class suite of advanced energy management software that addresses all of the complex operations of a multi-faceted utility.
The Cooper Power Systems asset monitoring package is a cost-effective solution for monitoring real-time the health of transformers and circuit breakers and collecting a long-term, detailed operating history of the system. Monitoring packages support multiple sensor configurations, communication protocols, and communication mediums. The system can also monitor other equipment, including third-party devices, such as DGA and bushing monitors.
Real-time circuit breaker or transformer monitoring provides an instantaneous check of the device’s health including the condition of the mechanical system, insulation system, and other parameters important to proper operation. Moreover, the system records the data from every circuit breaker or transformer and stores it in a data historian that provides trended data and operational history. By reviewing this information, utilities can develop a maintenance schedule based on the condition of the equipment. It also provides input for developing capital expenditure plans.
- Sensors and Gateways—sensors designed for the severe environments of substations and gateways that bridge sensor data to the substation communications system
