Monitoring and Metering

Power Integrations, the leader in gate-driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, today announced a new, single-channel, plug-and-play gate driver for 190 mm x 140 mm IHM and IHV IGBT modules up to 3300 V. The 1SP0635V2A0D combines Power Integrations’ proven SCALE-2 switching performance and protection features with a configurable …

The Kincardine floating offshore wind farm is the largest floating energy generation facility in the world. Located 15 kilometres off the coast of Aberdeenshire in Scotland, the farm can generate around 200 GWh of green energy per year. That’s enough renewable energy to power over 50,000 homes. Floating offshore wind …

The Environment Agency has awarded Meteor Communications a 3-year contract to issue bathing water alerts via text and email during the May to September bathing season. Under the Bathing Water Regulations 2013, the Environment Agency monitors and reports bathing water quality around English coasts and at designated inland bathing waters. …

ABB’s emissions monitoring technology which is typically used for gas leak detection by oil and gas companies and natural gas utilities is now employed to identify and monitor orphan wells in the United States. With the help of ABB technology, organisations such as The Well Done Foundation, the nonprofit organisation …

Liquid steel and metal foundry and tapping operators can now benefit from improved and smart temperature measurements for process control and product quality improvements with the new smart SPOT Meltmaster (MM) application pyrometer from AMETEK Land. The SPOT MM offers a single-sensor solution for liquid metal temperature measurements in foundry …

Swiss instrument manufacturer, Swan Analytical, has announced the launch of a new compact version of its AMI LineTOC monitor for pure and ultrapure water applications. “This new instrument is simple to install and run; fully compliant with industry standards, and suitable for the continuous monitoring of medical water for injection …

When it comes to minimising disruptive maintenance work and lowering costs, prevention is better than a cure. Using oil condition monitoring as a predictive maintenance solutions can provide a deep insight into ongoing system health, reducing the risk of equipment damage caused by unknown contaminants in the system. Here, Dr …

A team of Bristol scientists will reinstate and improve radiological monitoring systems within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ) and inside the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), impacted by the Russian invasion. Part of the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS), the NATO-funded programme comprises multiple strands in response to …

In 2016, PCB Piezotronics supplied Lockheed Martin with accelerometers for use on NOAA’s GOES-16 weather satellite. These accelerometers are still successfully operating after 6 years under cosmic radiation conditions. GOES-16 was the first of four Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R Series (GOES-R) next-generation weather satellites. The advanced spacecraft and instrument technology used …

Alphasense, the UK-based manufacturer of sensors for air quality monitoring and gas detection, has increased its production capacity, automated elements of calibration and upgraded software for its Optical Particle Counter (OPC) products to meet rising industry demand. Since the launch of the latest iterations of its OPC-N3 and OPC-R2 products …