The GISmonitor builds on 20 years experience in online PD monitoring on rotating machines, transformers, cables, and especially GIS systems. It combines proven technology of the ICMmonitor with new processor technology and embedded hardware capabilities. The hardware core of the system has been optimized for parallel, real time PD acquisition on multiple channels. Any UHF signal can be detected and digitized within micro seconds.
A separation of PD events from external disturbances or internal switching pulses is calculated in real time and therefore an effective PD and alarm detection is given. Each 8-channel acquisition plug-in board operates fully stand alone, but can be combined with a virtually unlimited number of units, to monitor all PD sensors in one GIS PD monitoring system in parallel. A partial discharge monitoring acquisition rack (PDMAR) carries up to 15 plug-in boards – each with eight channels – providing up to 120 channels. An industrial type PC installed in a partial discharge monitoring control rack (PDMCR) reads all data of the instruments via the high speed fiber optic LAN ring, providing communication redundancy. Storage redundancy is provided due to a RAID controller and data mirroring on multiple drives.
Each cabinet comes with an uninterruptible power supply, a network switch and temperature controlled cooling. Cabinets for indoor applications feature a protection class of IP54, while cabinets for outdoor applications reach a protection class of IP65. All cables from external are feed through the bottom into the rack.
