The Case for Critical Electrical Asset Monitoring
(Room 103B)
09 May 17
2:00 PM
-
2:30 PM
Tracks:
Maintenance & Upgrades
The vast majority of critical assets in the field today are greater than 25 years old. Less than 5% of installed critical assets have continuous monitoring integrated. Temperature is the leading indicator of critical asset failure. Critical asset failure is one of the leading causes of power outages. The average cost of critical asset failure is greater than US$500K per event. Critical asset failure often involves injury to humans, and is known to cause deaths. Critical assets include switchgear, transformers, ring main units, low-voltage distribution panels, bus ducts (polyphase and uniphase), motor controllers, etc. The return on investment for implementing continuous critical asset monitoring is less than 12 months. This paper will provide an overview of several case studies with user-realized benefits and results.