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Omnisens Securing Power Cable Integrity BROCHURES

> Cable condition monitoring Securing asset integrity with

> Cable performance optimization Omnisens, an overview
Securing power cable
integrity with Omnisens Cobra
Power engineers are challenged to provide uninterrupted electricity supply at minimal
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financial and environmental cost, while fulfilling regulatory requirements, being Smart
Grid compliant and cyber secure. How can Omnisens Cobra help in this challenge? • Watch Omnisens presenting
the inaugural webinar of the
Fiber Optic Sensing
Association (FOSA)
• Long power cable and
umbilical monitoring

CASE STUDIES

RWE npower Gr Gabbard

offshore wind farm export cable
temperature monitor
Statoil Morvin direct
electrically heated flowline
temperature monitoring
Dong Walney offshore
windfarm export cable
temperature monitoring
Increasing the transport
capacity of 33 km 150 kV cable
using Dynamic Cable Rating and
DTS
CSG Hainan Guangdong 32
km interconnector temperature
monitor
CONDITION MONITORING
Malta-Italy 120 km
In both underground and subsea cables incipient faults often result in temperature events. Using optical fibers interconnector temperature
integrated into the power cable or laid close by, Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) helps detect changes monitoring
and faults allowing the operator to intervene before the cable fails. It is suitable for deployment in any cable
where an optical fiber is present, including HVDC, HVAC, export, inter-array, transmission and distribution. NEWS

• Hornsea Offshore Windfarm

PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN OPTIMIZATION Export Cables monitored by
Omnisens - UK
Power cable performance and design can be optimized using the Dynamic Cable Rating (DCR) module. (Note:
• Beatrice Offshore Windfarm
DCR is also known as RTTR and DRS). Export Cables to be monitored
by Omnisens – UK

WHY USE OMNISENS COBRA? • Omnisens and industry

Monitor condition and performance from the shortest to the longest cable
Omnisens Lynx fiber optic distributed
sensing system provides:
Continuous real time monitoring with early
detection and location of temperature and/or
strain events.
High performance DTS (Distributed
Temperature Sensing).
Dynamic Cable Rating system
(DCR/DRS/RTTR)
Modular system
leaders launch Fiber Optic
Sensing Association
• Visit Omnisens at CIGRE
Session 46 in Paris, August
22-26
Enabling the operator to:
• Malta – Sicily 120 km 220 kV
AC interconnector monitored
Monitor even the longest cables all along their length. For by Omnisens.
subsea cables this means along the entire cable, not just • Omnisens provides Belgian
the shore ends. And if it just shore ends, then Omnisens utility with temperature
systems enable a longer distance from the shore end. That monitoring and real time rating
means more of the cable is monitored against failure. system to increase the
Detect and locate temperature (or strain) events anywhere transport capacity of
along the cable, for investigation. underground high voltage
cable.
Detect, locate and track small events.
• 'Long power cables: exposing
Obtain rapid, reliable extrapolations for load management incipient faults and optimizing
decisions when Dynamic Cable Rating system (DCR) is used. performance using extra-long
fibre optic distributed
Make timely, informed decisions about their cables and
temperature
maximize the financial performance of these high fixed-cost monitoring' (Jicable)
items.
• Omnisens goes further for
Benefit from cost effective monitoring for every project, with London Array wind farm
optional Geographical Information System interface and
Dynamic Cable Rating. • Omnisens monitors 56 km
subsea interconnector joining
Phu Quoc to Vietnam
mainland

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• Advanced Submarine Power

What is Omnisens Underground cable Subsea cable Omnisens Service Cable & Interconnection
Cobra? monitoring monitoring Forum, Berlin, Germany 11-13
May
• Omnisens to monitor the
OMNISENS COBRA IS A MODULAR FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED temperature of 65 km
underground cable in
SENSING SOLUTION FOR POWER CABLE CONDITION Southern France
MONITORING AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION. • Omnisens secures 5 year
framework agreement for
power cable monitoring supply
to German Utility, 50Hertz

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Omnisens Cobra provides high performance, long distance monitoring enabling operators and utilities to
optimize their power cables.

The system comprises:

OMNISENS HIGH PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE

SENSING (DTS)
Based on Brillouin or Raman scattering depending on the project requirements, DTS detects, locates and
profiles small temperature changes along the entire length of a power cable continuously, in real time.

◾ Omnisens DITEST (Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensing) interrogators are based on
Brillouin sensing using single mode optical fibers as the sensor. The DITEST is a DTS which provides
effective monitoring of long cables, or where the sensing fiber experiences significant optical loss, with
consistent spatial resolution. It detects temperature and/or strain. Due to manufacturing, transport and
installation challenges of long cables, the sensing fiber may be placed under tension and strained. The
affected cable sections can be successfully monitored for temperature using compensation techniques
developed by Omnisens. Whether unintentionally detected or actively monitored for using an appropriate
fiber optic sensor design, strain provides another insight into the power cable's condition. Knowing where
strain exists or is developing, the operator can mitigate against the effects this may have. One or more
dedicated servers are included for data processing and storage.

◾ Omnisens Raman DTS interrogators provide temperature monitoring of power cables using multimode
optical fiber as the sensor. For many cables, particularly shorter, direct buried cables, this is an ideal
solution.

OMNISENS MAP
An optional customizable graphical user interface, Omnisens Map provides a simple ‘see at a glance’
visualization of the entire asset, showing alerts and events.
Information from Omnisens Cobra Dynamic Cable Rating can be integrated into Omnisens Map, e.g.:
position of lowest and highest monthly temperature.

An event, or events, occurring along the power cable The asset route data is provided by the client and
show as alert signals on the graphic. The details of integrated into Cobra by Omnisens. The temperature
the event are shown in a zoom window. profiles are also available for analysis.

DYNAMIC CABLE RATING.

The optional Dynamic Cable Rating (DCR) module establishes the relationship between load and
temperature. This information helps manage the performance of the cable as well as providing ratings in
emergency situations.
Dynamic Cable Rating uses algorithms based on IEC 60287 and 60853. The DCR calculates the conductor

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temperature based on the cable construction, electrical design, laying configuration and environment.

Knowing the temperature of the conductor and the load, the following predictions can be made:

◾ Time before maximum temperature is reached, given a permanent or dynamic load pattern and the
maximum conductor temperature limit for the cable
◾ Temperature of the cable at the end of a given period of (over) load
◾ Maximum ampacity of the cable, given the duration (time) and the allowable temperature during an
emergency situation.

During design studies for new cables, Dynamic Cable Rating informs decisions on specifications, e.g.:
conductor diameter.
(Note: DCR is also known as RTTR and DRS)

Omnisens Cobra monitors temperature all along the cable.

Thanks to its distance range the interrogator can be housed many
kilometers from the asset.
It is available in a range of cabinets, with battery, UPS and server
options.
An optical switch provides up to 20 channels so that several cables
can be monitored from the same interrogator.
Alerts can be sent to SCADA via TCP or relays, all standard
Communications Protocols are available including IEC 61850.
The interrogator is usually housed in the control/ instrument room
on- or offshore. Portable versions are available for surveys onshore
or from a vessel.

Note: Measurement definitions - Omnisens uses SEAFOM-MSP-01 Measurement Specification for Distributed
Temperature Sensing (Download the document here).

Omnisens Cobra can grow with your project. A range of interrogators and optical switches to monitor up to
20 channels means the Omnisens Cobra system will expand as additional cables are added to the offshore
windfarm or interconnector system.

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