Electrical Substations play an important role in the electrical grid. From the power generator or power plants, electricity goes through substations and transmission lines before reaching our homes.
Substations have transformers to step up or step down the voltage depending on where it will go next. They also have circuit breakers and switches to control the flow of current and protect the distribution system. Smoothening and filtering of voltage fluctuations also happen in electrical substations.
Types of Electrical Substation
There are 3 types of substations by function.
- Step-up substations transform the voltage to higher values for more efficient transmission of power into the long transmission lines.
- Step-down substations lower the voltage level into sub transmission voltage. This level is being used in industrial applications. Otherwise, it will go to the next process in the electrical grid.
- Distribution substations lower the voltage further for commercial and residential consumption.
Thermal Imaging for Electrical Substation
Hikvision thermal camera can aid in prevention of power failures due to faulty parts.
By detecting the hotspots and cold spots in the thermal image, the relevant personnel can easily identify overloading in the lines or if there are parts busted and not working.
Continuous monitoring of substations also helps effectively in planning maintenance or replacements of spare parts. Alarms and notifications can be sent to concerned personnel whenever there is an abnormal thermal buildup happening in the substation. This will require less onsite visit and will increase the efficiency of the crew.
The HIKVISION Thermal + Optical Bi-Spectrum PTZ Dome camera has accurate and reliable temperature exception alarm along with advance fire detection algorithm. It also has robust body design to withstand outdoor environmental conditions like rain, fog, haze, snow, heat and more.
The Bi-spectrum ability of the camera enables the thermal and visual details integration in the image. This comes in handy specially on transformers, circuit breakers and switches having numbers or names. The technician/engineer can easily locate the parts needing maintenance.
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