Utility Automation & Engineering T&D articles from March 2006

Utility Automation & Engineering T&D archives from March 2006

Data and integration take center stage at DistribuTECH.(FROM THE EDITOR)
March 1, 2006... If you weren't in Tampa for the DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition last month, I can sum it up for you in two words: data and integration. OK, that's a gross oversimplification. As always, DistribuTECH was very eventful; you can read...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2006... The recent article, Technologies to Increase Transmission Capacity in your November/December 2005 issue addressed the need for increases in transmission system capacity. We applaud the companies mentioned in the article that are working...

DistribuTECH conference brings T & D Tampa's way.(DISTRIBUTECH WRAP-UP)
March 1, 2006... There was a kickoff in Tampa, but it wasn't the Buccaneers starting a postseason exhibition. Instead it was Steven Brown, editor in chief of Utility Automation & Engineering T & D, kicking off the DistribuTECH 2006 conference with the keynote...

2005 Projects of the Year showcase innovation.
March 1, 2006... Electric utilities worldwide are continually working to improve the reliability and quality of power they deliver to customers, but it's not often that they're honored for their efforts. During the Keynote Session of the recently completed...

2006 buyer's guide.(Directory)
March 1, 2006... Products ALARMS American Gas & Chemical 201-767-7300, www.amgas.com Ametek 585-263-7700, www.ametekpower.com Barnett Engineering Ltd 800-268-2646, www.barnett-engg.com DSC Digital Security Controls ...

Overcurrent/Reclosing Relay.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... The SEL-551C Overcurrent/Reclosing Relay from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories combines complete overcurrent protection and multi-shot reclosing to protect lines and equipment using a sensitive and secure mix of phase, negative-sequence and...

Humidity generator.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... Rense Instruments offers a new S-503 relative humidity generator/calibrator. This product can generate and hold RH values from 10 to 90 percent in 0.1 percent RH steps. The unit stabilizes to within 0.5 percent RH of the set point in about ten...

Asset analysis suite.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... Itron Inc. has made its Distribution Asset Analysis Suite (DAA), a modular suite of four asset load management and capacity planning tools for energy distribution systems, commercially available. Itron's DAA suite enables utilities to change...

Prepayment Metering System.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... Distribution Control Systems, Inc. (DCSI), a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies Inc., has released its new Prepayment Metering System that leverages the TWACS system connectivity. System components include a TWACS AMR/AMI-equipped residential...

Disconnect switch.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... Cole Hersee Company, a manufacturer of electrical and electronic products for the vehicle industry, offers its High-Amp Double Pole Master Disconnect Switch. This heavy-duty switch can handle a continuous current of 125A (at each pole), up to...

Portable light element analysis.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... Thermo Electron Corp.'s NITON Analyzers announces the introduction of the first hand-held X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzer equipped with a helium purging mechanism for direct analysis of so-called "light elements." One past limitation of all...

Wireless transceiver.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL), a manufacturer of protection, monitoring, encryption, control, automation, and metering equipment, announces the SEL-3022 Wireless Encrypting Transceiver. SEL-3022 Wireless Encrypting...

Distribution Staker.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)
March 1, 2006... Itron Distribution Staker combines robust CAD rendering and editing with intuitive, easy-to-use design tools to bring municipalities, co-ops, and investor-owned utilities the automation and efficiency of computer-aided design. Distribution...

Itron Service-LinkTM.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)
March 1, 2006... Itron Service-LinkTM is a wireless, Web-based communications and automated dispatching solution that helps manage your mobile field service workforce. With each work order and field service representative's activity captured and presented in...

E-A-R[R] ARC Plug[TM].(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)
March 1, 2006... Introducing, the new E-A-R[R] ARC Plug[TM]. The only arc protection earplugs developed directly as a result of the recent update to electrical standard NFPA 70E. The ARC Plugs patented Hear-Through[TM] filter technology allows the wearer to...

SmartSynch.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)
March 1, 2006... SmartSynch is the preeminent provider of wireless commercial and industrial smart meters throughout North America, having sold over 90,000 meters to over 40 major utilities. During the past five years, SmartSynch has deployed more poly-phase...

Calendar.(utility engineering services)(Brief article)(Calendar)
March 1, 2006... DistribuTECH 2007: The utility industry's most comprehensive conference on automation, information technology and T & D engineering. Feb. 4-6, 2007. San Diego, CA // Phone: 918.832.9265 // www.distributech.com APRIL 9-12 50th Annual...