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News Release from: Sensa
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 22 December 2005
Sensa to display fibre optic unit in
Dubai
Sensa will be exhibiting at the Middle East Electricity Exhibition and Conference (MEE), 5th to 8th February 2006 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre.
Sensa will be exhibiting at the Middle East Electricity Exhibition and Conference (MEE), 5th to 8th February 2006 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre On show will be the firm's fibre optic temperature sensing unit that is providing continuous temperature monitoring for power cable networks in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Middle East governments are investing millions of dollars in the region to upgrade the power network and accommodate the anticipated surge in demand for power in the long term.
Several projects in the Middle East including the connection of Abu Dhabi Island to the mainland are nearing completion.
Sensa's fibre optic product has been selected by the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority and Qatar General Electricity and Water for temperature monitoring of high voltage power cables as part of the development in new energy infrastructure.
"The exhibition and conference is crucial to those in the power business in the Middle East," said Sensa Business Manager John Downes.
"Sensa will be demonstrating the latest in fibre optic temperature sensing technology, which give highly accurate, ongoing results in real-time".
The product uses fibre optic technology to provide real-time data regarding temperature measurements over thousands of individual points, along the entire length of the power cable for distances up to 30km using a single fibre.
The continuous analysis of temperature measurements enables problems to be identified before they become significant.
Using optical time domain reflectometry, pulses of light are fired through the fibre optic cable.
These pulses lose energy through scattering during transit as they pass down the fibre through several mechanisms such as vibrations and density fluctuations.
The combination of variations in backscattered light intensity and time domain reflectometry is measured to create accurate temperature against distance profiles.
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