PDS Insight
The World’s First On-line Partial Discharge Handheld Test Unit.
The PDS Insight™, the world’s first handheld On-line Partial Discharge (OLPD) test unit to be supplied with a dedicated asset management tablet application – the OLPD Manager™ app. This unique, world-leading handheld test technology combines HVPD’s knowledge from over 20 years of OLPD test technology development with the flexibility and functionality of the Android™ operating system and a 10.1” Tablet PC.
The PDS Insight™ measures PD Levels, PD Pulse Countand Cumulative PD Activity across the 50/60Hz power cycle to enable the severity of any partial discharge activity to be assessed. By combining three (3) types of PD sensor (TEV, HFCT and AA), the unit is suitable for the OLPD testing of most types of in-service medium voltage (MV) cables and plant and OLPD surveying of outdoor high voltage (HV) switchyards. Suitable for OLPD testing of power cables, switchgear, rotating machines and transformers, the handheld unit stores all measurement data on its hard disk that is then synchronised (‘synced’) via Bluetooth® to the OLPD Manager™ app on the supplied tablet 10.1” PC for analysis, benchmarking and trending.
Features
- Supplied with a 10.1″ Android™ tablet PC with the OLPD Manager™asset management application. Both devices support several languages.
- Incorporates three OLPD sensors: TEV, HFCT & AA.
- Detects electromagnetic radiation from PD in metal-clad plant (TEV), current impulses from PD in cables and accessories (HFCT), and ultrasonic radiation from PD into air from AIS switchgear and other plant (AA).
- Combines PD Level, PD Pulse Count and Cumulative PD Activitymeasurements across the 50/60Hz cycle.
- An in-built barcode scanner is used with POA barcode labels for automatic repeat testing.
- The unit displays data on a 3.5″ colour LCD screen.
- Supplied with Bose® QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® Headphones as standard (to listen to airborne acoustic (AA) PD activity in noisy environments).
- Supplied with a Smart Docking Station for charging, data download and function checking of the unit.
- Onboard data storage on the handheld for quick testing and Bluetooth® communication to the 10.1″ Tablet PC for post test data analysis and trending.
- 9 Languages options: English, Chinese, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean and Spanish..
Benefits - Easy-to-use, lightweight and portable.
- The OLPD Manager™ app on the 10.1″ Android™ tablet PC makes it easy to setup a test record and to carry out repeat testing and monitoring
- Designed for rapid OLPD screening of medium voltage (MV) and high voltage (HV) assets.
- Ensures the safe and reliable operation of HV networks, providing an’early warning’ against ‘incipient’ faults.
- The unit’s barcode scanner retrieves sensor location ID from the Point of Attachment (POA) labels automatically.
- All data between the PDS Insight™ handheld and the Android™ tablet is synchronised (‘synced’) via Bluetooth®.
- Variations in PD levels in time can be viewed in real-time on the PDS Insight unit’s 3.5” colour LCD screen with a standard 5-second recording of OLPD activity.
- Optional accessories include the Outdoor Acoustic Parabolic Receiver Extension Unit (for detecting corona and surface discharges in outdoor HV switchyards) and the Indoor Acoustic Search Probe (to extend the reach of the unit detect airborne acoustic activity along the seams/gaps in MV switchgear.
- First annual calibration is included.