Current Meters News
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Fears Raised Over Nanoplastics In Bottled Water
Over the last few years, there has been much research carried out into microplastics and the impact they have on the natural environment, with most of the plastic produced finding its way into landfills, where it can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade. This leads to toxic substances potentially making their way into soil and water sources, putting plants, animals and human life at risk as a ...
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What is loss and damage and how does it apply to water?
The past year has seen vulnerable communities across the globe experience numerous water-related disasters that have either threatened or completely decimated lives and livelihoods. Countries in the Global South are exposed to this type of disaster, with their vulnerability often directly related to both the short- and long-term effects of the climate crisis. Calls for climate reparations have ...
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The Future of Operation & Maintenance
Media hype has led us to believe that technology would soon revolutionize maintenance. Dreams of flying robots, video game-like smart glasses, flashing digital twins, often hold the sad promise of getting rid of maintenance people altogether. The reality remains that the more automated, the more sophisticated the systems, the more demands are put on maintenance people and their skills. The ...
By Siveco China
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Duquesne Light Company Further Enhances Transmission Capacity, Reliability with Grid-Enhancing Tech
Duquesne Light Company (DLC) this week announced that it is expanding its work with LineVision, Inc. to deploy additional dynamic line rating (DLR) sensors in the utility's service territory in southwestern Pennsylvania. Following the initial launch of its DLR project last summer, DLC has identified an average of 25% additional available capacity on transmission lines equipped with the ...
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Itron to Modernize Water Infrastructure in Tennessee
Itron this week announced a new contract with Consolidated Utility District (CUD) to deploy Temetra, Itron’s mobile meter data collection solution, in conjunction with Itron’s fixed network solution, to upgrade its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and provide advanced capabilities such as active water leak detection and consumer portals. With Itron’s solution, CUD will be equipped to ...
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CPUC Proposal Aims To Modernize State's Decarbonization Incentive Efforts
The California Public Utilities Commission, in ongoing actions to evolve decarbonization incentive efforts to meet the state's groundbreaking clean energy goals, recently (Dec 13) issued a proposal that would revise current Net Energy Metering (NEM) rules and create a Net Billing Tariff that balances the needs of the electric grid, the environment, and consumers. The proposal will be on the ...
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New tools to monitor compressed air
Compressed air is an expensive energy source. In fact, it is nearly 10 times more expensive than electricity. And studies show that up to 50% of generated compressed air is lost due to leakage, improper use, and lack of maintenance. This is according to experts at Van Putten Instruments B.V., headquartered in Delft, The Netherlands. Engineers at the company are addressing these ...
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Make Your Product Quality Stand Out
Does the measurement of Moisture, Coating or Thickness play a role in the proper production of your product? MoistTech Corp.’s manufactures a range of sensors and gauges to measure Moisture content, Oil content and Fat content as well as the Thickness / Coat Weight of Coatings, Hot Melts, Glues, Adhesives, Printing and more. Accuracy and reliability are our main focus points for you as a ...
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Ouster Partners with Danfoss to Accelerate the Adoption of Lidar in Mobile Off-Highway Vehicles
Ouster, Inc. (NYSE: OUST), a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors for the industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics, and automotive industries, today announced that it has partnered with Danfoss Power Solutions to accelerate the adoption of Ouster’s digital lidar sensors and provide seamless, turnkey implementation for end users. Danfoss Power Solutions is a ...
By Ouster, Inc.
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Interview: Surface Water Monitoring in Prince Edward Island
Earlier this month, Sequoia sent out a survey to our LISST-ABS users to get feedback on how we can continue to improve this instrument. Survey participants were entered into a drawing for $200. Our winner was Cindy Crane from the Prince Edward Island (PEI) Department of Environment, Water and Climate Change. She elected to donate her winnings to the local Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation. Not ...
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Hioki Launches AC Leakage Clamp Meter CM4001
New Clamp Meter Fast-Tracks Current Leakage Checks with Unparalleled Ease of Use and New Functionality The CM4001 is a compact clamp meter that measures everything from AC leakage current to AC load current. Its jaws, which house its current sensor, are shaped so that they can be clamped around wires in confined, complex installations safely and easily to speed up the measurement process. ...
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Quick and convenient Discharge Metering for Hydrology
The manufacturer’s new mobile measurement system allows for a complete measurement of the flow profile. The system was conceived for use in flow levels lower than 75 cm where ADCP floats, for example, reach their limits and classic methods using a wading rod come into play. With the aid of an integrated hydrostatic level measurement the shape of the river bed is determined right while the ...
By NIVUS GmbH
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Resolute Marine`s Cape Verde Project Takes a Step Forward
Resolute today announced the achievement of a key milestone in the process of evaluating the commercial feasibility of its first Wave2OTM system deployment in Cape Verde. Wave resource assessment work being undertaken by one of Resolute’s Cape Verde project partners, iXBLUE, involves the deployment of two acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCPs) over a full-year period to capture ...
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5 Trends that will influence the Telemetry Sector in 2020
In this, our latest blog, we look at some of the top five trends and predictions that will influence the Telemetry sector in 2020 - a year that will see the Fourth Industrial revolution gather pace and have a transformative influence on the way we all live and work. Within this, there will be several step changes in supporting telemetry and sensor systems. At its core this will encompass Smart ...
By Ovarro
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Detailed explanation of the principle of magnetic holding relay
The principle of magnetic holding relay (detailed magnetic drive relay drive circuit diagram and wiring method), there are many classifications of relays, but the principle of most relays is the same. Compared with ordinary electromagnetic relays, magnetic retention relays have the advantage of low power consumption. When the coil is energized, it consumes some electric energy. After the trigger ...
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AKCP to announce updated LoRa Product Line at DCW Frankfurt.
AKCP in collaboration with their dealer ADC TEC will be attending Data Center World – Frankfurt. Held between 13-14th November 2019, AKCP will be announcing updates to their LoRa™ monitoring product line. AKCP, established in the USA in 1981, has 38 years of experience in professional sensor management solutions for the Data Center. Earlier this year at DCW Hong Kong, AKCP ...
By AKCP
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Time for action at water ministerial council
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is calling for real action on four key issues when the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council meets in Canberra this Sunday 4 August. “To secure the health of Murray Darling Basin and the viability of irrigators along the river, the Ministerial Council needs to take action on water deliverability along the Murray River, the Productivity ...
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Technical Bulletin - Sensor Special
Sensor Specifications We have recently updated our sensor specifications documents to include some new additions to the range. You can view the new documents here: interSeptor and interSeptor Pro Sensor Specifications iMeter and iMeter Lite Sensor Specifications Two recent additions to the range are a brand-new smoke detector and a temperature sensor for use with the iMeter hardware that ...
By Jacarta Ltd.
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Electric Vehicle Real-Drive Tests
As the automotive industry advances power conversion and battery technologies, Dewesoft has been actively working to provide flexible and powerful measurement systems specially designed for electric and hybrid drivetrains. Measurement systems need to fulfil more and more requirements. In the case of electric vehicles, the measurement systems have to suit High-Voltage environments (up to 1000V or ...
By DEWESoft
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Chinese ambitions in the unmanned surface vehicle (USV) market are moving to a new era
Last February, a USV formation was staged on the sea in Zhuhai in southern China, not far from Hong Kong, one of the world’s busiest ports. 80 autonomous vessels, 1.6-meter long each, gathered and formed an arrow for a special show through the Honk Kong-Zhuai-Macao Bridge. This same month, China began construction for a trial site for autonomous ships in this same area. The Wanshan ...
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