how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
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i have a project to supply power to instrumentation devices of dam, there are about 120 devices scattered at 0.5 square km area, the length of the dam about 1 km, consumption of each instrumentation device about 10w, there is no option to get supply from grid of electric company.
supply options:
- solar panel + charger+ battery for each instrument
- small diesel generator with dummy load of 25%
- small diesel generator with dummy load of 25% + UPS
- other option?
please advice me what is the good solution
thanks
supply options:
- solar panel + charger+ battery for each instrument
- small diesel generator with dummy load of 25%
- small diesel generator with dummy load of 25% + UPS
- other option?
please advice me what is the good solution
thanks






RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
Is this for a day? A week? Years? Permanent?
Are these loggers that have to be manually read out? Radio?
Why can't you use the local power even if you have to pay for it?!
Can wires run between nearby sensors?
What are you sensing?
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
What about a small hydroelectric generator? There's water. Proven technology. 24/7 availability. Low maintenance. Environmentalists can't object.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
there is a grid 50 km of the dam, the costomer have to pay very much money to connect to the grid for total consumption of 100 kW ,so he want another alternative.
the instrument for permanenet use, manual reading, except of few instrumenatation for radio transmission.
hydroelectric station shall be installed in future their is not enough need for power in the region at the near future.
thank you again
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
the project need about 100kW for irrigation and about 2 kW for the dam instrumentation.
where i can get information about small hydroelectric plant
thanks
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
The instrumentation load and controls for the irrigation system may then be run by a solar system.
This may result in a simpler, cheaper and more dependable system and the instruments will not be affected by irrigation problems.
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?
RE: how to supply power to dam instrumentation?