SATEC Newsletter January 2010
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SATEC’S EMPOWERING NEWSLETTER The Edge Building Queensland’s new digital culture center for experi-mentation in design, art, technology and enterprise. The Edge building, part of the State Library of Queensland, Australia, is a place for experimentation and creativity, giving contemporary tools to young people to allow them to explore critical ideas, green initiatives, new design practices and media making. VRT Systems supplied SATEC BFM136 Branch Feeder Monitors to the recently completed building, to examine energy usage and to provide input to the creative output of the facility. The local and international specialists (catalysts) at the center will weave networks and stimulate the creative practice and productivity that takes place within and beyond the building. The Catalysts will use the BFM136 communications output to provide new ways of displaying energy usage to the public and to create greater awareness of the global impact of greenhouse gas emissions. More info: yuvalc@satec-global.com Delek IPP An 84 MW power plant owned by Delek, a leading gas company. eXpertpowerTM provides monthly bills based on half hour readings. .. Charges take predicted generation and consumption into account .. Extensive use of virtual meters More info: mikiz@satec-global.com Everyone has their set of January thoughts. Some of us decide that this will be the year that we’ll move, other vow to visit the gym regularly, and then there are those who promise to call Grandma at least once a week. No matter how good the past year has been, we always want the next year to be even better. The trouble with this wonderful process of refining and striving is that we sometimes overlook our strengths and significant achievements. As we print up the final draft of 2010 goals, let’s take a look at what 2009 is telling us: Well, for starters, we are survivors. With the worst of the recession behind us, we can proudly say “we did it!” Now that is a lot, but there’s even more… SATEC has expanded significantly in Europe, created strategic alliances with distributors worldwide and increased sales over the year. Alongside the sales, we’ve launched new releases of hardware and software. We’ve expanded our offering and aligned it with market requirements. We’ve added customers and gained a deeper understanding of their needs. So when you take one last look at those killer goals before delving into the hard work that makes SATEC such a success story, remember you have a lot to be proud of! Galia & Gvira SATEC’s NEW & Innovative solutions! Visit us at the upcoming Hannover Messe & IEEE 2010 Exhibitions (pg. 3) DON’T MISS...

[2] SATEC – Watt’s New AGUSTIN “GUS” HERRERA Sales Application Engineer DeVry University, graduated October 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technician. YAEL BALLEUR Business Development Coordinator Fluent in 5 languages, Yael is responsible for customer relations in Europe, Oceania and South Africa. VITALI POLSKY Technical support engineer Billing Dept. Vitali is an electrical engineering technician with an extensive background in electrical billing. Albert Heijn is one of the leading food retailers in the Netherlands and also one of the country’s most recognizable...

SATEC – Watt’s New [3] October 14-17 2009 ELECTRO INDONESIA Jakarta, Indonesia www.electroindonesia.com November 12-13 2009 SAEEC 2009—SOUTHERN AFRICA ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONVENTION Johanessburg, Gauteng The www.saeec2009.org.za December 1-4 2009 ELECTRICAL NETWORKS OF RUSSIA Moscow, Russia expoelectroseti.ru March 11 2010 ElectroTECH 2010 Rotorua, New Zealand Novotel Lakeside Hotel Stands 28 and 29 ElectroTECH 2010 is the inaugural electrical industry trade expo organised by the Waikato/Bay of Plenty branch of ECANZ, the Electrical Contractors Association of New Zealand March 16-18 2010...

[4] SATEC – Watt’s New Transient overvoltages occur as a result of lightning, faults in power networks or reactive loads switching, causing severe damages to equipment. According to the EN50160 standard definition, transient overvoltage is a short duration oscillatory or nonoscillatory overvoltage usually highly damped and with a duration of a few milliseconds or less. Due to the short duration of these events, they can only be detected by special, fast measurement and recording. The Problem Global damages due to transient overvoltages are estimated at billions of dollars annually. These...

SATEC – Watt’s New [5] NiMn battery provides 2.5 hours of backup, enabling to record transients at the time of the fault. Transient Overvoltages Recorded by EM720T Transient overvoltages are detected as impulse according to next parameters—impulse amplitude, duration and rise time. In the EM720, minimal impulse amplitude is set by the consumer. The impulse amplitude is referenced to the nominal voltage amplitude (1.414 Un), and should be set at 30% or more. The impulse duration may be from 20 microsecond up to 10 ms. Figure 1 shows a waveform generated by OMICRON and recorded by EM720. The...

[6] SATEC – Watt’s New Water bills One-stop shop for full utility submetering. Besides the various billing schemes that eXpertpowerTM offers for electricity, you can now create water bills. Water meters are read via the Digital Input on the PM130 series. eXpertpowerTM then translates the readings into water consumption units, associates the data with appropriate meters and prints up a full fledged water bill for each tenant. Max Demand Capacity Definition Max Demand Capacity Import Devices Great for sub-metering and other large applications where you have a lot of devices to define. Instead...

SATEC – Watt’s New [7] Office Office Shop Shop When thinking of energy management, most of us assume we are dealing with cost saving & energy efficiency. Because of that, most energy management systems are designed and aimed solely for these purposes. At SATEC, we offer much more. Amongst other possible applications, our solutions are intended to make energy a source of recurring revenue. There are numerous possibilities and one good example of making energy a source of profit can be by monitoring an existing building complex occupied by stores and offices. Case Study: Energy Profits For a...