MV Sensor

Aclara leads the industry in providing inductively powered MV Sensors with visibility into the distribution grid down to 3 amps. Aclara MV Sensors provide real-time data and alarms about grid conditions using outage and fault detection, configurable threshold alarms and real-time load and power quality monitoring that can be used for a wide variety of distribution network applications.
- Flexible Communications to eliminate the costs and aggravations of communication backhaul challenges. Aclara’s MV Sensors with integrated wireless communications works with Wi-Fi or cellular for quick, safe and easy installation
- Aclara’s MV Sensor options include:
- MV Cellular Sensors: Integrated 3G cellular interfaces with multi-year bundled private cellular data service. No separate carrier contracts are required.
- MV Wi-Fi Sensors: Standards-based Wi-Fi communications to Aclara or third party nodes. Aclara’s aggregator devices provide integrated cellular interfaces or TCP/IP Ethernet interfaces to link with a broad range of wide area networks – WiMax, wireless mesh, fiber, and DSL.
- Easy installation by clamping the MV Sensor directly onto overhead conductors.
- Inductively powered and can store energy without a battery for maintenance free operation.
- Real-time monitoring, even with difficult feeders and laterals, with operations down to 3 amps.
- Key measurements include: load current, fault current, electric field strength, power factor, phase angle, sags, surges, wire temperature and harmonics, current (0-17,000 RMS amperes), voltage, conductor temperature,, nominal RMS current, fault and surge current, power quality (sags, swells, harmonics), phase angle power factors, and waveform capture.
Datasheet
Case Studies
Distribution Monitoring Case Study – NV Energy
Smart Grid Sensor Integration – DTE Energy
Substation Monitoring – Manitoba Hydro
Transitioning to a Low Carbon Future – Western Power Distribution
White Papers
Predictive Grid Analytics with smart grid sensors
Scaling your SCADA architecture for distribution automation
Reports
Frost and Sullivan – Adapting to changing market dynamics with Smart Grid sensors