Elimpus Granted Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

Jim Lind accompanied by his Service Manager Lindsay Miller receives the ERS Silver Award for Elimpus Ltd from Air Commodore Mark Northover.

Elimpus is delighted to have been presented the Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme at the Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge.

The award is a significant achievement for Elimpus. It immediately boosts our reputation as a trusted Armed Forces partner that truly backs the Armed Forces community. This award demonstrates our commitment to attracting and retaining the best people—especially veterans—and contributes to developing confidence with our suppliers and customers. In short: it means better talent, better morale, and better business opportunities.

“Jim and I were delighted to attend this memorable awards ceremony which recognised Elimpus’ continued commitment to using ex-armed forces talent, as we have benefitted from a successful arm forces recruitment history.

The highlight of the evening was receiving the silver award closely followed by the tasty canape’s, it was an enjoyable evening.” – Lindsay Miller

“Elimpus’ continued commitment to supporting ex armed forces personnel, has proven to be beneficial all parties, and company recognition at events like these is a reward for that commitment.

I was delighted to represent the company at this well organised awards ceremony, the highlights for me were receiving the award and the venue itself. I was expecting to be sat down in rows for a couple of hours, but that wasn’t the case, the Summerlee heritage museum was an excellent choice of venue.” – Jim Lind

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Elimpus Awarded Automated UAV PD Surveying Project

Elimpus had been awarded a second innovation contract to develop an automated PD survey by UAV (unmanned air vehicle). This project is a continuation to a trial investigation of using drones to perform a PD survey over an air insulated substation.

The original prototype used the M600 DJI drone. It was used as a proof of concept, which proved to be successful. This drone has been superseded by the more powerful and versatile M300 and M350 drones.

A bespoke custom PD payload will be used to integrate with the drone. The flight path, flight data, all PD results, images of suspect plant, will be transferred to the Elimpus NServer cloud solution. These PD results will be plotted on a user friendly mapping of the substation, pinpointing the areas of concern.

This UAV PD survey solution offers a number of benefits, such as faster surveys, reduced manpower, access to RHMZ (risk hazard management zones), and automated PD reports.

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Elimpus and National Grid Recognised in CIGRE Best Paper Award.

Technical Director Phil Moore, together with Keith Williams and Mark Waldron from National Grid, presented a paper entitled ‘In-service circuit breaker condition assessment’ to the CIGRE Paris Session in August 2024. We are now pleased to announce that the paper has been awarded ‘Best Paper’ by the A3 (Transmission & Distribution Equipment) Committee. Phil Moore says ‘We are delighted to learn that our work on circuit breaker monitoring has been selected for this prestigious award and we will continue to work with our colleagues from National Grid to improve our expertise and understanding of this important area’.

Elimpus would also like to extend their congratulations to Japanese colleagues who authored ‘Long operational experiences of medium-voltage solid-insulated switchgears’ (paper 11266), which was similarly honoured by the A3 committee.

View the CIGRE paper here

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CIGRE UK Technical Webinar: Monitoring of Circuit Breakers Switching Shunt Reactors

Phil Moore, Technical Director of Elimpus Ltd, which specialises in the condition monitoring of electrical distribution and transmission equipment, describes a novel monitoring approach that allows assessment of the health of the switchgear during in-service operations.

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Rapid Response Vaisala OPT100 Installation

With just 13 days notice, Elimpus has procured, supplied and fitted a brand new Vaisala multi-gas Optimus™ DGA Monitor OPT100. There were many challenges, ranging from securing an OPT100 from the supplier, to obtaining the correct materials to interface the OPT100 to the customer’s transformer. However, with the dedicated support of our partner, Vaisala, the DGA equipment was successfully installed and commissioned allowing our customer to make an informed decision on the health of their HV asset.

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Elimpus Granted Bronze Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

Elimpus is delighted to have been presented the Bronze Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme at the recent Lord Lieutenants Awards in South Lanarkshire. 

The award demonstrates Elimpus’ desire to support our Armed Forces and recognises the contribution that Service personnel, both regular and reservist, veterans and military families make to our organisation, our community and to the country.

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Elimpus Commence Rollout of SF6 Monitoring Solution

Sulfur hexafluoride
Sulfur hexafluoride

This month Elimpus commenced a programme of work to roll out SF6 Gas density monitoring solutions for AIS circuit breakers in substations throughout Scotland. This online solution covers a wide range of circuit breaker manufacturers and allows asset owners to quickly detect and repair leakages of SF6 – one of the most potent greenhouse gases known.

For further details on how to minimise the effect of SF6 leakage through online monitoring see our Online SF6 Monitoring page.

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Vaisala OPT100 DGA Fully Installed and Commissioned within 12 Hour Outage

With just 2 weeks notice from our customer to supply and install an Online DGA, we were up against it. However, with the dedicated support of Vaisala and the determination of the Elimpus Service Team, we made it happen. Full installation and commission of a Vaisala maintenance free Optimus™ DGA Monitor OPT100 within a 12 hour outage window.

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Elimpus Attending ENI Summit 2022

ENI Summit 2022

Elimpus will be attending the ENI Summit this year at SEC. Come and join us at stand C5 to discuss how we can help you with your condition monitoring needs.

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Industry Expert Accolade for Elimpus at CIGRE 2020

Elimpus have been recognised for their presentation at CIGRE 2020 entitled “In-Service Diagnosis of Grading Capacitor Dielectric Deterioration”. The presentation picked up a ‘best paper’ award and was made by the A3 Study Committee, industry experts in Transmission and Distribution Equipment.

A copy of the presentation will be published in the CIGRE Science & Engineering (CSE) journal and can be found here.

Originally scheduled to exhibit at CIGRE 2020 and present the paper, the presentation was given virtually due to current restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was a novel experience and presented some challenges,” said Phil Moore, Technical Director and co-founder of Elimpus. “However, its been very worthwhile. It’s flattering to be acknowledged in this way by peers and industry experts. Equally exciting is the opportunity to share knowledge and the prospects of it being used for further innovation and development. It is our goal at Elimpus to turn knowledge into business as usual solutions that benefit the industry and its customers.”

The knowledge and concepts shared in the paper are already part of an internal research and development project at Elimpus.  Diagnosis in service of deteriorating dielectric is fundamental to preventing  potential failures. And its not just limited to capacitors. Technology for monitoring circuit breaker is under development and investigation at test sites within the UK. A successful outcome to the project would result in the availability of a monitoring device that can detect potential problems before they become unplanned outages, avoiding environmental impacts and costly reparations. 

CIGRE

CIGRE is a global community of electricity industry professionals. They are committed to the collaborative development and sharing power system expertise worldwide. The community features thousands of professionals from over 90 countries and 1250 member organisations and includes some of the world’s leading experts.

Elimpus

Elimpus provides condition monitoring products and services to the electricity supply industry. They are specialist in the detection, location, and online monitoring of partial discharge.

Contact Elimpus if you require more information on this subject, have specific partial discharge related issues or general asset condition monitoring queries.

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