Flyer Bus Ducts 2019-03-26

Continuous Bus Duct Temperature Monitoring
THE CHALLENGE measured and a physical visit is required to view

Commercial buildings, production facilities, and document the known joint temperature. Bus
data centers and hospitals are examples of ducts are often installed closely to each other,
critical buildings that utilize bus ducts for often out of sight within false ceiling or raised
distributing electricity. Within these buildings, floor, making these monitoring methods even
electricity is commonly distributed at up to 600 more difficult.
volts AC. Compact, sandwiched bus ducts are a THE INNOVATION
popular method of distribution because these
bus ducts speed up building construction, save The AP Sensing fiber-optic temperature sensing
on real estate space and handle an ampacity of solution alerts, identifies and locates every bus
up to 6000A. duct hot spot automatically in real time.
Any current-carrying conductor dissipates It monitors the temperature and health of the
energy partly as heat – that is particularly entire bus duct continuously, every minute of
critical at loose joints – with the potential for the day. Our fiber-optic solution addresses
serious consequences, such as fire. To avoid challenges such as overcoming the
overheating of bus ducts, timely measurement requirement of physical access after a bus duct
is required. It is also desirable to monitor the is energized. In addition, it provides reliable
temperature of bus ducts as frequently as and intelligent alarm alerting to the facility
possible because the temperature rise of high manager before any possible occurrence of
ampacity bus ducts can occur quickly, within disruptive incidents.
several minutes. This is due to the nature of
the electrical load and installation
environment, as well as the thermal inertia of
the bus duct design.
Traditional monitoring methods such as

thermography surveys are conducted as per
business requirements. With large, complex
buildings such surveys are time consuming, as
the temperature of each bus duct joint must be
Visualization of bus duct temperatures
Leading the Way with Passion.

COMPLETE BUS DUCT COVERAGE
The AP Sensing distributed temperature
sensing solution consists of a fiber-optic
sensor cable attached to the enclosure of
the bus duct. The single run of sensing cable
monitors the entire bus duct temperature,
covering all feeders, joints and tees by using
a DTS instrument that terminates the cable.
Our solution measures every meter of each WHY AP SENSING?
bus duct, offering thousands of temperature • Industry-leading temperature measurement
points. technology with fast response times, excellent
accuracy and low maintenance
Alarm zones are freely configurable, with
various user-programmable temperature • All product variations are fully certified and in
alarms like static and rate-of-rise. This compliance with internationally recognized
ensures fast detection of critical hot spots standards
while minimizing unwanted false alarms.
In case of an alarm, operators are • Our experience and proven deployment in all
automatically pointed to developing bus regions in the world – our project reference
duct hot spots by using the features of AP list is extensive and comprehensive. We have
Sensing’s bus duct monitoring solution: 10 years of experience with continuous bus
duct monitoring
• Generating alarms in particular zones
when hot spots are identified and • Range of certified sensor cables to fit every
precisely located. need
• Providing an intuitive 3D display of the
entire bus duct temperature distribution, • Easy system integration through flexible
enabling the instant correlation of the protocols and interfaces
hotspots and their alarms.
• Integration with BMS/SCADA through • World-class service, support and training
various protocols i.e. Modbus (TCP and
RS485) where temperature values and
alarms can be processed further.
RELIABLE & EFFICIENT

Our linear heat detection solution is
thoroughly tested, with the most complete
set of certifications on the market (VdS, UL,
FM, ATEX, IECEx) and a 33 year MTBF.
It is robust and has passed highly Thermal image of hot bus bar
demanding type tests. The sensor cables
are proofed for high temperatures,
ensuring the system can withstand the
demands of heat monitoring.
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Continuous Bus Duct Temperature Monitoring

THE CHALLENGE measured and a physical visit is required to view

Traditional monitoring methods such as

Leading the Way with Passion.

RELIABLE & EFFICIENT

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