Continuous

Thermal
Monitoring
A modern approach to electrical fire prevention.

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Pain points of IR, benefits of CTM
Allianz Insurance’s global claims report shows that fires are the top cause for
corporate insurance claims after natural disasters. Electrical origins are a common
source of fires. Of all the fire risks in electrical systems, loose or faulty connections
represent approximately one-fourth of the total.
Traditional methods for mitigating the risk caused by faulty connections
includes periodic thermographic inspections of electrical equipment.
This is typically done by electrical contractors or inspectors using
infrared cameras and manual reporting. This method is manually
intensive and potentially prone to error, not to mention that it only
represents a snapshot in time.

Digital technology is now providing new ways to monitor and alert facility
management and maintenance people on a continuous basis and
between inspections, for times when abnormal temperatures rise and
pose a potential risk of fire.

This helps to provide peace of mind and can be advantageous for limiting
the impact on insurance premiums, especially as electrical infrastructure ages over time.

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Capabilities of CTM with site-wide
monitoring and predictive
analytics and support
Schneider Electric™’s Continuous Thermal Monitoring seamlessly integrates
innovative wireless temperature sensor data with EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring
Expert to provide facility operations and maintenance teams insights into MV/LV
equipment’s thermal and condition data.

With Power Monitoring Expert, you receive:

Live data display
• Monitor the temperature of busbar, cable,
transformer, and circuit breaker connections.
• Drill down into equipment diagrams to
view temperature data and status for every
temperature sensor inside the equipment.

Alarms, events, and notifications

• Pre-alarms and alerts can be collected and
visualized by the system, with configurable
SMS or email notifications sent by the
software.

Trends
• Detailed temperature data can be visualized
over time for selected sources to track the
evolution of temperature conditions.
• Select the date range and analyze detailed
historical data; data can also be visualized
in real-time.

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Remote analytics and digital services
with EcoStruxure Asset Advisor
Data from the connected MV/LV equipment can be securely
collected to Schneider Electric’s Connected Service Hub to
enable proactive maintenance.

Cloud-hosted analytics
• With EcoStruxure Asset Advisor, temperature data can
be sent to the cloud where advanced analytics can
help expert service engineers identify patterns and
abnormalities to predict when potential electrical fire
risks may arise.

Remote support and recommendations

• Dedicated specialists look after your equipment and
accompany you in the day-to-day operations of your site,
with insights and recommendations that are specific to
your installation.
– Save and track incidents
– Contact the Connected Services Hub for any EcoStruxure: Continuous
technical questions related to alarms/alerts/events Thermal Monitoring for
on your connected equipment Electrical Fire Safety
– Receive proactive calls from Connected Services Hub
to connected sites when critical alarms occur on-site
– Dispatch engineers on-site upon request

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Introduce connected equipment
Schneider Electric has a wide portfolio of connected medium and low voltage
equipment to enable continuous thermal monitoring of the main electrical
connection points.

Air Insulated MV Gas Insulated MV Shielded Solid Insulated Low Voltage Draw
Switchgear Switchgear Switchgear Out Switchgear

• Busbar connections • Busbar connections • Busbar connections • Busbar at power cable

• Busbar at power cable • Power cable • Power cable connections
connections connections connections

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Medium voltage
Schneider Electric has tested
and validated the continuous
thermal monitoring solution
in Masterclad™, PremSet™,
MotorPact™, HVL, HVLcc,
CBGS-0, and GHA switchgear.
The sensor placement in medium voltage
switchgear is common throughout the
equipment ranges and includes busbar
connections, busbar and cable connection
points, and fuse connections.

Sensors communicate wirelessly to a data

concentrator that can support up to 60 sensors.
Each data concentrator is connected to a
substation monitoring device, which performs
temperature threshold calculations and
integrates with the switchgear HMI for local
monitoring.

MCLD Example HVLcc Example Premset Example

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System Components
B
TH110 Sensors
A• around
Utilizing a ferromagnetic ribbon placed
the bus bar or cable connections,
A
the TH110 thermal sensors self-power
and transmit via the Zigbee® Green Power
protocol. This self-powered feature means
there are never any batteries to replace.

CL110
• Environmental sensors are placed two per
B structure and constantly monitor the interior
of the enclosure for signs of condensation. C
Zigbee® Concentrator
Zigbee® concentrator receives the
C• The
signals from the thermal and environmental
sensors and passes them to the PLC.

HMI
• The HMI allows the operator to interface with
D the system directly at the switchgear.

PLC
D
• The PLC gathers data from the Zigbee®
E concentrators and forwards that information
to both the HMI and to the customer’s
network using the Modbus TCP/IP Ethernet
protocol.

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Low voltage
Schneider Electric’s Low Voltage Switchgear Power-Zone™ 4
and QED-6 support the continuous thermal monitoring solution.

Sensor installation locations in

PZ4 and QED-6 switchgear include
the following:
• Incoming phase connections of
main breaker(s).
• Outgoing phase connections of
feeder breakers.

Connect up to 100 sensors per EcoStruxure

Panel Server wireless data concentrator
to monitor field connections. Up to three
concentrators can be connected to the
substation monitoring device to calculate
temperature thresholds and to integrate
with a local panel HMI.

Mains Section Feeder Section

TH110 CL110 TH110 CL110

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System Components
B
TH110 Sensors
A• around
Utilizing a ferromagnetic ribbon placed
the bus bar at cable connections,
A
the TH110 thermal sensors self-power
and trasmit via the Zigbee® Green Power
protocol. This self-powered feature means
there are never any batteries to replace.

CL110
• Environmental sensors are placed one per
B structure and constantly monitor the interior
temperature and for potential condensation. C
Zigbee® Concentrator
C• The EcoStruxure Panel Server is a wireless
data concentrator and gateway that collects
wireless temperature data and shares it over
Modbus TCP.

HMI
D• The HMI allows the operator to interface with
the system directly at the switchgear.

PLC D
®
• The PLC gathers data from the Zigbee
E concentrators and forwards that information
to both the HMI and to the network using the
Modbus TCP/IP Ethernet protocol.

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