The aim of the projects is to address the complexities and viability of a substation wide Condition Monitoring (CM) solution on key primary and secondary plant. This will utilise a diversity of technologies and software tools currently available, and develop some under this project that enable ‘Smart’ Asset Management (SAM) via a unified platform. The output will be a review of the capabilities and limitations of the technology to provide guidance for justification, policy and strategy (AS3) and SAM.
It will also provide a ‘sand pit’ test bed to enable National Grid to evaluate other new R&D, technologies or processes in a pilot form before implementation within the company, there is currently no equivalent A type registration process for CM.