Medium-voltage switchgear panels in a switchroom

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Yado MV AIS Switchgear Monitoring Solution

Overheating
Partial discharge
Condensation
Mechanical degradation

All continuously monitored with energy-harvesting wireless sensors.

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Solution

Wireless condition monitoring for air-insulated MV switchgear

Yado’s IntelliSwitch™ solution gives each of the four main failure risks its own dedicated sensor, so the whole switchgear lineup is covered without wiring or battery changes inside the panel. Controsys supplies the sensors, concentrators, gateways and HMI, and can help scope a retrofit of existing switchgear — see the Controsys home page for our panel-building services.

Overheating at breaker contacts and cable terminations
Partial discharge detected and classified on the sensor
Condensation warnings from enclosure temperature and humidity
Breaker mechanism health for reliability and safety

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IntelliSwitch™

Full-range switchgear health, guaranteed with IntelliSwitch™

Cutaway of medium-voltage switchgear showing the breaker compartment

Yado Tulip Thermal Ring fitted behind circuit breaker contacts (render)

Circuit breaker thermal monitoring

Worn, eroded or misaligned breaker contacts can overheat dangerously. The Tulip Thermal Ring sits right behind the contacts and tracks temperature and current continuously using TMR sensing.

Cutaway of medium-voltage switchgear showing the cable compartment

Yado PD Thermal Tags on three-phase cable terminations (render)

Cable termination monitoring

Contact faults and contamination often show up as overheating and partial discharge. The PD Thermal Tag, powered entirely by harvested energy, watches temperature and PD signals, filters out noise and classifies the discharge type with onboard PRPD AI analysis.

Yado Wireless Condensation Sensor mounted inside a switchgear panel (render)

Condensation monitoring

Condensation can lead to insulation failure and short circuits. The Wireless Condensation Sensor measures enclosure temperature, ambient temperature and humidity, and warns early when condensation is likely.

Cutaway of medium-voltage switchgear showing the breaker mechanism

Yado sensors and current transformers for breaker characteristics monitoring (render)

Circuit breaker characteristics monitoring

Breaker health directly affects reliability and personnel safety. Yado offers a turnkey package covering vacuum interrupter, operating mechanism and secondary-circuit monitoring.

Cutaway of medium-voltage switchgear showing the low-voltage compartment

Yado HMI panel on a switchgear low-voltage compartment door (render)

Real-time display, diagnosis and alarms

A panel- or wall-mounted HMI connects to the wireless sensors, shows live readings, diagnoses asset condition and raises instant alerts when a risk appears.

No shutdowns?

Place N Go™ non-invasive retrofits protect switchgear that can’t be taken offline

Simulated thermal mapping

The Apollo Thermal Magnet attaches magnetically at pressure-relief points and uses thermal simulation to estimate internal hotspot temperatures, giving continuous, non-invasive thermal monitoring.

See the Apollo Magnetic Thermal Sensor