Ultra DTS

Sensa fibre optic monitoring systems

APPLICATIONS The portfolio of Sensa fibre optic monitoring systems

includes a short range Distributed Temperature Sensor
• Measurement of distributed temperature (DTS) which is ideally suited to both harsh environment
along asset length and cost effective installations. The Ultra DTS uses the
• Short distance power cables in industry prov-en Raman backscatter principle, which
distribution ducts has been demonstrated across many hundreds of
installations worldwide.
• Substation busbar monitoring
Distributed measurement is a powerful tool, providing
• Hot-spot detection and fault locations
valid operation and ensuring safer environments for
in onshore and subsea power
monitored electrical cable assets. With 15km range
transmission cable
per channel the Ultra DTS offers supreme flexibility
• Integrated and customisable display for a broad range of applications in the electric
package with SCADA data display power industry.

BENEFITS Onward connectivity is handled seamlessly because

user interfacing and data handling is aligned with
• Reduced quantity of hardware required industry standards. The Ultra DTS can be used as
• Reduced total system costs because a standalone system without the need for a PC and
of extended length monitoring write directly to Modbus or PLC registers. Compatibility
with the LINEVIEW RTTR and TOPVIEW software
• Improved operability through minimised packages can simplify data delivery across utility
unwanted alarms networks, across utility WANs with both GSM and
• Simplified installation and no operational satellite communications connectivity.
maintenance of infield equipment The Ultra DTS possesses a wide operating range,
enabling deployment in harsh environments. It can
FEATURES be housed with and IP rated enclosure, wall or pole
• Real-time detection, identification and mounted or in a cabinet system to suit a control
location of multiple simultaneous alarms or instrumentation room requirement.
• No infield electronics
• Simple to use software with automatic
set‑up and optimisation
• Wide range of delivery options
• Coverage of up to 180km of continuous
monitoring from a single locations
and instrument

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Ultra DTS
Specifications

Optical
Type Single-ended (SE) or double-ended (DE) DTS
Number of channels 12 SE or 6 DE
Total fibre length (per channel) 15km
Spatial Resolution 1 or 2 m
Loss Budget
At 1m spatial resolution 24dB
At 2m spatial resolution 28dB
Sample spacing 0.5m or 1m
Temperature repeatability ±0.1 degC at 12km range 12-s DE

Physical
Dimensions (L x W x H) 500mm x 483mm x 133mm
Weight 23Kg

Environmental
Temperature
Operating 0 to 45 degC
Non-operating -20 to +65 degC
Fibre Characteristics Multimode 50 -um core,
125um cladding fibre
Power
Maximum 65W
Typical 120W
Supply 100-240 V AC, 50-60Hz

Certifications
Laser Safety IEC and EN 60825-1:2014 Class 1
Compliance EN1010-1:2010
EN61326-1:2013
UL Standard 61010 and CSA-C22.2
NO.61010
Federal Communications Commission
Food and Drug Administration
IECEE CB Scheme
CE and MET marked

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ASE DTS
Sensa fibre optic monitoring systems

APPLICATIONS The portfolio of Sensa fibre optic monitoring systems

includes a long range Distributed Temperature Sensor
• Measurement of distributed temperature (DTS) which is ideally suited to long distance cable
along asset length condition monitoring. Using a concurrent dual laser
• Export cables, long distance interconnector principle, the ASE (Accurate Single Ended) Raman
power cables measurement delivers self-checking, real time fibre loss
adjustment. With long distance power cables the optical
• Hot-spot detection and fault locations
monitoring path may include many fibre optic splices,
in onshore and subsea power
fibre from varying batches and suppliers. The ASE
transmission cable
system dynamically addresses strain induced via cable
• Integrated and customisable display movement as well as accounting for fibre loss variance
package with SCADA data display along each 1m measuring point.

BENEFITS Long term deployments have historically led to

changing characteristics in the optical loss of the fibre
• Reliable long-term reading validity due element. Further, such changes may occur during cable
to twin laser self checking installation, especially when being deployed at sea. With
• Reduced quantity of hardware required an optical budget designed to enable measurements up
to 50km in a single ended configuration, the reading is
• Reduced total system costs because always correct. This is because the second laser source
of extended length monitoring operating at an alternative wavelength to double check
• Improved operability through minimised the primary readings. This method has proved in many
unwanted alarms existing deployments.

• Enhanced monitoring capability through The heart of the system is the industry proven Raman
improved clarity of measurement backscatter optical time domain reflectometry (R-OTDR)
technique. R-OTDR is resistant to residual strain effects
FEATURES which can be seen on some fibres by other long range
temperature sensing techniques.
• Accurate single-ended distributed
temperature sensor that resists fibre stress, The system is available with four independent fibre
darkening, fibre losses, splice losses, fibre channels, enabling reaching distances of up to 200km
batch differences and lifetime degradation from a single central location.
• Simple to use software with automatic
set‑up and optimization
• Wide range of delivery options
• Compatibility with multiple single-mode
fibre types
• Up to 50km range per channel

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ASE DTS
Specifications

Optical
Type Single-ended (SE)
Number of channels 4 SE
Total fibre length (per channel) 50 km SE
Loss Budget (2 way at 1550nm) 23dB
Spatial resolution
5m up to 30km at 14dB
10 m up to 50km at 23dB
Sample spacing 1m
Temperature resolution - rms 1.5 degC at 30km range 900-s SE

Physical
Dimensions (L x W x H) 500mm x 483mm x 133mm
Weight 24Kg

Environmental
Temperature
Operating 0 to 45 degC
Non-operating -20 to +65 degC
Fibre Characteristics Singlemode 9-um core,
125um cladding fibre
Power
Typical 65W
Supply 100-240 V AC, 50-60 Hz

Certifications
Laser Safety IEN 60825 Class 1
Compliance European Conformity (CE)
Restriction of Hazardous Substances
CE Directive 2002/96/EC
CE Directive 2012/19/EU

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Hyperion DTS
Sensa fibre optic monitoring systems

APPLICATIONS The portfolio of Sensa fibre optic monitoring systems

includes a short range Distributed Temperature Sensor
• Measurement of distributed temperature (DTS) which is ideally suited to both harsh environment
along asset length and cost effective installations. The Hyperion DTS uses
• Short distance power cables in the industry proven Raman backscatter principle, which
distribution ducts has been demonstrated across many hundreds of
installations worldwide.
• Substation busbar monitoring
Distributed measurement is a powerful tool, providing
• Hot-spot detection and fault locations
valid operation and ensuring safer environments for
in onshore and subsea power
monitored electrical cable assets. With 7km range per
transmission cable
channel the Hyperion DTS offers supreme flexibility
• Integrated and customisable display for a broad range of applications in the electric
package with SCADA data display power industry.

BENEFITS Onward connectivity is handled seamlessly because

user interfacing and data handling is aligned with
• Reduced quantity of hardware required industry standards. The Hyperion DTS can be used as
• Reduced total system costs because a standalone system without the need for a PC and
of extended length monitoring write directly to Modbus or PLC registers. Compatibility
with the LINEVIEW RTTR and TOPVIEW software
• Improved operability through minimised packages can simplify data delivery across utility
unwanted alarms networks, across utility WANs with both GSM and
• Simplified installation and no operational satellite communications connectivity.
maintenance of infield equipment The Hyperion DTS possesses a wide operating range,
enabling deployment in harsh environments. It can
FEATURES be housed with and IP rated enclosure, wall or pole
• Real-time detection, identification and mounted or in a cabinet system to suit a control
location of multiple simultaneous alarms or instrumentation room requirement.
• No infield electronics
• Simple to use software with automatic
set‑up and optimisation
• Wide range of delivery options
• Coverage of up to 14km of continuous
monitoring from a single locations
and instrument

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Hyperion DTS
Specifications

Optical
Type Single-ended (SE) or double-ended (DE) DTS
Number of channels Two SE or one DE
Total fibre length (per channel) 7km
Loss Budget 16dB
Calibration
0 to 80 degC DE ±1.0%
0 to 150 degC DE ±3.0%
0 to 250 degC DE ±5.0%
Spatial resolution <1.2m
Sample spacing 0.5m
Temperature resolution - rms ±0.1 degC at 4km range 600-s DE

Physical
Dimensions (L x W x H) 380mm x 250mm x 52mm
Weight 4Kg

Environmental
Temperature
Operating 0 to 50 degC
Non-operating -40 to +75 degC
Fibre Characteristics Multimode 50 -um core,
125um cladding fibre
Power
Maximum 20W
Typical 17W
Supply 15-30 V DC

Certifications
Laser Safety IEC and EN 60825-1:2007, IEC and
EN60825-1 and EN 61326-1:2013 Class 1
Compliance UL Standard 61010
and CSA-C22.2 No. 61010
Federal Communications Commission
Food and Drug Administration
IECEE CB Scheme
CE and MET marked

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Intelligent Distributed Vibration Sensor
Sensa fibre optic monitoring systems

APPLICATIONS The portfolio of Sensa fibre optic monitoring systems

includes the heterodyne real time intelligent Distributed
• Oil, gas and water leak detection in pipelines Vibration Sensor (DVS), which brings new high
•D
 isturbance monitoring of Export cables, performance capabilities to a broad range of asset
long distance interconnector power cables monitoring applications both onshore and subsea.
The heterodyne intelligent DVS technology is a state
•T
 PI detection for power cables, including
of the art technology platform that has been developed
excavators, drilling, jack hammers and
over recent years. With a strong survey record of
tunnelling
accomplishment across the globe, the DVS system
• Integrated and customisable display is suitable for number of applications dedicated to
package with SCADA data display permanent asset monitoring and cable condition
monitoring applications.
BENEFITS
The intelligent DVS unit’s optical interrogator is
• Gathering of necessary intelligence connected to an optical fibre in proximity to the power
for swift preventive action cable or a fibre cable along a pipeline route.
•E
 nsuring asset availability The interrogator unit measures the Rayleigh backscatter
• Improved operability through minimised light to provide a local linear measurement of the
unwanted alarms dynamic vibration induced in the sensing fibre.

•E
 nhanced asset monitoring capability A patented multi-frequency heterodyne optical technique
gives the real time intelligent sensor best-in-class
FEATURES signal-to-noise ration across the full sensing range of
40km. In addition, the multi-frequency approach works
• Real time detection, classification and to suppress local fading effects that can leave other
location of multiple simultaneous alarms systems prone to the detectable signals disappearing
•A
 djustable detection sensitivity along and reappearing at random along the length of the
the asset relative to the local environment fibre. Such a technique enables the optics system to
interrogate measurements every 2m along the fibre
•C
 ustomisable event recognition along length, thus providing many thousands of data points.
the asset length
 ide range of data delivery options
•W
•C
 ompatibility with multiple single-mode
fibre types

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Intelligent Distributed
Vibration Sensor
Specifications
Optical
Type Single-ended (SE)
Number of channels One SE
Total fibre length (per channel) 40 km SE
Loss Budget (2 way at 1550nm) 18.5dB
Output Full-aperture seismic waveforms,
vibration logs
Measurement parameters
Native Measurement type Vibration
Operating principle Coherent phase measurement
Operating wavelength 1550 nm
Range 40 km
Output spatial interval 2, 5, and 10 m
Low-frequency limit 5 Hz†

Physical
Server rack
Dimensions (L x W x H) 660mm x 483mm x 135mm
Weight 30 kg
Instrument rack
Dimensions (L x W x H) 559mm x 483mm x 90mm
Weight 15 kg

Environmental
Temperature
Operating 0 to 45 degC
Storing -20 to 70 degC
Power
Maximum 600 W
Typical 400 W
Supply 100-230 V AC, 50-60 Hz

Certifications
Laser Safety IEN 60825 Class 1
Compliance European Conformity (CE)
Restriction of Hazardous Substances
CE Directive 2002/95/EC
EN 61326-1:2006
EMC Directive 2004/108/EC
Low voltage Directive 2006/95/EC
†
Typical value: depends on application and condition

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