KONCAR - Small Hydro Condition Monitoring System (SHCM)

Small hydro condition monitoring (SHCM) is a solution specifically designed for small hydro plants with installed capacity of up to 5 MW. These days it is very common that large hydro plants have installed monitoring systems. These systems however can be very expensive since they are installed on large equipment and on numerous generators that have to integrate many different sensors, control cabinets and server data bases.

Small hydro plants are often neglected because the price of the existing monitoring solutions is rather expensive for buying centers. This is a huge loss for plant operators that don't have insight into the crucial information on turbine condition. They still use the classical approach of breakdown or preventive maintenance during which a lot of valuable resources are wasted because the whole plant needs to be shut down for the equipment inspection. This is even more critical for the plants located in distant areas where the local inhabitants strongly rely on the plants' production.

Easy Implementation

• sensor and system implementation performed with minimum interference in machine operation
• measurement of key parameters according to customer’s specific needs
• can be upgraded to large hydro plants with complex measurements

Connectivity

• system can be integrated with other systems like SCADA using standard industrial communication
• fast processing of the most demanding machine parameters
• integration of multiple user accounts into one user application
• Innovative technology which connects local HMI, database for long term archive and web server for a compact product

Small Hydro Optimized

• compact solution optimized for small hydro needs
• applicable to all types of existing and new small hydro plants

Smart Functions

• verified in various industrial applications based on FEM simulations and implemented into a patented system
• Based on restrictive class data archive the system enables real trending which is a more reliable form of predictive monitoring

User Friendly

• intuitive data presentation and remote access using standard Internet browsers
• automated report generation with all relevant information on machine status