MAIGE

The MAIGE project focuses on the concept of Asset Management, with a direct impact on the degree of inspection and maintenance of gas and electricity distribution facilities, in which it is intended to strengthen the intelligent management assets, providing the ability to act remotely brigades. The MAIGE project aims to respond to the following needs:

1. Development of a set of robust and low-cost sensors to be installed in the transformer substations (CCTT) that can enable a regulatory verification and the status of the various components of the installation remotely, avoiding having to go to the field to do it manually. It will include the incorporation of visual systems. Through this solution it will be possible to optimize preventive maintenance visits by personnel and anticipate possible failures.
2. Development of an equipment that incorporates robust, reliable, low cost and low consumption sensors, with solar power supply, that can be installed in high voltage towers and other installations, and that verifies the continuity and resistance of the grounding. Additionally, other sensors such as temperature, humidity, lightning detection, wind, presence sensor, etc. can be integrated in such equipment (depending on the cost-benefit analysis).
3. Development of monitoring systems (sensors) for the detection and localization of faults and phase and load unbalance in medium voltage overhead networks.
4. Definition and, if necessary, development of a communications system to cover these sensors in all the geographical areas where the electrical and gas installations are located.
5. Development of equipment capable of accurately locating and also detecting faults in the medium voltage cabling system.