Our client operates a PGM group smelter situated outside of Polokwane. The current infrastructure comprises a 68MW furnace fed by 33kV single-core cables.
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Client Reference | Intime Monitoring to Ensure Plant Availability and Reliability | 33 kV Switchgear
Our client experienced failure on their electrical smelter. Very high electrical partial discharges activity was identified on furnace cable terminations while performing partial discharge diagnostic analysis of the online monitoring data.
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