Instrumentation

Kusam-Meco introduced and pioneered the use of Digital Multimeters and Clamp Meters in the Indian industry. The company continues to introduce new products with unique features and protection – to meet current market demand and safety to cater to the customers’ diverse applications. In an exclusive interview with Electrical India, Chandmal Goliya, Managing Director, Kusam Meco Import - Export P Ltd., is talking to P K Chatterjee about the evolution of the T&M instruments market in India and his company’s product portfolio. Excerpts…

With the advancement of technology in both computation and communication, the conventional power grids undertook a major revolution to become smarter power grids... - VenkataHareesh S, Dr P Raja, Dr M P Selvan

SCOPE T&M Pvt. Ltd., popularly known as SCOPE, was incorporated on 13th January, 1988 to become India’s first organisation to design and develop Test & Measurement products working in strong electromagnetic induction environment prevailing at EHV & UHV substations. In e-interview with Electrical India, Balasaheb Doiphode, CEO - T&M Business, speaks about his company’s business and future plans…

RPP Engineering & Consulting Pvt. Ltd. has been dealing with a very wide range of products; in fact they offer equipments for all sorts of calibration, test and measurement requirements in the power industry. In an exclusive interview with Electrical India, Y K Nama, Managing Director of the company is talking to P K Chatterjee on the evolution of the Indian power T&M market and his company’s business. Excerpts…

Next Gen Equipments Pvt. Ltd. (NGEPL) is an active organisation in the Indian power sector with its strong technical know-how. Management team of the company has over thirteen years of experience in the Indian power industry. In an exclusive interview with Electrical India, Ather Salim, Director, NGEPL, is talking to P K Chatterjee about their business.Excerpts…

In UGTL, above the surface of the ground, the electric field is eliminated, but the magnetic field is not, because the soil around the underground cable has practically the same permeability as air... - Ravi Kant Kumar, Girish A Kulkarni

Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) provide real time synchronised measurements in power system with better than one microsecond synchronisation accuracy, which is obtained by Global Positioning System (GPS) signals... - Dr. G R Kunkolienkar, Jayesh G. Priolkar

Since 1983, Rishabh Instruments India Pvt Ltd has been working to provide the best quality Control and Test & Measuring Instruments to the Indian market with the latest global technology. Today, it is a well known name globally for its innovative products. In an e-interview with Electrical India, CEO of the company, Deepak Thakur is describing the changing Indian scenario and his company’s contribution to the Indian market. Excerpts…

A complaint heard from many users was that they’d bought sophisticated – and therefore costly – test sets to gain access to just a few of the advanced options provided, but in their applications, up to 90% of the remaining functionality would never be used... - Niclas Wetterstrand

Benefits of prepaid meter are manifold, but the success of revenue management through prepaid meters lies in the utility’s ability to collect and manage its revenue... - Alok Gupta

Energy meter is the key component of supply system whose reliable functioning is very essential for accurate registering, controlling and monitoring, of power consumption...- Deepa Warudkar, Priyamvada Chandel, B.A.Sawale, Neha Gupta, Shilpa Singh Yadav 

The Device Language Message Specification (DLMS) and Companion Specification for Energy Metering (COSEM) form together the DLMS/COSEM application layer communication protocol and an interface model for metering applications. The requirement of an Open Protocol for energy metering was necessary for bringing in homogeneity among various makes of meters. - V Suresh and V Arunachalam