Cable Quality Assurance Services with LIRA Technology

General approach Fault-free operations require highest quality and respectively quality control during manufacturing and installation. The highest cable-specific requirements on quality measurements are set by ISO 13628-5, design and operation of Subsea Umbilicals. Measurements are required for the following steps: At cable manufacturer: - Component acceptance test - Condition control At umbilical manufacturer: - Post-umbilical manufacture - Condition control - Umbilical Final Acceptance Test, FAT At loadout to installation vessel: - Pre-loadout test - Post-loadout test Transport and installation: - Integrity monitoring during lay Post-installation: - Condition control Trenching and Rockdumping: - Pre- and post-condition control Preconnection (Connection is typically performed some time after installation): - Condition control Post-connection: - Condition control During Operation: - Monitoring - Regular condition control Our Cable Quality Assurance Services performed with LIRA (Line Resonance Analysis) Technology will ensure highest quality from the first moment, as LIRA can detect all deteriorations and their severity which might have been induced during manufacturing and installation. Of course, all measured data will be stored like a fingerprint for future use e.g. for introduction of condition-based maintenance, CBM, based on regular assessments.

New cables on vessel, Source: Norsk Hydro

Your benefits at a glance With LIRA Cable Quality Assurance Services the operator can minimize the pending deteriorations caused by manufacturing and installation. LIRA offers location with the best accuracy compared with alternative technologies. By that, LIRA can reduce significantly the risk for post-connection fault recovery. Cable reports provide a database for future condition-based maintenance strategies. LIRA is a wear-free location methodology with only 5 V white noise. LIRA has no limitations in cable length.

The benefits apply to Transmission and Distribution grids On- and Offshore wind parks Process Industry Oil and Gas Industry - Topside and submarine cables (incl. Umbilical) Power Plants - I&C and Power cables Cable manufacturers - Reference measurements - Quality control

Monitoring, Diagnostics and Cable Services

High-quality cable properly installed

The LIRA-Technology LIRA is a system for diagnosis and condition based monitoring of installed electric cables. LIRA can measure cable length ranges from a less than 50 meters to several hundred kilometers, depending by the cable design and electric attenuation. The LIRA technology is a non-destructive test method, and will not damage any part of your cable or any equipment connected to the cable. The LIRA technology is based on the transmission line theory, through the estimation and analysis of the complex line impedance as a function of the applied signal frequency. LIRA can monitor the global, progressive degradation of the cable insulation, cable stealth and cable conductor caused either by to harsh environment conditions, or mechanical stresses LIRA is especially sensitive to small changes in the insulation material, which allows an early indication of challenged areas, detecting and localizing single and multiple faults and their severity. LIRA measurements are recorded and can be played back and analyzed off-site. Reports in MS-Excel format are automatically generated. The recorded measurements can be stored as reference infor mation (fingerprints) for later comparison with repeated measurements. .

The identification of new damage to the cable can thus be monitored and recorded. The system consists of "off the shelf" hardware plus connection devices and proprietary software performing the failure analysis, degradation analysis and cable simulations. LIRA can help to distinguish between different root causes as it is possible to deliver a full condition status and possible fault type and location with better accuracy then other methods. Features Best-in-class cable monitoring and diagnostic system. Sensitive to small degradation and defects. Accurate hot-spot and deviation locations. Non intrusive and non destructive. Applicable on multi-segment systems with different cable types. Pre-study/simulation of cable data and defects. LIRA performs a power spectrum analysis of impedance phase and amplitude an advanced detection method of abnormal conditions. Fast and simple connection to test object. Only one access point needed for measuring.

LIRA provides possibility to zoom in on blind zone at the near end termination. This feature enables detailed, high resolution measurements in the cable end close to the connection point. For all voltage levels from control cable to high voltage cables. Main data and applications Measuring range - From less than 50m to several 100km Frequency rage - 0 to 100MHz Voltage Level - 5Vpp, white noise Operating Mode - Acquire data - Simulate cable data and defects - Playback data for post analysis Accuracy - Better than 0,5% of cable length Cable types - I&C cables - Low & medium voltage - High voltage AC/DC - Single and multiple conductors - Conductor material Cu/Al Insulation types - PE, XLPE, PVC, PILC, EPR - Hypalon, Lipalon and more

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