A domestic knowledge-based company has produced equipment for small power plants at a price lower than foreign counterparts.
“After the imposition of sanctions, we faced problems in supplying parts to power plants, so we started to meet the technological needs of the electricity industry,” said Hossein Ali Behjou, the CEO of Behsaz Sani System Company.
One of the capabilities of this knowledge-based company is the construction of small-scale combined heat and power, as well as gas-fired power plants, which can produce 5-50 MW of electricity, the news portal of the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology reported.
Referring to electronic components needed in the electricity industry,
Behjou said, “Power plants use electronic cards that are imported from the US General Electric Company, which cost between $10,000 and $15,000.
This is while the knowledge-based company has produced them at a significantly lower price. Prices for different electronic cards, depending on their functionality and models, range from 110 million rials [$377] to 200 million rials [$686].”
Not long ago, power supply in Khuzestan Province was disrupted due to the malfunctioning of electrical insulators. Subsequently, the company’s engineers built the first insulator washing drone in the Middle East which, in addition to having a financial advantage, also had high efficiency.
The turbine tester is another product of this company.
At times, old turbines in a power grid cause fluctuations that may damage electrical appliances such as refrigerators. As a result, the government announced that if these fluctuations lead to the breakdown of electrical appliances and inflict losses on citizens, it would pay compensation based on the assessment of experts.
To solve this problem, the knowledge-based company produced a tester at a reasonable price, which can measure the rotation of the generator turbine to identify any potential failure.
Behjou noted that all of the company’s products offer guarantees and after-sale services, and customers could buy products directly from the company.
Remote-Control Terminal Competitive
A domestic knowledge-based company has developed an efficient remote-control terminal that has a price advantage over foreign counterparts.
The remote monitoring and control terminal has a flexible structure that makes it ideal for various industrial centers.
“The company has produced the industrial control equipment using domestic electronic technologies,” Mosayeb Ashrafi, the CEO of Control Pajouhan Part Mehvar Company, was quoted as saying by the news portal of the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology.
In addition to having eight digital input channels, six analog inputs and five digital outputs, the terminal can have more inputs. It uses a 3-phase system to deliver electricity with greater efficiency.
Programmed under standard languages by the company’s specialists, the terminal's dedicated software is a unique feature. Its numerous boards and structures make it possible to fully adapt the terminal to a variety of applications in small and large stations at an optimal cost. Its software supports multitasking and protocols for upstream communication by default.
The CEO of the knowledge-based company noted that for different types of analog and digital input and output signals, a suitable board can be selected, depending on a project’s requirements.
“In addition to the main processor’s capabilities, a protocol converter board is also envisaged, which helps centralize information and converts protocols for the terminal,” he said.
“The domestic terminal can easily be used as a multi-post information centralizing station in post-automation systems.”
Ashrafi pointed out that the domestic remote-control terminal is priced at one-fifth of foreign counterparts.
The production line can employ 45 technicians, but due to a lack of support for knowledge-based companies, it is currently managed by five specialists.
Multifunction Transducer Developed
A knowledge-based company has designed and manufactured a multifunction transducer that can be used to monitor the power grid in large and small industrial complexes.
“In digital measuring devices, one of the most important concerns is how to deal with an analog quantity,” Mohammad Reza Hashemi, CEO of Farayand Niroopardaz Company, said.
Hashemi pointed out that the multifunction transducer is based on the latest electronic technology.
The main function of transducers is to convert one type of energy into another. There is no limit to the type of energy used, as they convert each of the electrical, chemical, mechanical and thermal forms of energy.
Transducers are one of the main equipment in industrial electrical automation systems used to sample power grid parameters and convert them to standard signals.
Electrical parameters in this transducer are calculated after the conversion to a digital signal. These quantities are stored instantly in the system’s memory and can be recalled or applied to current or voltage analog outputs after digital selection by all analog-to-analog converters.
Online network monitoring features, measurement of more than 120 electrical parameters of the power grid, remote measurement capability, 2 kV isolation between all parts and four isolated analog current and voltage outputs are among the special features of this domestic transducer.
It offers protection against short-circuit output, measures the total voltage, one-way or two-way active frequency, tolerates transient inputs up to several times the nominal values, has an internal clock equipped with a backup battery and a solar calendar with detectability, synchronization with location systems and occupies little space.
“Knowledge-based companies need to enjoy benefits of tax breaks to boost domestic production,” the CEO of the knowledge-based company said, while noting that about 15 jobs have been created in the production process.
Hashemi noted that the foreign counterpart costs 12 times more than the Iranian multifunction transducer and is not economical for domestic companies, so in order to prevent unnecessary imports, knowledge-based companies should be supported.
