A domestic knowledge-based company has produced a simultaneous breaker that had been mainly produced by US companies until now.
The most important use of a simultaneous breaker is in reducing wastage in gas and oil pipelines, a member of the Pars Cayan Electronics Toos Company’s Board of Directors.
Zari Nosrati also told IRIB News that the export of simultaneous breaker to regional countries is possible.
Disconnecting and connecting the current in different amperages and voltage, elimination of switching noise, long life, programming five date ranges and four time intervals for each date, automatic synchronization in case of power outage, possessing a battery status indicator and allowing continuous synchronization using GPS are among the capabilities of the Iranian device.
The simultaneous breaker is capable of withstanding instantaneous current power up to four times the nominal current and can work with an external battery. An external GPS antenna with a magnet and a 5-meter cable have been designed for the device that can improve the device’s performance.
Keeping the transformer connected without interruption is one of the other important features of the device.
“We were able to break its monopoly and produce it at one-fifth the price of a foreign counterpart, which has helped prevent the outflow of foreign exchange as a result of import,” Nosrati said.
“The production of simultaneous breaker has created 15 direct jobs. Next, we are looking forward to exporting this device to Persian Gulf and Central Asian countries which, in addition to earning foreign currency, can create more job opportunities in the country.”
Equipment for Small Power Plants
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 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-sales services, and customers could buy products directly from the company.
Domestic Company Helps Set Up Power Booster Stations
A knowledge-based company is producing equipment needed by power booster stations at a price lower than foreign counterparts.
“There is little or no chance of development in a country without a dynamic electricity industry,” said Iraj Rafiei, CEO of Paya Ravesh Aria Company, while referring to the high importance of this equipment in Iran’s electricity industry.
“For this reason, and in order to achieve self-sufficiency in this field, in the last decade, the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology launched a large knowledge-based movement in the electrical industry and we also joined this movement,” he added.
The knowledge-based company supplies various products to Iran’s electricity industry, including those needed for monitoring remote-control terminals and stabilizing pressure-boosting stations in industrial automation and telecommunication systems.
Battery chargers, protection relays and multiplexers are among the company’s products widely used in the electrical industry.
When the electricity is supplied by the power plant to consumers through the distribution system, cabins along the way regulate the pressure. The company produces the equipment needed by these cabins to prevent significant currency outflow needed for imports.
According to the company’s managers, the domestic model also offers after-sales services and warranty.
In the last few years, the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology has organized dozens of supportive events and extended facilities to strengthen the presence of knowledge-based companies in the domestic electricity industry in cooperation with institutions such as Tavanir.
