Early detection of cable system faults, monitoring of remote power assets, and improved power supply reliability for industrial facilities.
GeoWatt offers Synaptec solutions for continuous monitoring of cables, joints, terminations, and mixed overhead/underground circuits. Passive optical sensors enable measurements at remote and hard-to-access sites without local power supplies or a separate data communications network.
SYNAPTEC — POWER GRID OBSERVABILITY PLATFORM
DES — distributed synchronized measurements for protection, diagnostics, and control
Field sensors
Passive sensing elements with no local power supply or field electronics.
Electrical measurements
Temperature measurements
DES optical network
Uses standard optical fibre. Measurement points can be located far from the substation.
Measurement core
The central measurement unit is installed at a substation or another secure indoor location.
- Interrogation of distributed passive sensors
- High-precision time synchronization of measurements
- Conversion of optical signals
- High-speed data processing
- Multichannel monitoring of large numbers of assets
- Continuous monitoring of electrical and temperature parameters
Industrial automation and control
Centralized data storage, processing, analytics, and visualization.
- Centralized storage of measurement data
- Power grid condition analytics
- Processing of events and fault conditions
- Real-time calculation of performance indicators
- Power grid visualization
- Trends, reports, events, and alerts
- Integration with existing enterprise systems
Application solutions
Industrial Grids — industrial facilities
Mining and processing plants 
Metals and metallurgy 
Oil and gas 
Factories and production facilities 
Pumping stations 
Remote sites Greenlight
Cable system condition monitoring
Continuous monitoring of cables, joints, and terminations for early fault detection and capacity assessment.
- Localized overheating of joints and terminations
- Loss of cable screen current and grounding faults
- Increased contact resistance
- Water ingress and insulation ageing
- Bottlenecks limiting permissible load
Power Grids — utilities and grid operators
System operators 
Regional networks 
Transmission lines 
Interconnections 
Distribution networks Greenlight
Cable system condition monitoring
Continuous monitoring of cables, joints, and terminations for early fault detection and capacity assessment.
- Localized overheating of joints and terminations
- Loss of cable screen current and grounding faults
- Increased contact resistance
- Water ingress and insulation ageing
- Bottlenecks limiting permissible load
System users
A unified information environment for specialists responsible for power system operation, protection, and development.
Key capabilities
- Passive field sensors with no local power supply
- Up to 66 km over standard optical fibre
- Distributed synchronized measurements
- Long field-infrastructure service life
- Sequence-of-events reconstruction following faults
- Unified visibility of distributed assets
Business value
Unified technology architecture
- Continuous 24/7 monitoring
- Early fault detection
- Fewer unplanned outages
- Extended asset service life
Expected benefits of implementing
Synaptec Power Grids
For the Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company (KEGOC)
Grid observability
- Complete, synchronized, real-time visibility of the grid
- Data synchronized to an accuracy of up to 1 μs (PTT)
- A unified Synthesis analytics platform — the entire grid on one screen
Protection selectivity and response speed
- Mixed Circuit Protection — correct identification of the faulted section
- Line Differential Protection — protection for complex connections
- Faster fault clearance enabled by synchronized PSC measurements
Disturbance analysis
- More accurate fault location using DES
- Automated analysis of transients, harmonics, and oscillations
- Event buffering and time synchronization via PTT
Asset degradation forecasting
- Transition to condition-based equipment maintenance
- Early detection of degradation indicators using Greenlight
- Asset condition history and parameter trend analysis
System operations
- A single operational view powered by the Synthesis platform
- A reliable, synchronized view of grid conditions
- Faster analysis of fault conditions and restoration actions
Financial and economic benefits
- Reduced losses and more efficient use of grid infrastructure
- Reduced energy not supplied through shorter outage durations
- Lower emergency maintenance and repair costs
- More efficient use of equipment service life