Communicating with power monitoring devices from any location at any time is the advantage of Transparent Ready® web-enabled power and control equipment, also known as Transparent Ready equipment or “TRE”. TRE uses existing open networks. Proprietary wiring and software is not needed to add TRE to an existing network. TRE is scalable, so that it can be as big or small, and as simple or complicat- ed, as the facility itself. As a Water/ Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) grows, TRE solutions grow with the facility and evolve with current technology. This paper examines the pieces of a TRE system and explains some of the details of internetworking with TRE.
One of the goals of Transparent Ready equipment is to end the “tyranny of geography” ( 8). The Internet accomplishes this by trans- porting information from the monitoring device to the user. Since TRE is ready-to-use out of the box, the user must only configure the IP address of the equipment. No additional training or software is necessary if the user is able to operate a web browser. For example, to begin accessing information from a PowerLogic® energy and power management product, the user types the IP address in the browser and the login page is immediately displayed. This can be saved as a favorite and/or as a start page in the browser, and a shortcut can be created from the desktop. Thereafter, the equipment data can be seen in one click from the desktop. After logging in with password “admin” (Fig. 1), the menu page is immediately displayed (Fig. 2). Fig.1 Login
From any terminal connected to the network, either in the facility or externally through a virtual private network (VPN) [which requires authorization], the user can view the power information needed, as long as that specific piece of equipment is being metered (Fig. 3). ( 7) Fig. 3 Circuit Monitor Readings
TRE allows instantaneous readings from various locations at a glance, saving data collection time in facilities. This is particularly critical for a WWTF because hundreds of monitoring devices can be located over one million square feet of plant space. Using personnel to physically read meters (sometimes referred to as “sneaker readers”) is not effi- cient and would not offer instantaneous results. Fig. 4 shows different substation data points at a WWTF, but does not include the various motor control cen- ters and drives data points that are typical for a WWTF.
Fig. 4 Substation Data Points
Metering Pump
Types and Flow Ranges
Special Purpose
Pumps
Piston
Metering
Range of
Flow Rate
(GPM)
Cole-Parmer ; ; ; ; ;
800/323-4340, www.coleparmer.com
Crucial Inc. ; ;;
504/347-9292
Edson International ;
508/995-9711
EPG ;; ;
763/424-2613
Fultz Pumps Inc ;
717/248-2300
Fluid Metering Inc. ;
800/223-3388, www.fmipump.com
Flux Pumps Corp.
404/691-6010
Geotech Environmental Equipment ;; ; ; ;;
800/833-7958, www.geotechenv.com
Godwin Pumps of America ; ;
856/467-3636
Gorman Rupp Co. ; ;
419/755-1011, www.grpumps.com
Graymills Corp. ; ;
773/477-4100
Grindex Pumps ;
708/532-9988
Grundfos Pumps Corp. ;; ;
915/227-3400
Instrumentation Northwest ; ;
800/776-9355, www.inwusa.com
ITT Flojet ;
978/281-0440
ITT Jabsco ; ; ;
978/281-0440
Komline-Sanderson ;
800/225-5457 www.komline.com
Lewa Inc. ; ;
508/429-7403
Liquid Waste Technology LLC
715/247-5464
Little Giant Pump Co. ;
405/947-2511
Lutz-Jesco America Corp. ; ;
585/426-0990
Lutz Pumps Inc. ;
770/925-1222
MRM International ; ;
770/476-4040,
www.mrm-international.com
Madden Mfg. Inc. ;
574/295-4292
Megator Corp. ;; ; ;
800/245-6211, www.megator.com
Milton Roy Co. ; ;
215/441-0800
Morris Pumps
630/236-5500
Neptune Chemical Pump Co. ;
215/699-8700, www.neptune1.com
Netzsch Inc. ;
610/363-8010
; 0.002-1296
ml/min
0.00003-1.2
1-40
20-540
1-40
0-18
5-250
0.05-50
Lubrication Pump
Metering Pump
Bladder Pumps
Sludge Pump
Cake Pump
Positive Displacement
Slurry Pumps
Range of
Flow Rate
(GPM)
Range of
Flow Rate
(GPH)
0.5µL-1.3L/min 0.0007 ml/min-
36 L/min
130-140 6600
;;
;
18-130
; LP
GS
1-150
;
0-4
0-. 25
;;
80-267
;
17-150
1-40
;
;
.000011- 9. 26
DD
10-120
GS
0.3 - 7.0
IP
1-40
;
;
.03
;
0-14
0-150
0.01-6 gph
5-150
25-75
0.05-50
IP
0.000083-5
PC ;
DA
IP
GS
PP
VP
DD
LG
DAF Pumps
Impeller Pumps
Groundwater Sampling
Piston Pumps
Vortex Pumps
Digital Dosing
Liquified Gas
