Electricity + Control May 2015

ENERGY + ENVIROFICIENCY

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Anti-poaching commitment makes a difference

Imperial Green Mobility has pledged their commitment towards helping save theAfrican rhino by donating several electric all-terrain safari vehicles to an anti-poaching programme in the Eastern Cape. The vehicles will not only provide a completely off-grid solution for a ‘green’ game reserve experience, but also be utilised by conser- vationists to track injured rhino and deter poachers. "Through our long-term relationship with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and their Uyilo (Electric Vehicle research and development department), we collaboratively identified the need for small, silent, robust, electric reaction vehicles for one of their partners, Shamwari Game Reserve. With our experience in electric vehicles we were able to develop a solution for Shamwari’s huge Rhino poaching challenges," says Jonathan Cohen, Managing Director of Imperial Green Mobility. Cohen explains that Shamwari - a leading conservation group - is home to a considerable number of both black and white rhino living across 25 000 hectares of land. Despite a highly organised and dedicated anti-poaching unit, the Reserve has fallen victim to poachers twice before.The most recent attack involved a mother and her two-year-old calf. Both rhinos were butchered for their horns, with poachers even hacking off the tiny horns of the youngster.

"One of the biggest challenges facing anti-poaching teams is increasing the ground cover of units of foot patrol in an effort to not only locate poachers, but track injured or deceased rhino.This is where Imperial Green Mobility's all-terrain vehicles assist tre- mendously in the war against poaching. They are highly effective in that they are silent and able to navigate the toughest terrain, in the shortest time. They can easily be camouflaged and thereafter anti-poaching scouts can proceed on foot into thicker bush." Enquiries:Tanya Storbeck. Email mailto:tanya@imperialgreen.co.za

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How critical are power solutions in a water and wastewater plant?

Inside water and wastewater treatment plants, mechanical pumps and automated machine parts are at the highest risk of becoming damaged during power loss. Critical data can simply become corrupted or disappear. Whether customised or turnkey options are required, Schneider Electric critical power experts can build single phase and three phase UPS solutions to enable water and wastewater plant operators to:

Disinfection Guideline which includes data on proper UV light dose measurement. While the Non Spec Allowance rule enables plants to halt water treatment operations in case of power outages, the reality is that water is too important a resource to cease treatment, even for the brief time required the backup generators to sync due to the additional time required to bring the UV lamps up to full intensity and functionality. Typical electrical installations at water plants face downtime risks due to voltage sags. Schneider Electric provides wide-ranging solutions to heighten power quality and optimise productivity at water plants, as well as: • Mitigate risks: Power problems like voltage sags, power out- ages, transients, and harmonics are all guilty of bringing electri- cal and automation systems down. The right power architecture includes integrated UPS to minimise these risks from occurring

• Make water safe for human consumption • Comply with governmental regulations • Meet high customer standards • Improve operational performance

More than 50 % of US-based water treatment plants use UV technol- ogy to disinfect drinking water.They are required to meet specific Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) regulations, such as the UV

• Ensure continuous service operability: Proactive maintenance is a key in water plant electrical installations. For example, changing lamps in a timely fashion is recom- mended when their output has degraded • Boost system productivity: Integrated power architecture solutions offer the high- est levels of productivity in the industry to streamline processes and help plants to improve revenue and profitability • Maximise operational safety: Safety is a top operational priority and plays a key role in improving the lifetime of installations, while keeping people safe Enquiries: Email enquiries@schneider-electric.com

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