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Innovative Products 2019
Portfolio of power
ABB SHOWCASED ITS latest portfolio of so- lar products for power generation and build- ings applications, alongside energy storage so- lutions for the residential sector at last month’s All Energy event in Melbourne.
David Sullivan, ABB’s head of electrification products for Australia, said the company show- cased many innovative solutions to the market, across all power ranges for grid-connected and microgrid applications.
“Additions such as the well-proven PVS980 high-power central inverter, the new REACT 2 residential storage solution, as well as the world’s fastest electric vehicle charger, demon-
strate how ABB is developing solutions for to- day and tomorrow’s requirements,” he said.
ABB will further strengthen its PVS invert- er range by introducing to Australian markets a compact and cost effective turnkey solution PVS980-CS compact skid, which is available up to 4600 kW power rating. The solution is using efficient, reliable and easy to maintain PVS980 central inverter that is supported with Australia compatible simulation models and local service team.
The PVS980-CS turnkey solution combines in- verter solution with the medium voltage trans- former and Ring Main Unit into a compact easy
to transport 40 feet container sized package. Meanwhile, the new REACT 2 energy storage solution features a long-life battery with a ca- pacity of up to 12 kWh. REACT 2 delivers up to 10 per cent greater efficiencies in energy usage than lower voltage alternatives, along with
greater cost savings.
REACT 2 transfers the information on solar
energy, home consumption and battery status over a wireless network to the ABB-free@home system access point, which can then control other ABB-free@home devices including heat- ing, lighting, and music.
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ABB will further strengthen its PVS inverter range by introducing to Australian markets a compact and cost effective turnkey solution PVS980-CS compact skid, which is available up to 4600 kW power rating.
Aussie start-up working on smart coatings
AUSTRALIAN START-UP IMAGINE Intelli- gent Materials previewed its revolutionary gra- phene Textile Touch technology at Mondial Tech in Paris last month.
Part of Imagine Visible— IMAGINE’s IoT sens- ing and reporting platform — this innovation takes human-machine interfaces beyond rigid, bulky materials to slim, flexible textiles.
IMAGINE has developed a solution that can be integrated into any surface. A user brushes the surface with their finger to initiate a re- sponse. Controls are at your fingertips, when and where you need them.
“Our technology is totally intuitive,” according to Phillip Aitchison, Head of R&D at IMAGINE. “It is very natural, allowing for swipes and instinctive motions on surfaces that give a totally natural feeling. It’s diametrically different to small but- tons, knobs and touchscreens, because you can assign a function to an area after it has been man- ufactured. Think programmable surfaces!”
IMAGINE’s proprietary and scalable graphene manufacturing process enables conductive gra- phene coatings to be applied to textiles using ex- isting techniques and methods to create “intelli- gent” materials.This makes integration into supply chains straightforward.
IMAGINE CEO, Chris Gilbey said the com- pany has been developing its intelligent sensing technology platform, using graphene, for al- most four years.
Aussie start-up IMAGINE has created “intelligent” materials.
“Nevertheless, we recognise that we are only touching the surface in terms of the potential of graphene smart sensing surfaces to be transfor- mational,” Gilbey said.
“We are, I believe, the first company in the world to be able to deliver a fully productisable and manufacturable graphene sensing platform, that has application in smart mobility, smart floors and roofs, and smart mines. And it is inex- pensivetomanufactureanddeploy.” ✺
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