JDSU Photonic Power Certified for Use in Chinese Electric Power Market
May 23 2006 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
All Fiber Optically-Powered Data Link Takes Current Measurement in
High- Voltage Environments to a New Level MILPITAS, Calif., May 23
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU; TSX: JDU), the
leading enabler of broadband and optical innovation, today
announced that its 16-bit Optically Powered Data Link (OPDL-16)
subsystem has successfully passed government testing in China.
Working in conjunction with Zhuhai Cheng-Rui Electric Power Company
Ltd., JDSU incorporated the OPDL-16 as the power and data delivery
system to demonstrate the benefits of an all- fiber,
digitally-based electrical current measurement system. As new power
transmission grid construction accelerates rapidly in China to keep
up with the industrial growth in the country, many utility
providers are selecting digital rather than analog measurement
techniques to monitor delivered electrical current levels. Power
companies are finding that optically based digital systems are less
expensive to install and more environmentally friendly. They
eliminate the need for instrument transformers that are generally
filled with oil or SF-6 gas for insulation purposes. Installation
of these traditional types of transformers is cumbersome and they
run the risk of explosion and leakage of harmful chemicals into the
surrounding environment. "We expect rapid growth of
optically-powered current measurement systems in China's expanding
electric utility market," said Ms. Xiao-Li Xu, general manager of
Zhuhai Cheng-Rui Electric Company. "We believe all-fiber digital
measurement systems have now reached the economical level and
achieved the reliability required to support the future development
of Chinese and other Asian electric power markets. We look forward
to further collaboration with JDSU to serve this expanding market."
Photonic power enables current measurement and protection in
transmission and distribution grids operating at 100 kV to 500 kV.
The current transducer used for current measurement is fully
isolated from ground potential by virtue of the non-conductive
nature of the fiber-based power and data delivery system. "Our
OPDL-16 system is simple to install, impervious to high voltage
effects, and requires little maintenance. Thousands of our
photovoltaic power converters have been providing reliable,
continuous power delivery on a 24 x 7 basis in electric power grids
worldwide for several years," said Dr. Jan- Gustav Werthen,
director of engineering of JDSU's Photonic Power Business Unit Most
recently, JDSU's Photonic Power Business Unit achieved a world
record in the conversion efficiency of laser light into electrical
power. JDSU's three volt and five volt gallium arsenide (GaAs)
Photovoltaic Power Converter (PPC) is now providing
optical-to-electrical conversion efficiency greater than 50
percent. JDSU is exhibiting its all-fiber, digital OPDL-16 system
at the IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and
Exposition in Dallas from May 22- 24, 2006. About JDSU JDSU is
committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in the
communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is the
leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions
and optical products for telecommunications service providers,
cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers. Furthermore,
JDSU is the leading provider of innovative optical solutions for
medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing,
display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense, and
decorative applications. More information is available at
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Company's results of operations, business, and financial condition.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (a)
the failure of the products (i) to perform as expected without
material defects, (ii) to be manufactured at acceptable volumes,
yields, and cost, (iii) to be qualified and accepted by our
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