QUALIStar

Product
presentation

The Qualistar+, the latest in

Chauvin Arnoux's range of
electrical network analysers
 Market

Current state of the power measurement market

Application markets
2 categories of users work on the installations

Continuity of Energy
service efficiency

• Corrective operations
• Preventive operations  Rising energy prices
• Periodic verifications  Growing environmental concerns
Continuous on-site maintenance

 An engineer is called upon to work on an installation

in all types of situations:
 Emergency intervention: fault or troubleshooting
 Preventive or predictive

 Area of use
 On-site intervention

 Types of interventions
 Immediate measurements
 Monitoring
 Energy Efficiency = Savings
 People involved
 Technical teams on the sites
Teams in the front line in the event of a fault.
 External service providers
Intervene on request.
Often include certification organizations.
 Areas of use
 Identifying potential savings on sites
involving multiple types of consumption
 Measuring energy efficiency
 Ensuring that energy-saving initiatives are maintained over the long term
 Continuously measuring the effectiveness of the energy-saving initiatives
 Identifying power reserves in the energy distribution system
Energy efficiency
4 steps for an energy survey

  Audits: Complete diagnosis of the site

  Analyse: Assessment of potential savings

 Implementation:
 Complete and renovate the existing
system
  Install a new solution
 Follow-up:
 Scheduled campaigns
 Constant measurements
Main qualimetric measurements

Recordings Power
diagnosis

Troubleshooting
Chauvin Arnoux

Acknowledged expertise on the portable

power measurement market

115 years of experience

85 years of wattmeters
20 years of handheld wattmeters
Since 2001: the Qualistar

And today…
C.A 8335
 What is a QualiSTAR?

 Power measurement
instruments offering all the
measurements required to
understand the operation of
your electrical network.

 Portable three-phase
wattmeters designed for
industrial environments and
suitable for use on the whole
low-voltage installation.

Plus years of experience…

The C.A 8335

A user-friendly diagnostic tool

 Large, easy-to-read colour
screen
 ¼ VGA
 diagonal 148 mm

 Lightweight, rugged casing for

use in the field
 Less than 2 kg
 Proven casing

 Keys for direct access

 Intuitive use
 Simplicity

 Operation on batteries
 More than 30 hours
Specially-designed ergonomics
A tool for working
 The QualiSTAR power measurement
instruments are particularly easy to handle
 Side strap making it easy to hold
 Stand to work in comfort
 Carrying bag for "hands-free" use
 Instrument connections
 4 current inputs
 for measuring all the channels
of a three-phase installation.
 5 voltage inputs
 for measuring all the voltages
on a three-phase installation
 1 USB interface
 for communication
between the instrument
and a PC.
 1 mains adapter input
 for battery recharging
 mains power supply
Voltage and current
measurements

 Range:
 voltage up to 1,200 V RMS AC+DC
 current up to 6,500 A RMS AC+DC

Half-period RMS values as per IEC 61000-4-30

 Electrical safety
 IEC 61010 1,000 V CAT III – 600 V CAT IV
Customization of the inputs

 The instrument is delivered with a set of inserts and rings

supplied in 11 colours
 Customization of the measurement inputs and
leads/sensors
 Adaptation to all countries
 Simple use

 Use of intuitive icons

 Online help at all times

Explanations of all the parameters
displayed on screen are always
available
 Multilingual
The online help, menus and information
messages are available in more than
20 languages
Simplicity: direct access

Transients Harmonics Wave forms

Alarms Trend Power values

Explicit screen
Time/date-stamp
Mode and battery status
used

Available curves
and measurements

Cursor data
Curve display filter

Tab for direct

access to other
measurementss
Wave forms
 Display of the wave forms of the voltages
and currents: qualitative view of signal
distortion for voltage or current, or per
phase.
 Comparison of amplitudes and display of
phase shifts between the fundamentals of
each phase, as well as between the
currents and voltages.
 Text summary of the min, max and
average parameters measured

 Verification of correct phase connection by

vectorial display
 Calculation of the shift angles between
phases and of the absolute value
 Unbalance measurement
Power / Energy modes

 Display of the power values and

associated factors (power factor,
displacement power factor and
tangent)

 Possibility of integrating this power

value for energy metering.

 Pictograms distinguishing between

energy consumed and energy
produced.
Harmonics mode
 Bargraph display of the harmonic distortion
levels of the voltages, currents and powers,
order by order up to the 50th order.

 Display of the THD in %, the RMS value and

the phase shift of each harmonic.

 The bars representing the harmonics are

signed. As the QualistarPlus is the receiver,
the positive harmonics are received and the
negative harmonics are transmitted
(pictogram).

 The expert mode allows distinction between

the harmonics inducing a negative, null
(addition in neutral) or positive sequence. It is
then possible to analyse the influence of the
harmonics on heating of the neutral or on
rotating machinery.
 Simultaneous monitoring

Stream recording of the parameters

over very long periods(overvoltages,
drops and interruptions, etc.).

Triggering and capture of events

Monitoring of parameters which do not comply with
predefined characteristics.

Capture of very brief voltage and

current events
Recording mode

 Curve or bargraph display of the various

parameters recorded, as well as the min
and max values as a function of time.
 Verification of mains voltage stability.
 Monitoring of all the parameters over
time.
 Calculation of the energies consumed
and output
 Capacity (example): all the parameters
at one-second intervals for nearly one
month
Alarms mode

 Listing of the 10,000 alarms

recorded according to the
thresholds programmed in the
configuration
 Recording of power cuts from one
half-period to several hours
 Determination of energy
consumption overruns
 Detection of voltage variations on
the network
Transient mode

 Display of wave forms captured

after a transient.
 At 50 Hz, capture of transients
lasting less than 80 µs.
 Display of rapid variations
(interruptions, etc.)

C.A 8335: 210 screens

Inrush current mode
 Analysis of motor start-up: recording
of the curve over a period of more
than one minute at 50 Hz, with start-
up duration and peak values
 Display of the curve in envelope mode
(PEAK)
 Display of each half-period in RMS
mode
 Possibility of multiple zooms until
each period is displayed
 Configuration

 A simple set-up screen, without

nested sub-menus, allows you to
set your instrument's
parameters as required:
 Adjustment of the screen
 Choice of colours for the traces
 Calculation mode for certain
parameters
 Type of electrical installation
 …
Screenshots

 A special key allows users to

save specific screens on the
analyser so that they can recall
and view them later on.

 The screenshot comprises a

.BMP file of the image and the
data for the curves.

C.A 8332B: 8 screens

C.A 8334B: 12 screens
C.A 8335: 50 screens
State at delivery

 The instrument is
delivered in a
carrying bag with:
 3 m measurement leads,
 Crocodile clips,
 A PC connection cable,
 Software for recovering
the data on a PC,
 The operating manuals
Current sensors

Choice of current sensors

according to user requirements

 Different types of current sensors

adapted to the measurement
ranges.

 Automatic recognition of the

sensors
Analysis of the results

 DataView: the software for the

Qualistar

 Recovery and back-up of the

data recorded
 Graphic display of curves and
trends
 Automatic production of
measurement campaign
reports
 Preparation of a measurement
campaign
CA's Qualimetry Offer

C.A 8352

C.A 8340

C.A 8335
C.A 8334B

C.A 8332B

C.A 8230
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Summary…

 Simple

 Compact and portable

 Large storage capacity

 Versatile

 4U / 4I

 Inrush mode

 1,200 V

 Safety