Overhead power line sensor
AssigneeSentient Technology Holdings, LLC
InventorDennis Allen Saxby
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Abstract
A power distribution monitoring system is provided that can include a number of features. The system can include a plurality of power line sensing devices configured to attach to individual conductors on a power grid distribution network. The sensing devices can be configured to measure and monitor, among other things, current values and waveforms, phase voltage, conductor current, phase-to-phase voltage, conductor temperatures, ambient temperatures, vibration, wind speed and monitoring device system diagnostics. Methods of installing and protecting the system are also discussed.
Claims22
A power line monitoring system, comprising:
- a first voltage divider element configured to be attached to a first conductor;
- a second voltage divider element configured to be attached to a second conductor;
- a wire connected to the first voltage divider element and the second voltage divider element, the wire having a variable length to adjust a distance between the first voltage divider element and the second voltage divider element;
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- a processor electrically coupled to the first voltage divider element and the second voltage divider element, the processor being configured to monitor a voltage of the first and second conductors.
A power line monitoring system, comprising:
- a voltage divider configured to be attached to a first conductor and a second conductor, the voltage divider comprising:
- a first conductive shell configured to be positioned around the first conductor;
- a first voltage divider element configured to be attached to the first conductor;
- a second conductive shell configured to be positioned around the second conductor;
- a second voltage divider element configured to be attached to the second conductor;
- a wire connected to the first voltage divider element and the second voltage divider element, the wire having a variable length to adjust a distance between the first voltage divider element and the second voltage divider element;
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- a processor electrically coupled to the first voltage divider element and the second voltage divider element, the processor being configured to monitor a voltage of the first and second conductors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.