Modular thermal monitoring system
AssigneeTractian Technologies Inc
InventorsPedro Paganini De Mio, João Cadorin Falleiros, Flávio Roberto Bizerra Junior
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Abstract
Systems and methods for thermal monitoring of electrical panels and cabinets. The system comprises sensor nodes and rigid links. The nodes may be modular and configured to connect to one another through the rigid links. The rigid links may be of a predefined length and the physical layout of the nodes may be determined by mapping each node to a coordinate location based on the length of the rigid link and the position and orientation of the starting and ending ports on the nodes being connected. This allows for the generation of coverage maps of the sensors and layouts to be generated without prior knowledge of the node placement.
Claims20
A system for monitoring an electrical panel, the system comprising:
- one or more links, wherein each link comprises a first connector end and a second connector end;
- a master node, wherein the master node comprises:
- a non-contact temperature sensor configured to capture temperature data;
- and
- one or more master connection ports;
- and
- one or more slave nodes, wherein each slave node comprises:
- a non-contact temperature sensor configured to capture temperature data;
- and
- one or more slave connection ports;
- wherein the master node is configured to connect to and communicate with a first level group of nodes, wherein the first level group of nodes comprises one or more of the one or more slave nodes;
- wherein each of the first level group are connected to one or more secondary children nodes, wherein the secondary children nodes comprise one or more slave nodes;
- wherein a controller device, in communication with a server over a network connection, is configured to:
- determine a position for each slave node relative to a position of the master node;
- generate a physical layout map of the one or more slave nodes and the master node;
- receive, from the master node, aggregated temperature data, wherein the aggregated temperature data comprises temperature data from each of the one or more slave nodes and temperature data from the master node;
- map the received aggregated temperature data to the physical layout map;
- analyze the received aggregated temperature data;
- and
- overlay, onto the physical layout map, results of said analysis.
A method for thermal monitoring of an electrical panel, wherein the method comprises:
- installing a modular monitoring device, wherein installing comprises:
- attaching, to an inside surface of a door of the electric panel, a master node and one or more slave nodes wherein the master node comprises:
- a non-contact temperature sensor configured to capture temperature data;
- and
- one or more master connection ports;
- and
- wherein each slave node comprises:
- a non-contact temperature sensor configured to capture temperature data;
- and
- one or more slave connection ports;
- and
- connecting one or more links to the master node and each of the one or more slave nodes, wherein each link comprises a first connector end and a second connector end;
- and
- wherein the master node is configured to connect to and communicate with a first level group of nodes, wherein the first level group of nodes comprises one or more of the one or more slave nodes;
- wherein each of the first level group are connected to one or more secondary children nodes, wherein the secondary children nodes comprise one or more slave nodes;
- wherein a controller device, in communication with a server over a network connection, is configured to:
- determine a position for each slave node relative to a position of the master node;
- generate a physical layout map of the one or more slave nodes and the master node;
- receive, from the master node, aggregated temperature data, wherein the aggregated temperature data comprises temperature data from each of the one or more slave nodes and temperature data from the master node;
- map the received aggregated temperature data to the physical layout map;
- analyze the received aggregated temperature data;
- and
- overlay, onto the physical layout map, results of said analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.