Networked power line parameter analysis method and system
OwnerMichael Gasperi, David Jensen +1inventors
InventorsMichael Gasperi, David Jensen, David Rollay
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining power line parameter of a system. Specifically, there is provided a system for determining comprising a networked device including a voltage perturbation circuit coupled to a voltage source and configured to perturb the waveform of the voltage source, and a voltage measurement circuit coupled to the voltage source and configured to transmit voltage measurements of the waveform over a network and a remote monitoring unit, coupled to the network, and configured to receive the voltage measurements over the network and to calculate an incident energy using the voltage measurements.
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A system for determining power line parameters comprising:
- a networked device including a voltage perturbation circuit coupled to a voltage source and configured to perturb a waveform of the voltage source, and a voltage measurement circuit coupled to the voltage source and configured to transmit voltage measurements of the waveform over a network;
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- a remote monitoring unit, coupled to the network, and configured to receive the voltage measurements over the network and to calculate an incident energy using the voltage measurements.
A method for determining power line parameters comprising:
- measuring a first voltage of an ac waveform applied to an electrical line;
- draining current from the line and measuring a second voltage of the ac waveform during a droop in voltage resulting from the current drain;
- removing the current drain to cause a resonant ring in the voltage in the line;
- measuring a parameter of the resonant ring;
- transmitting the first voltage, the second voltage, and the parameter of the resonant ring across a network;
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- computing the line impedance based upon the transmitted first and second voltages and the transmitted parameter of the resonant ring.
A system for determining power line parameters comprising:
- a first networked device including a voltage perturbation circuit and a voltage measurement circuit, wherein the first networked device is configured to transmit a power line parameter over a network;
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- a second networked device coupled to the network and configured to receive signals representative of the power line parameter.
A system for determining power line parameters comprising:
- a device configured to perturb an ac voltage waveform and measure a characteristic of the perturbed ac waveform;
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- a remote triggering unit, remote from and coupled to the device, wherein the remote triggering unit is configured to initiate perturbation of the ac voltage waveform by the device.
A system for determining power line parameters comprising:
- a motor control center including a voltage perturbation circuit coupled to a voltage source of the motor control center and configured to perturb a waveform of the voltage source, and a voltage measurement circuit coupled to the voltage source and configured to transmit voltage measurements of the waveform over a network;
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- a remote monitoring unit, coupled to the network, and configured to receive the voltage measurements over the network and to calculate an incident energy using the voltage measurements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.