Monitoring system for electrical equipment failure and method
AssigneeScadata, Inc.
InventorsKEVIN STOCK, JOE AHDEL
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Abstract
A computerized monitoring system and method for detecting electrical equipment failure. The system includes a sensor that detects a sound level representative of ultrasonic emissions radiating from electrical equipment to be monitored. A computer system in communication with the sensor is programmed to determine whether the electrical equipment is experiencing one or more of arcing, tracking, or corona based on the sound level detected by the sensor. In some embodiments, the computer system continuously monitors for these conditions based on the sound level detected by the sensor.
Claims15
A computerized method of monitoring for electrical equipment failure, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a threshold sound level based on a sensor mounted on an internal side of a door or wall of an electrical cabinet having electrical equipment to be monitored, wherein the threshold sound level is configured to detect one or more of arcing, tracking, or corona of electrical equipment to be monitored;
- querying the sensor to determine a current sound level;
- determining whether the current sound level exceeds the threshold sound level;
- and
- sending an alert message responsive to a determination that the current sound level exceeds the threshold sound level.
A computerized method of monitoring for electrical equipment failure, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying on a graphical user interface on a computer a plurality of objects that each represent a sensor mounted on an internal side of a door or wall of an electrical cabinet having electrical equipment to be monitored;
- establishing a threshold sound level using the sensors, wherein the threshold sound level is configured to detect one or more of arcing, tracking, or corona of electrical equipment to be monitored;
- querying one or more of the sensors to determine a current sound level;
- determining whether the current sound level exceeds the threshold sound level;
- and
- in response to the current sound level exceeding the threshold sound level, indicating in the graphical user interface which sensor exceeded the threshold sound level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.