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US 2024/0201042 A1Published application
Methods and systems for predicting conductor health
AssigneeLindsey Manufacturing Company
InventorRyan Bliss
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Abstract
Embodiments of the application relate to methods and systems for monitoring and predicting a conductor's health using original manufacturer conductor specifications (1), in-use conductor clearance (6), in-use conductor temperature (5), and perhaps even in-use conductor tilt (15) to calibrate a conductor health model and continuing to recalibrate a conductor health model throughout the life of a conductor.
Claims44
A method for monitoring and predicting power line conductor health comprising the steps of:
- providing original manufacturer conductor specifications for a conductor;
- installing said conductor in a power line system;
- preparing an initially designed conductor health model using said original manufacturer conductor specifications;
- continually measuring an in-use temperature and an in-use clearance of said conductor after installation to provide in-use conductor health data;
- calculating a creep of said conductor from said in-use conductor health data;
- calibrating said initially designed conductor health model with said in-use conductor health data to provide a calibrated conductor health model;
- evaluating a strength of a conductor based on said calibrated conductor health model;
- and
- predicting the remaining strength of said conductor.
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A system for monitoring and predicting power line conductor health comprising:
- an initially designed conductor health model using original manufacturer conductor specifications for a conductor in a power line system;
- continual in-use temperature and an in-use clearance measurement data of said conductor after installation;
- a calibrated conductor health model based on said initially designed conductor health model calibrated with said continual in-use temperature and an in-use clearance measurement data;
- a conductor strength based on said calibrated conductor health model;
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- a predicted remaining strength of said conductor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.