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US 8,786,292 B2Granted
Power conductor monitoring device and method of calibration
AssigneeSentient Energy, Inc.
InventorMark A. Parsons
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AssigneeSentient Energy, Inc.
InventorMark A. Parsons
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A power distribution monitoring system is provided that can include a number of features. The system can include a plurality of monitoring devices configured to attach to individual conductors on a power grid distribution network. In some embodiments, a monitoring device is disposed on each conductor of a three-phase network. The monitoring devices can be configured to measure and monitor, among other things, current and electric-field on the conductors. Methods of calibrating the monitoring devices to accurately measure electric-field are also provided. In one embodiment, a first monitoring device on a first conductor can transmit a calibration pulse to a second monitoring device on a second conductor. The second monitoring device can determine a degradation of the calibration pulse, and use that degradation to calibrate electric-field measurements around the conductor.
A method of monitoring a power grid distribution network, comprising:
A power distribution network monitoring system, comprising:
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