SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REMOTE MONITORING OF VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION DEVICES

• US 20070156291A1
• Filed: 03/16/2007
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Power Monitors, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Power Monitors, Inc.
• Inventors: Curt, Walter, Shomo, Glen, Mullins, Chris, Bruffy, Wayne
• Application Number:
  US11/687,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20070156291A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/286
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/2513 Arrangements for monitoring electric power systems, e.g. power lines or loads; Logging

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for providing remote monitoring of a power device. In architecture, the system includes a service device that includes a transceiver circuitry to receive information of a power condition from the power device, and a computation circuitry to compute an electrical value for the power device. In addition, the service device includes a display circuitry that displays the computed electrical value in conjunction with operational parameters of the power device. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for providing remote monitoring of a power device. The method operates by detecting a power condition of the power device, and computing an electrical value for the power device. The electrical value computed in conjunction with the operational parameters is then displayed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a power condition of a power device;

computing an electrical value for the power device;

receiving a request from a service device, the service device being located remotely from the power device, to adjust a system parameter; and

causing the system parameter to be adjusted.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

formatting and displaying the electrical value describing the power condition of the power device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

sending the request to adjust the system parameter to a monitoring device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computed electrical value is selected from the group consisting of waveform values, RMS voltage, current, real power, apparent power, harmonics, phase angle, reactive power, power factor, displaced power factor, total harmonic distortion, total power quantities, total real power, reactive power, total power factors, phase angles, cycle histograms, cycle event changes, flicker, abnormal voltages, power outages, power device parameters, stray voltages, logs, current device status, set up parameters, calibration data, temperature, humidity, pressure, smoke content, security status, transformer temperature, oil level, and status.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

acquiring a plurality of set points of the power device; and

wherein the electrical value is computed in relation to the plurality of set points of the power device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of:

computing a power device operating region with the plurality of set points of the power device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

determining a power device operating status from the power condition of the power device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of:

providing a control instruction to command a monitoring device to provide a requested data.

19. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to send the request to adjust the system parameter to a monitoring device.

20. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computed electrical value is selected from the group consisting of waveform values, RMS voltage, current, real power, apparent power, harmonics, phase angle, reactive power, power factor, displaced power factor, total harmonic distortion, total power quantities, total real power, reactive power, total power factors, phase angles, cycle histograms, cycle event changes, flicker, abnormal voltages, power outages, power device parameters, stray voltages, logs, current device status, set up parameters, calibration data, temperature, humidity, pressure, smoke content, security status, transformer temperature, oil level, and status.

9. A system comprising:

a service device further comprising a transceiver circuitry that receives information of a power condition from a power device, the service device being located remotely from the power device; and

a computation circuitry to compute an electrical value for the power device, the transceiver circuitry being configured to cause the service device to adjust a system parameter in part by transmitting a request.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the computation circuitry further comprises:

a format circuitry that formats the electrical value for display by a display circuitry.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the computation circuitry further comprises:

a data input circuitry that receives a command from a user to adjust the system parameter in a monitoring device.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the computed electrical value is selected from the group consisting of waveform values, RMS voltage, current, real power, apparent power, harmonics, phase angle, reactive power, power factor, displaced power factor, total harmonic distortion, total power quantities, total real power, reactive power, total power factors, phase angles, cycle histograms, cycle event changes, flicker, abnormal voltages, power outages, power device parameters, stray voltages, logs, current device status, set up parameters, calibration data, temperature, humidity, pressure, smoke content, security status, transformer temperature, oil level, and status.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the transceiver acquires a plurality of set points of the power device;

and wherein the computation circuitry computes the electrical value in relation to the plurality of set points of the power device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the computation circuitry computes an operating region of the power device with the plurality of set points.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the computation circuitry determines a power device operating status from the power condition of the power device.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the transceiver sends a control instruction to command the power device to provide a requested data.

17. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to monitor and control a power device, said computer program product comprising;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to detect a power condition of the power device;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to compute an electrical value for the power device;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to receive a request from a service device, the service device being located remotely from the power device, to adjust a system parameter; and

causing the system parameter to be adjusted.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to format and display the electrical value describing the power condition of the power device.