Power Distribution and Monitoring System

• US 20090265041A1
• Filed: 04/17/2009
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daniel E. Benjamin
• Original Assignee: Daniel E. Benjamin
• Inventors: Benjamin, Daniel E.
• Application Number:
  US12/426,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20090265041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/292
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/2513 Arrangements for monitoring electric power systems, e.g. power lines or loads; Logging
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 9/02 electric

Abstract

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided multiple embodiments of systems and methods monitoring a power system. The system and methods provide a robust and comprehensive monitoring system to accurately assess system performance and identify system interference and power failures. The system is designed to capture parameters capable of being monitored in a power distribution system, such as voltage, current, temperature or the like. A basic embodiment of the present invention includes at least one line monitor for measuring electrical parameters on the line side of a power system, a load monitor for measuring electrical parameters from the load side of a power system, a control panel for compiling the data, and a remote server for providing further analysis of the system and monitoring the system in real time.

Claims

1. A power distribution and monitoring system having a source that provides electrical power to a load, comprising:

a switchboard having at least one circuit breaker for interrupting power in a circuit path between a source and a load;

at least one line monitor in electrical communication with the switchboard, for continuously measuring line voltages and line currents on the switchboard;

at least one load monitor in electrical communication with the switchboard, for continuously measuring, storing, and buffering load voltages of the switchboard.

2. The power distribution system of claim 1, wherein the load monitor further includes:

a data input for receiving electrical parameters from the line monitor;

an analog to digital converter for converting the electrical parameters into digital data;

a computer processor being operative to run a software program for performing calculations upon the data; and

a data output being operative to transmit the digital data to a remote server.

3. The power distribution system of claim 1, wherein the line monitor measures phase to phase line voltage and phase to ground line voltage.

4. The power distribution system of claim 2, wherein the load monitor transmits the data to the remote server via a wireless network.

5. The power distribution system of claim 2, wherein the remote server is programmable for running software that monitors the electrical parameters of the system in real time.

6. The power distribution system of claim 1, wherein the load monitor further includes a recorder for recording a system event and system pre event.

7. The power distribution system of claim 6, wherein the recorder is initiated to record the system event and system pre event when the load monitor runs out of memory for a predetermined amount of time.

8. The power distribution system of claim 6, wherein the recorder is initiated to record the system event and system pre event when the load monitor reaches a threshold buffer capacity for a predetermined amount of time.

9. The power distribution system of claim 6, wherein the recorder transmits the system event and system pre event data to the remote server.

10. The power distribution system of claim 1, wherein the source is configured to continuously emit 100,000 amps of current for the line monitor to continuously measure.

11. The power distribution system of claim 10, wherein the remote server is configured to monitor the continuously emitted current in real time.

12. The power distribution system of claim 1, wherein the line monitor includes a hall effect sensor for measuring system currents.

13. The power distribution system of claim 1, wherein the line monitor further includes a magnetoresistor for measuring a reading of the magnetic flux of the power system.

14. The power distribution system of claim 2, wherein the load monitors are configured to transmit data to a remote server synchronously.

15. The power distribution system of claim 14, wherein the load monitor transmits the data to a control panel mounted on the switchboard via a wireless network.

16. The power distribution system of claim 15, wherein the control panel transmits the data to the remote server via the Internet.

17. The power distribution system of claim 1, wherein the line monitors are configured to measure the electrical parameters on the line and load side of the circuit.

18. A method for monitoring a power system, the method comprising the steps of:

a. measuring a plurality of electrical parameters on the line side of the system with at least one line monitor;

b. measuring a plurality of electrical parameters on the load side of system with at least one load monitor;

c. transferring the analog electrical parameters from the line monitor to the load monitor;

d. running a software program stored in the load monitor to perform calculations on the data;

e. transmitting the data from the load monitor to a control panel mounted in a switchboard; and

f. transmitting the data from the control panel to a remote server for remote monitoring of the system in real time.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein step (a) continuously measures the line voltage and current of the system.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein step (b) continuously measures the load voltage of the system.