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Real-Time Power Line Rating

  • US 20100114392A1
  • Filed: 11/05/2009
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing a real-time power line rating, the system comprising:

  • a sensor device configured to collect sensor data, the sensor data corresponding to a conductor of a power line and corresponding to weather conditions at a location of the sensor device on the power line; and

    a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system configured to;

    receive the sensor data from the sensor device, andcalculate a dynamic ampacity for the power line based on a heat-storage capacity of the conductor, the heat-storage capacity being determined from the sensor data.

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