Coupling point temperature and current measuring system
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1. A temperature and current measuring system for detecting insecure coupling points in an electrical generation and distribution system, comprising:
- a monitoring device, including a main processing unit that uses a parallel processor, a power supply unit and a transmission/reception module; and
at least one measuring device, including a main control unit, a transmission/reception module, a temperature sensor, a current measuring unit and a power unit for measuring temperature and current at coupling points of an electrical distribution network, said temperature sensor being in physical contact with insulation surrounding a junction point;
wherein said monitoring device receives data concerning the parameters from at least one measuring device remotely through radio waves transmitted between a transmission/reception module in each of the monitoring device and each measuring device;
wherein said main processing unit of said monitoring device processes received data from at least one measuring device to derive prognostic information and diagnostic information for a specific coupling point.
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Abstract
A system for measuring temperature and current at coupling points in an electric distribution network. A monitor device is connected to a series of measuring devices using radio waves. The monitor device sequentially interrogates measuring devices to determine the temperature and current of each one. The measuring devices include a core surrounding the conductor which provides power by induction to each measuring device and also provides a measure of the current. A temperature sensor connected to the core provides the temperature measurement.
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1. A temperature and current measuring system for detecting insecure coupling points in an electrical generation and distribution system, comprising:
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a monitoring device, including a main processing unit that uses a parallel processor, a power supply unit and a transmission/reception module; and at least one measuring device, including a main control unit, a transmission/reception module, a temperature sensor, a current measuring unit and a power unit for measuring temperature and current at coupling points of an electrical distribution network, said temperature sensor being in physical contact with insulation surrounding a junction point; wherein said monitoring device receives data concerning the parameters from at least one measuring device remotely through radio waves transmitted between a transmission/reception module in each of the monitoring device and each measuring device; wherein said main processing unit of said monitoring device processes received data from at least one measuring device to derive prognostic information and diagnostic information for a specific coupling point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A measuring device for determining temperature and current at a coupling point, comprising:
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a transmission/reception module; a temperature sensor being in physical contact with insulation surrounding a junction point for detecting growing heat of an insecure coupling point of said coupling point; a power unit, including a core which surrounds a power line with a minimum 10 amp current flow, so as to induce an AC current in said core to provide power to said measuring device, for inductively receiving alternating current from a power line at said coupling point for providing power to said measuring device; and a current measuring unit for detecting current in said power line using inductive coupling; said transmission/reception module sending data concerning temperature and current by radio waves to a second transmission/reception module in a monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for measuring temperature and current at a coupling point of an electrical distribution network, comprising:
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a monitoring device having a processing unit including a parallel processor with a display and keypad, a transmission/reception module that establishes a conjugated pairing of transmission power to the monitoring device and a power supply unit; a plurality of measuring devices, each including a control unit, a transmission/reception module, a temperature sensor being in physical contact with insulation surrounding the junction point for measuring a growing heat at the coupling point, a power unit, including a core which surrounds a power line with a minimum of 10 amp current flow so as to induce an AC current in said core to provide power to said measuring device, for inductively receiving current from a power line at said coupling point, and a current measuring unit for detecting current in said power line; said monitoring device receiving temperature and current data about said coupling point from a corresponding measuring device by connecting said transmission/reception module of the monitoring device with said transmission/reception module of said measuring device using radio waves; wherein, when data is desired from a coupling point, the measuring device is identified by the keypad and the transmission/reception module of the monitoring device sends a request to the transmission/reception module of the identified measuring device, temperature and current data is retrieved and transmitted back to the monitoring device; wherein the processing unit of the monitoring unit processes received data from at least one measuring device to derive prognostic information and diagnostic information for a specific coupling point. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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