Method and system for monitoring an electrical power grid
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1. A method for monitoring an in an electrical power grid, comprising:
- in a branch of the electrical power grid;
detecting a fault by one of a plurality of sensors on the branch of the power grid;
determining if the one of the plurality of sensors is upstream from the fault;
provided the one of the plurality of sensors is at a tail end from the fault,sending a fault detected message to an adjacent upstream sensor; and
otherwise,sending a sleep command to an adjacent downstream sensor from the one of the plurality of sensors for suppressing data transmission of the adjacent downstream sensor.
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Abstract
A systems and methods for monitoring an electrical power distribution grid including a plurality of sensor devices forming a sensor wireless network are disclosed. Each sensor device monitors and measures attributes of line current for an associated electrical power distribution line at a selected location. A sensor device detects a fault on the branch of the power grid, determines if the one of the plurality of sensors is at a tail end, sends a fault detected message to an adjacent upstream sensor, or otherwise sends a sleep command to an adjacent downstream sensor from the tail end sensor to disable transmission.
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1. A method for monitoring an in an electrical power grid, comprising:
in a branch of the electrical power grid; detecting a fault by one of a plurality of sensors on the branch of the power grid; determining if the one of the plurality of sensors is upstream from the fault; provided the one of the plurality of sensors is at a tail end from the fault, sending a fault detected message to an adjacent upstream sensor; and otherwise, sending a sleep command to an adjacent downstream sensor from the one of the plurality of sensors for suppressing data transmission of the adjacent downstream sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for monitoring a fault in an electrical power grid, comprising:
a plurality of sensors on the electrical power grid, each sensor including a processor and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, causing the processor to; detect a fault by one of the plurality of sensors on a branch of the power grid; determine if the one of the plurality of sensors is upstream from the fault; provided the one of the plurality of sensors is at a tail end from the fault, send a fault detected message to an adjacent upstream sensor; and otherwise, send a sleep command to an adjacent downstream sensor from the one of the plurality of sensors for suppressing data transmission of the adjacent down-stream sensor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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