Energy evaluation goes wireless

Author

Lu, Bin ; Habetler, Thomas G. ; Harley, Ronald G. ; Gutiérrez, José A. ; Durocher, David B.

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

2007

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

23

Abstract

In this article, a closed-loop industrial plant energy evaluation and planning system with a WSN architecture has been proposed. This system eliminates the costs associated with the installation and maintenance of communication cables. The scheme outlined has been implemented in a simplified prototype WSN system, and its industrial feasibility has been verified by the experimental results. The main contributions of this system lie in its nonintrusive, intelligent, and low-cost nature. The efficiency and operating cost of the plant are estimated nonintrusively. The use of speed and torque transducers is eliminated. The motor´s normal operation is not impeded. The deployment of a WSN makes high-level intelligent power management feasible

Keywords

costing; industrial power systems; planning; power consumption; power system measurement; wireless sensor networks; WSN architecture; closed-loop industrial plant; energy evaluation; intelligent power management; operating cost estimation; planning; wireless sensor network; Communication cables; Costs; Energy management; Impedance; Industrial plants; Power system management; Prototypes; Torque; Transducers; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIA.2007.322256

Filename

4117394