Alternative Power Sources for Autonomous Sensors in High Voltage Plant

Author

Zhu, M. ; Baker, P.C. ; Roscoe, N.M. ; Judd, M.D. ; Fitch, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

May 31 2009-June 3 2009

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

40

Abstract

Enhanced condition monitoring of the electric grid infrastructure could be achieved by adding more sensors to track the plant health more accurately. However, the installation or operating costs of any additional sensors could outweigh the benefits they bring due to the requirements for new cabling or battery maintenance. High voltage plant, such as substation, contains several potential energy sources. Harvesting the energy from ambient sources to power sensors could support a move towards autonomous wireless condition monitoring sensors while reduced the overall cost of owning and operating an enhanced condition monitoring system. This paper reviews the potential sources of power that may be used to supply autonomous sensor nodes.

Keywords

condition monitoring; electric sensing devices; energy harvesting; energy resources; power supplies to apparatus; substations; alternative power sources; autonomous wireless condition monitoring; condition monitoring; condition monitoring sensors; electric grid infrastructure; energy harvesting; high voltage plant; potential energy sources; Batteries; Condition monitoring; Costs; Energy consumption; Magnetic sensors; Sensor systems; Substations; Temperature sensors; Voltage; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation Conference, 2009. EIC 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3915-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3917-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EIC.2009.5166321

Filename

5166321