The analysis of voltage and current waveforms is important for estimating the quality of the electric power system. In this paper we propose a non-invasive approach for measuring the voltage waveform of conductive elements such as wires or cables. This non-intrusive sensor does not require any electrical contact to the mains electricity, which makes the measurement much safer and easy. The voltage is measured by exploiting coupling-capacitance elements. With this approach, the harmonic content and the amplitude of the voltage signal is evaluated and transmitted. We also present a wireless sensor network designed to implement the proposed non-invasive voltage measurement method. Each node features a low-power, 32-bit microcontroller and a wireless transceiver to send data via the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. Finally, we compare the proposed non-intrusive method with measurements using the direct access to the wire and we demonstrate that we achieve high accuracy with a maximum error lower than 1%.
A new non-invasive voltage measurement method for wireless analysis of electrical parameters and power quality2013 IEEE SENSORS
BALSAMO, DOMENICO;PORCARELLI, DANILO;BENINI, LUCA;Brunelli Davide
2013
Abstract
The analysis of voltage and current waveforms is important for estimating the quality of the electric power system. In this paper we propose a non-invasive approach for measuring the voltage waveform of conductive elements such as wires or cables. This non-intrusive sensor does not require any electrical contact to the mains electricity, which makes the measurement much safer and easy. The voltage is measured by exploiting coupling-capacitance elements. With this approach, the harmonic content and the amplitude of the voltage signal is evaluated and transmitted. We also present a wireless sensor network designed to implement the proposed non-invasive voltage measurement method. Each node features a low-power, 32-bit microcontroller and a wireless transceiver to send data via the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. Finally, we compare the proposed non-intrusive method with measurements using the direct access to the wire and we demonstrate that we achieve high accuracy with a maximum error lower than 1%.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
