Exacter, Inc.

The University of Akron

John Lauletta

John Beal

David S Ellis

Larry Anderson

Yilmaz Sozer

Jose Alexis De Abreu-Garcia

John W Beal

System and method for monitoring the condition of electricity conductor support systems, i.e. towers, in a power network distribution system employing a tower structure integrity sensor assemblage. The system allows for identifying particular portions of a structural system for maintenance attention. The tower sensors allow identification of structural failures of electricity transmission towers.

System and method for condition monitoring of electricity transmission structures

System and method for detecting partial discharge arcing phenomena in a power network distribution system which employs a mobile receiving assemblage including a wideband antenna, a computer controllable wideband radio receiver deriving an amplitude detected output and a global positioning system providing system position data. The amplitude detected outputs are digitized and treated with a digital signal processor based analysis including fast Fourier transforms extracting narrowband signal frequencies that are harmonically related to the network fundamental frequency. The narrowband signal frequencies are analyzed for peak amplitudes which are summed to derive maintenance merit values related to the arcing phenomena.

System and method for locating and analyzing arcing phenomena

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Hudson, OH, United States of America

John Lauletta