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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Applicant:
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/16 (2006.01); G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01L 1/24 (2006.01); H02G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/161 (2013.01); G01B 9/0209 (2013.01); G01L 1/242 (2013.01); H02G 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and method for determining real-time sag and shape information of an electrical power line based on strain distribution along a length of an optical fiber associated with the power line. An embedded fiber coupled to an overhead transmission line measures strain using the backscatter of an optical signal, the optical signal is then interrogated using an interferometer.