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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Gary W. Atkinson, Freehold, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 35/02 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); G01W 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/027 (2013.01); G01R 35/02 (2013.01); G08C 17/00 (2013.01); G01W 1/10 (2013.01); H02J 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illustrative method of evaluating a condition of a plurality of transformers that are located remotely from each other, includes: obtaining an ambient temperature for respective sites of the transformers at a plurality of times during a period; determining respective loading at the transformers at the plurality of times; and determining respective aging rates of the transformers during the period based on the respective ambient temperatures and loadings.