Computer vision-guided robotic system for electrical power lines maintenance

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Tremblay ◽  
T. Laliberte ◽  
Regis Houde ◽  
Michel Pelletier ◽  
Clement M. Gosselin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Robotic System ◽  
Power Lines

scholarly journals Problems of Remote Temperature Measurement of Small Objects of Electricity Power Systems—On the Example of Lashing Clamps of Bridge Connections on High Voltage Poles

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 5041
Author(s):  
Waldemar Minkina
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Electricity Power ◽  
Infrared Cameras ◽  
Bridge Connections

The article presents problems occurring during remote temperature measurement of lashing clamps of bridge connections on high voltage poles using thermal imaging cameras. The basic metrological parameters of thermal imaging cameras are described. On this basis, typical errors made during the inspection of high voltage lines supplying power substations are presented using infrared cameras. Researching the possible solutions for the problems of remote temperature measurement of small objects of electricity power systems—on the example of lashing clamps of bridge connections on high voltage poles in the proposed paper and showing the basic metrological aspects and parameters of thermal imaging cameras are important because, in this way, it is observed to eliminate costly interruptions in the supply of electricity associated with the breaking of power lines. Small objects are quite difficult to be controlled and monitored on large grids and on large powerline poles; thus, it is very challenging to interpret the data offered by thermograms. The problem of remote temperature measurement of small objects in electrical power engineering is very important from the point of view of the quality and reliability of electricity supply. Obtaining early warning information about the occurrence of overheating, e.g., on lashing clamps of bridge connections, is very important, as it eliminates costly interruptions in the supply of electricity associated with the breaking of power lines supplying high voltage switchgears or substations.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Effects of the Arc Fault Resistance and Transient Resistance on the Overcurrent Ground Relay Protection Setting in Medium Voltage Electrical Power Lines

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Plamen Antonov Stanchev ◽  
Mediha Enver Mehmed-Hamza
Keyword(s):  
Power Transformer ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Relay Protection ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Medium Voltage ◽  
Fault Resistance ◽  
Ground Fault ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Transient Voltages

In the medium voltage electrical power lines, the most common fault is the phase to ground fault. The determining factors for selection of the neutral grounding mode of the medium voltage electrical power lines are the selectivity of the relay protection, the transient voltages during phase to ground fault, the magnitude of the fault currents, etc. The paper studies the influence of the transient resistance of phase to ground fault on the selectivity and sensitivity of the earth fault protection when the neutral of the power transformer is grounded through active resistance in medium voltage power grids.

scholarly journals DISTÂNCIA DA REDE ELÉTRICA QUE VIABILIZA O USO DE MOTORES DIESEL EM ÁREAS IRRIGADAS DO BRASIL

Irriga ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Otávio Câmara Monteiro ◽  
Priscylla Ferraz ◽  
Rubens Duarte Coelho ◽  
Ronaldo Antônio do Santos
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Electric Motors ◽  
Irrigation Systems ◽  
Diesel Motors ◽  
The One ◽  
Agricultural Areas

DISTÂNCIA DA REDE ELÉTRICA QUE VIABILIZA O USO DE MOTORES DIESEL EM ÁREAS IRRIGADAS DO BRASIL  Rodrigo Otávio Câmara Monteiro; Priscylla Ferraz; Rubens Duarte Coelho; Ronaldo Antônio do SantosEscola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP [email protected]  1 RESUMO             Na maioria das regiões do país, a energia elétrica aparece como a alternativa, economicamente mais viável, no acionamento de bombas em áreas irrigadas, o que justifica seu uso por aproximadamente 70% dos irrigantes. No entanto, em determinadas situações, não se dispõe, nas proximidades, de rede elétrica, o que passa a viabilizar o uso de motores diesel. Este trabalho, portanto, propôs a análise dos custos horários de bombeamento com a operação de motores diesel e elétricos nas 5 regiões do Brasil. Considerou-se as composições tarifárias verde, azul e convencional, período de irrigação de 2, 4, 6 e 8 meses por ano e operação no horário de ponta e fora de ponta. Para essa avaliação, foi considerado um motor diesel e elétrico, de potência comercial de 50 cv. O ponto de equilíbrio entre motor elétrico e diesel foi determinado pela distância da rede de energia elétrica até o local de consumo. A viabilidade de utilização dos motores diesel em relação ao acionamento de motores elétricos foi encontrada a partir de distâncias da rede de transmissão elétrica de1,32 a8,71 km, sendo a primeira a condição mais atrativa, encontrada na região Sudeste, com 2 meses/ano de irrigação, na tarifa convencional. UNITERMOS: Energia elétrica, irrigação, custo de bombeamento  MONTEIRO, R. O. C.; FERRAZ, P.; COELHO, R. D.; SANTOS, R.A. do. VIABILITY OF DIESEL MOTOR USE IN IRRIGATED AREAS OF BRAZIL DUE TO DISTANCE FROM ELECTRIC POWER LINES  2 ABSTRACT In most agricultural areas ofBrazil, electric power seems to be the most feasible economic alternate methods for the functioning of pumps in irrigated areas, therefore 70%  of irrigation systems use it. However, the viability of electric power lines is restricted to only one part of rural areas, making it necessary the implementation of diesel engines as a source of electrical power for water management. The aim of this study was to investigate the viability of the use of electric energy and diesel motors.  For this study, an electric motor and a diesel one, both of 50HP potency, were evaluated, taking into consideration the following variables: tax composition, areas of the country and number of operation hours per year. The viability of the diesel engine use in relation to implantation of electric motors was determined from  distances that ranged from1.32 kmup to8.71 kmbetween the consumption place and the electric power lines. The most favorable condition is the one found in  the southeast of the country: 2 irrigation months/year.KEYWORDS: Electric energy, irrigation, pump costs 

A ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR PCBS INSPECTION BASED ON COMPUTER VISION AND MOBILE PROBES

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-176
Author(s):  
J. Gómez ◽  
J. Gámez ◽  
A.G. González ◽  
L. Nieto ◽  
S. Satorres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Robotic System

Computer Vision for Learning to Interact Socially with Humans

2013 ◽  
pp. 231-256
Author(s):  
Renato Ramos da Silva ◽  
Roseli Aparecida Francelin Romero
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Robotic System ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Shared Attention ◽  
Learning Mechanism ◽  
Active Mechanism ◽  
Robotic Architecture ◽  
Social Robotic

Computer vision is essential to develop a social robotic system capable to interact with humans. It is responsible to extract and represent the information around the robot. Furthermore, a learning mechanism, to select correctly an action to be executed in the environment, pro-active mechanism, to engage in an interaction, and voice mechanism, are indispensable to develop a social robot. All these mechanisms together provide a robot emulate some human behavior, like shared attention. Then, this chapter presents a robotic architecture that is composed with such mechanisms to make possible interactions between a robotic head with a caregiver, through of the shared attention learning with identification of some objects.

scholarly journals The impact of power lines on phytocenoses of the regional reserve “Uporovsky”, Tyumen Region, Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 07030
Author(s):  
Elena Popova
Keyword(s):  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Power Line ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Right Of Way ◽  
Synanthropization Index ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

The article reflects the results of anthropogenic impact on phytocenoses of the territory of the Uporovsky regional nature reserve (Uporovsky district, Tyumen region, Russia). On the territory of the Uporovsky regional nature reserve (Uporovsky district, Tyumen region) there is a 110 kV electrical power transmission line (power line) which has the length of 8 kilometers and the right-of-way width of about 30 meters. This power line is undoubtedly the main source of anthropogenic electromagnetic radiation in this area. The degree of participation of individual species in the herbage was determined by taking into account their relative abundance. When exposed to the power lines in the right-of-way area, flora biodiversity decreases due to the loss of a number of species. The effect of electromagnetic fields causes transformation of the vegetation cover, synanthropization and the subsequent complete destruction of natural vegetation. To determine the degree of anthropogenic load on the studied phytocenoses, the synanthropization index is determined. In the synanthropic fraction of the flora, 30 species belonging to 12 families were identified. The synanthropization index of the studied phytocenoses ranges from 6.6% to 81.2%. The largest number of synanthropic species is observed in the anthropogenic area.

High-Ampacity Overhead Power Lines With Carbon Nanostructure–Epoxy Composites

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. N. Ranjith Kumar ◽  
S. Kumar ◽  
G. Pal ◽  
Tushar Shah
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Carbon Nanostructure ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Core Diameter ◽  
Overhead Power Lines

Design of high-performance power lines with advanced materials is indispensable to effectively eliminate losses in electrical power transmission and distribution (T&D) lines. In this study, aluminum conductor composite core with carbon nanostructure (ACCC–CNS) coating in a multilayered architecture is considered as a novel design alternative to conventional aluminum conductor steel-reinforced (ACSR) transmission line. In the multiphysics approach presented herein, first, electrothermal finite element analysis (FEA) of the ACSR line is performed to obtain its steady-state temperature for a given current. Subsequently, the sag of the ACSR line due to self-weight and thermal expansion is determined by performing thermostructural analysis employing an analytical model. The results are then verified with those obtained from the FEA of the ACSR line. The electrothermal finite element (FE) model and the thermostructural analytical model are then extended to the ACCC–CNS line. The results indicate that the ACCC–CNS line has higher current-carrying capacity (CCC) and lower sag compared to those of the ACSR line. Motivated by the improved performance of the ACCC–CNS line, a systematic parametric study is conducted in order to determine the optimum ampacity, core diameter, and span length. The findings of this study would provide insights into the optimal design of high-performance overhead power lines.

scholarly journals A Measurement and Power Line Communication System Design for Renewable Smart Grids

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 248-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kabalci ◽  
Y. Kabalci
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grids ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Power Line ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Power Line Communication ◽  
Monitoring Costs ◽  
Additional Monitoring

Abstract The data communication over the electric power lines can be managed easily and economically since the grid connections are already spread around all over the world. This paper investigates the applicability of Power Line Communication (PLC) in an energy generation system that is based on photovoltaic (PV) panels with the modeling study in Matlab/Simulink. The Simulink model covers the designed PV panels, boost converter with Perturb and Observe (P&O) control algorithm, full bridge inverter, and the binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modem that is utilized to transfer the measured data over the power lines. This study proposes a novel method to use the electrical power lines not only for carrying the line voltage but also to transmit the measurements of the renewable energy generation plants. Hence, it is aimed at minimizing the additional monitoring costs such as SCADA, Ethernet-based or GSM based systems by using the proposed technique. Although this study is performed with solar power plants, the proposed model can be applied to other renewable generation systems. Consequently, the usage of the proposed technique instead of SCADA or Ethernet-based systems eliminates additional monitoring costs.

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