Design of a Wireless Sensor Module for Monitoring Conductor Galloping of Transmission Lines

Conductor galloping may cause flashovers and even tower collapses. The available conductor galloping monitoring methods often employ acceleration sensors to measure the conductor translations without considering the conductor twist. In this paper, a new sensor for monitoring conductor galloping of t...

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Main Authors:	Xinbo Huang, Long Zhao, Guimin Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:	Sensors
Subjects:	wireless sensor module transmission lines conductor galloping inertial measurement unit
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/10/1657

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spelling	doaj-95bb7bb68da84107a3bd940df4dcaf992020-11-25T00:50:09ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202016-10-011610165710.3390/s16101657s16101657Design of a Wireless Sensor Module for Monitoring Conductor Galloping of Transmission LinesXinbo Huang0Long Zhao1Guimin Chen2School of Electronics Information, Xi’an Polytechnic University, Xi’an 710048, ChinaSchool of Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710070, ChinaSchool of Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710070, ChinaConductor galloping may cause flashovers and even tower collapses. The available conductor galloping monitoring methods often employ acceleration sensors to measure the conductor translations without considering the conductor twist. In this paper, a new sensor for monitoring conductor galloping of transmission lines based on an inertial measurement unit and wireless communication is proposed. An inertial measurement unit is used for collecting the accelerations and angular rates of a conductor, which are further transformed into the corresponding geographic coordinate frame using a quaternion transformation to reconstruct the galloping of the conductor. Both the hardware design and the software design are described in details. The corresponding test platforms are established, and the experiments show the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed monitoring sensor. The field operation of the proposed sensor in a conductor spanning 734 m also shows its effectiveness.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/10/1657wireless sensor moduletransmission linesconductor gallopinginertial measurement unit
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title	Design of a Wireless Sensor Module for Monitoring Conductor Galloping of Transmission Lines
title_short	Design of a Wireless Sensor Module for Monitoring Conductor Galloping of Transmission Lines
title_full	Design of a Wireless Sensor Module for Monitoring Conductor Galloping of Transmission Lines
title_fullStr	Design of a Wireless Sensor Module for Monitoring Conductor Galloping of Transmission Lines
title_full_unstemmed	Design of a Wireless Sensor Module for Monitoring Conductor Galloping of Transmission Lines
title_sort	design of a wireless sensor module for monitoring conductor galloping of transmission lines
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Sensors
issn	1424-8220
publishDate	2016-10-01
description	Conductor galloping may cause flashovers and even tower collapses. The available conductor galloping monitoring methods often employ acceleration sensors to measure the conductor translations without considering the conductor twist. In this paper, a new sensor for monitoring conductor galloping of transmission lines based on an inertial measurement unit and wireless communication is proposed. An inertial measurement unit is used for collecting the accelerations and angular rates of a conductor, which are further transformed into the corresponding geographic coordinate frame using a quaternion transformation to reconstruct the galloping of the conductor. Both the hardware design and the software design are described in details. The corresponding test platforms are established, and the experiments show the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed monitoring sensor. The field operation of the proposed sensor in a conductor spanning 734 m also shows its effectiveness.
topic	wireless sensor module transmission lines conductor galloping inertial measurement unit
url	http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/10/1657
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Design of a Wireless Sensor Module for Monitoring Conductor Galloping of Transmission Lines

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