POWER POLE SYSTEM

• Main Authors: Tran, Viet Quoc, Kaushik, Vibhu, Pham, Bryan, Palma, James
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.11.2020
• Subjects: ALARM SYSTEMS; BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERATION; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; MASTS; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE; MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; TESTING; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

An energy transmission system comprising a pole, at least one wire, a sensing system coupled to the pole for monitoring pole temperature, dynamic pole loading, external impact on the pole, vibration of the pole, and wires that are downed, at least one line sensor coupled to the wire and at least one powered data integrator. The sensing system comprises at least one dynamic pole loading sensor and a three-dimensional accelerometer. The dynamic pole loading sensor can be coupled to the lower portion of the pole above ground level but not more than 10 feet above ground level. Optionally there are two dynamic pole loading sensors, the first sensor having a longitudinal axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the pole, and the second sensor having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pole.