Pioneer Design of Non-contact Synchronized Measurement Devices Using Electric and Magnetic Field Sensors

Journal Article · 10 April 2017 · IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2017.2692726· OSTI ID:1425728

Yao, Wenxuan ^[1]; Zhang, Yingchen ^[2]; Liu, Yong ^[2]; Till, Micah J. ^[2]; Liu, Yilu ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Here, traditional synchrophasors rely on CTs and PTs physically connected to transmission lines or buses to acquire input signals for phasor measurement. However, it is challenging to install and maintain traditional phasor measurement units in some remote areas due to lack of facilities. Since transmission lines naturally generate alternating electrical and magnetic fields in the surrounding atmosphere, this paper presents two innovative designs for non-contact synchronized measurement devices (NCSMD), including an electric field sensor based non-contact SMD (E-NCSMD) and a magnetic field sensor based non-contact SMD (M-NCSMD). Compared with conventional synchrophasors, E-NCSMD and M-NCSMD are much more flexible to be deployed and have much lower costs, making E-NCSMDs and M-NCSMD highly accessible and useful for a wide array of phasor measurement applications. Laboratory and field experiment results verified the effectiveness of the designs of both E-NCSMD and M-NCSMD.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725; AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1425728
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1561672
• Report Number(s): NREL/JA--5D00-68475
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 9; ISSN 1949-3053
• Publisher: IEEE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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