Remote monitoring system

Smith, Robert F.; Wills, IV, Charles J.; Breese, Duncan C.; Alex, Paul A.

Title: Remote monitoring system

Patent · Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2020

OSTI ID:1637770

Smith, Robert F.; Wills, IV, Charles J.; Breese, Duncan C.; Alex, Paul A.

A remote monitoring system for monitoring parameters of an underground asset, such as an electric cable system, a pipeline serving as a conduit for water, gas, oil, sewage, or the like. Parameter detectors, such as sensors that measure temperature, voltage, current, moisture, etc., are distributed along the asset to provide electrical signals that represent respective monitored parameters of the asset. An underground hub disposed in an underground vault, or manhole, through which the asset passes is coupled to the parameter detectors to acquire the signals provided by the parameter detectors. The hub includes a controller to provide data derived from the acquired signals, the data being transmitted to a remote central location by a transceiver, or modem, via LP-WAN communication. Signals from the transceiver are transmitted directly from underground.

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Research Organization:: Underground Systems, Inc., Bethel, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: SC0004280

Assignee:: Underground Systems, Inc. (Bethel, CT)

Patent Number(s):: 10,607,475

Application Number:: 16/360,256

OSTI ID:: 1637770

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 03/21/2019

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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