Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 6082: An IoT Hardware Platform Architecture for Monitoring Power Grid Systems based on Heterogeneous Multi-Sensors

Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 6082: An IoT Hardware Platform Architecture for Monitoring Power Grid Systems based on Heterogeneous Multi-Sensors Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20216082 Authors: Phuoc Duc Nguyen Hieu Quang Vo Linh Ngoc Le SeokJin Eo LokWon Kim Partial discharge (PD) is a major indicator of various failures in power grid systems. PD exhibits a physical occurrence where a localized electrical discharge happens in insulation materials. This phenomenon causes damage to the insulating parts and, in various circumstances, leads to complete insulation breakdown. As a consequence, it can produce more costly outcomes such as abrupt outages or lost production. Therefore, PD detection plays a vital role in preventing insulation failure. In this work, we propose a system that utilizes heterogeneous sensors for the PD detection along with multi-sensor interface, real-time advanced denoise processing, flexible system operation, and Bluetooth-low-energy (BLE)-based ad hoc communication. Among the variety of heterogeneous sensors, several are developed by the application of nanomaterials and nanotechnology, thus outperforming the regular types. The proposed system successfully identifies the presence of PD from sensor signals using a microprocessor-based processing system and effectively performs an advanced denoising technique based on the wavelet transform through field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA)-based programmable logics. With the development of the system, we aim to ...
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