G01R21/002

Capacitive non-contact voltage sensing method and apparatus

A non-contact electric potential meter system to determine voltage between an AC conductor and a reference potential without direct electrical contact to the conductor. A housing provides a shielded measurement region that excludes other conductors and holds power supply means; an AC voltage sensing mechanism includes a conductive sense plate and an electrical connection to the reference potential. Waveform-sensing electronic circuitry obtains an AC voltage waveform induced by capacitive coupling between the conductor and the conductive sense plate. Capacitance-determining electronic circuitry obtains a scaling factor based on the coupling capacitance formed between the conductor and the conductive sense plate. Signal processing electronic circuitry uses the AC voltage waveform and the coupling capacitance-based scaling factor to obtain the voltage between the conductor and the reference potential.

Primary measuring device for measuring a current effective power
11630136 · 2023-04-18 · ·

A measuring device for measuring current effective power in a circuit of a transmission system, including an evaluation device and a calibration device, the evaluation device having a connection for measuring current, voltage, and phase shift between the current and the voltage in the circuit, wherein the evaluation device and the calibration device are connected to one another, the evaluation device configured to measure power by evaluating measured current and measured voltage, the calibration device configured to correct the measured current and/or the measured voltage via a cos ( ) value of a measured phase shift between the measured current and the measured voltage and/or via a holding time, the evaluation device configured to calculate a power value with a corrected value of the measured current and/or a corrected value of the measured voltage, and the calibration device configured to make available the calculated power as the current effective power.

Measurement method, program and device for measuring power or energy of an electric motor

The invention concerns a method for measuring a power (Pe, Pm) of an electric motor, that involves measuring a real current (I) of the motor, by means of a measurement sensor (11), the invention being characterised in that it involves inputting, on an interface (20), at least one piece of nominal power data (Pn), one piece of nominal speed data (Wn), one piece of nominal current data (In), one piece of nominal voltage data (Un), one piece of power factor data (cos φ) and the real current (I) of the engine, calculating, in the computer, a no-load current of the motor according to a first stored function depending on at least the data (Pn, In, Un, cos φ), calculating, in the computer, the active power (Pe) and/or the mechanical power (Pm) and/or the active energy and/or the mechanical energy according to at least one second stored function depending on at least the data (Pn, In), the real current (I) and the no-load current that has been calculated, and providing the power that has been calculated on an output interface (24).

System for determining power consumption by devices
11650263 · 2023-05-16 · ·

The power consumption associated with use of an application is determined by causing one or more devices to execute the application. The state of the power source for each device is determined before, during, and after execution of the application. The state may include an amount of power discharged by the power source, an amount of power used to maintain a charge level of the power source, or a difference between a baseline power use and the amount of power consumed during use of the application. The determined states for the power sources of each device are used to generate an output that indicates periods of high and low power use. The output may associate these periods of power use with different characteristics of the functions that were performed during those time periods or of the devices. Using the output, a developer may optimize power use associated with an application.

Fault isolation and service restoration in an electric grid

Fault isolation and service restoration in an electrical grid are provided. An approach for receiving a notification message including a state of an electrical component on an electrical grid, and determining, by a computing system, a command message including at least one action to take in response to the state of the electrical component, is described. The approach further includes sending the command message to at least one of the electrical component and other electrical components on the electrical grid.

NON-CONTACT VOLTAGE SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS

A non-contact electric potential meter system to determine voltage between an AC conductor and a reference potential without direct electrical contact to the conductor. A housing provides a shielded measurement region that excludes other conductors and holds power supply means; an AC voltage sensing mechanism includes a conductive sense plate and an electrical connection to the reference potential. Waveform-sensing electronic circuitry obtains an AC voltage waveform induced by capacitive coupling between the conductor and the conductive sense plate. Capacitance-determining electronic circuitry obtains a scaling factor based on the coupling capacitance formed between the conductor and the conductive sense plate. Signal processing electronic circuitry uses the AC voltage waveform and the coupling capacitance-based scaling factor to obtain the voltage between the conductor and the reference potential.

System for determining power consumption by a test device
11221375 · 2022-01-11 · ·

The power consumption associated with execution of an application is determined by causing one or more devices to execute the application. At multiple times before, during, and after execution of the application, the state of the power source for each device is determined. The state may include an amount of power discharged by the power source, an amount of power used to maintain a charge level of the power source, or a difference between a baseline power use and the amount of power used during execution of the application. The states for the power sources of each device are used to generate an output that indicates periods of high and low power use, and shows these periods of power use in association with different characteristics of the functions that were performed during those time periods. Using the output, a developer may optimize power use associated with an application.

METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING POWER CONSUMPTION AND GENERATION
20230358793 · 2023-11-09 ·

Embodiments generally relate to a method for allowing power supplied through a cable to be determined. The method comprises receiving magnetic field data, the magnetic field data relating to a magnetic field generated by the cable, receiving reference data, the reference data relating to a current supplied to one or more monitored loads powered through the cable; based on the received magnetic field data and reference data, determining at least one parameter of a function that relates the magnetic field generated by the cable to the power supplied through a cable; and making available the at least one parameter, so that a power supplied by the cable can be determined based on the at least one parameter and a magnetic field value. The one or more monitored loads are a subset of all the loads powered through the cable.

Method and device for estimating the squint of an antenna and method and device for following the pointing of an antenna implementing such a method and device, based on a harmonic analysis
11303017 · 2022-04-12 · ·

A calibrated measurement of the angular misalignment x of a radiofrequency antenna pointing towards a slow mobile, radio transmitter along an antenna axis, the antenna being in radio communication with the mobile. The measurement includes receiving of radiofrequency signals derived from the mobile during a period of the applied path, the signal being received on a frequency band lower than or equal to the frequency of the transmitted signal; determining, on a logarithmic scale, of the instantaneous power of the received signal; harmonic decomposition over each period of the power thus determined into a fundamental component and at least one harmonic component; and estimating of the angular misalignment x from the ratio between the fundamental term and a harmonic component.

Measurement Method, Program And Device For Measuring Power Or Energy Of An Electric Motor
20210096162 · 2021-04-01 · ·

The invention concerns a method for measuring a power (Pe, Pm) of an electric motor, that involves measuring a real current (I) of the motor, by means of a measurement sensor (11), the invention being characterised in that it involves inputting, on an interface (20), at least one piece of nominal power data (Pn), one piece of nominal speed data (Wn), one piece of nominal current data (In), one piece of nominal voltage data (Un), one piece of power factor data (cos φ) and the real current (I) of the engine, calculating, in the computer, a no-load current of the motor according to a first stored function depending on at least the data (Pn, In, Un, cos φ), calculating, in the computer, the active power (Pe) and/or the mechanical power (Pm) and/or the active energy and/or the mechanical energy according to at least one second stored function depending on at least the data (Pn, In), the real current (I) and the no-load current that has been calculated, and providing the power that has been calculated on an output interface (24).