Title :
WattsWorth: Monitor electric power anywhere
Author :
Donnal, John ; Leeb, Steven B.
Abstract :
Energy monitoring and control strategies can be asymmetrical, chasing pennies of hoped-for savings with dollars of installation and monitoring expense. Modern sensors can be used to accurately measure voltage and current without the requirement for a permeable magnetic core or the need to surround the conductor, e.g., with a Rogowski coil. These sensors can be used to find currents and voltages without the need to invasively separate existing conductors. These sensors could greatly lower installation and monitoring expense, and provide quickly installed access for acquiring actionable energy consumption information and power quality assessment.
Keywords :
conductors (electric); electric current measurement; electrical installation; energy measurement; power consumption; power control; power supply quality; voltage measurement; Rogowski coil; WattsWorth; asymmetrical pennies; chasing pennies; conductor; current measurement; electric power monitor; energy consumption; energy control; energy monitoring; hoped-for savings; installation; monitoring expense; power quality assessment; voltage measurement; Conductors; Current measurement; Magnetic sensors; Monitoring; Saturation magnetization; Tunneling magnetoresistance;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2014 Twenty-Ninth Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Fort Worth, TX
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.2014.6803613