Simulation of a power line communication system in medium and low voltage distribution networks

Author

Cataliotti, Antonio ; Cosentino, Valentina ; Cara, Dario Di ; Tinè, Giovanni

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Telecommun. Eng., Univ. di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

28-30 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

107

Lastpage

111

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to study the influence of the power transformer on signal transmission in the case of a power line communication (PLC) system in a overhead Medium Voltage (MV) power network. A model of the PLC system was carried out by means of the Simulink® software. A distributed parameter MV overhead line, two power transformers, the signal coupling interface of a ST7540 FSK powerline transceiver were included in the model. The performances of the complete PLC communication system are evaluated for different line lengths by means of the attenuation computed as ratio between the received and transmitted voltage signals.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; digital simulation; power distribution lines; power engineering computing; power overhead lines; power transformers; MV power network; PLC communication system; ST7540 FSK powerline transceiver; Simulink software; distributed parameter MV overhead line; low voltage distribution networks; medium voltage distribution networks; medium voltage power network; power line communication system; power transformer; receiving line coupling interface; signal coupling network; signal transmission; transmitting line coupling interface; attenuation; communication equipment testing; communication system; medium voltage; overhead line; power line communication; power system communication; power transformer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Measurements for Power Systems (AMPS), 2011 IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Aachen

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-946-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AMPS.2011.6090429

Filename

6090429