Model of line to shield power line communication system on a Medium Voltage network

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2010

fDate

3-6 May 2010

Firstpage

1459

Lastpage

1462

Abstract

In this paper a complete model of a power line communication (PLC) system on a Medium Voltage (MV) network is presented in the case of a line-ground configuration. A simple and friendly Simulink® software is used to develop the model. A distributed parameter MV cable model in line-ground configuration is considered together with the power transformers, the signal coupling networks and the receiving and transmitting line coupling interface of a ST7540 FSK powerline transceiver. 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; magnetic shielding; power transformers; PLC; ST7540 FSK powerline transceiver; Simulink software; distributed parameter MV cable; medium voltage network; power transformers; shield power line communication system; Attenuation; Cable shielding; Communication system control; Control systems; Frequency shift keying; Medium voltage; Power line communications; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Programmable control; attenuation constant; medium voltage; power line communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2832-8

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488101

Filename

5488101