Title :
An On-line PLC frequency impedance analyzer
Author :
Kikkert, Cornelis Jan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., James Cook Univ., Townsville, QLD, Australia
Abstract :
The development of an On-line PLC frequency impedance analyzer is presented. This analyzer will allow the impedances of power lines, transformers and other loads to be determined at PLC frequencies while they are powered up. This then allows efficient PLC couplers to be designed and PLC communication networks to be analyzed, to ensure that no parts of the network cause data communication failure by presenting short circuits at PLC frequencies to the rest of the network.
Keywords :
carrier transmission on power lines; electric impedance measurement; power engineering computing; power transformers; PLC communication network; PLC coupler; data communication failure; on-line PLC frequency impedance analyzer; power line communication; power transformer; Circuit faults; Current measurement; Frequency measurement; Impedance; Impedance measurement; Transmission line measurements; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
DOI :
10.1109/SmartGridComm.2013.6688025
