Novel surface wave exciters for power line fault detection and communications

Author

Alam, M.N. ; Bhuiyan, R.H. ; Dougal, R. ; Ali, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

3-8 July 2011

Firstpage

1139

Lastpage

1142

Abstract

A novel conformal surface wave (CSW) exciter is introduced which can excite electromagnetic (EM) surface waves along unshielded power line cables non-intrusively. The CSW exciter is small, cost effective and can be easily placed on a power cable compared to conventional monopole type launchers or horn type launchers. Besides cable fault detection, the potential applications of the proposed exciter include broadband power line (BPL) communication and high frequency power transmission.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; fault diagnosis; power cables; surface electromagnetic waves; BPL communication; CSW exciter; EM surface wave; broadband power line communication; conformal surface wave exciter; conventional monopole type launchers; electromagnetic surface waves; high frequency power transmission; horn type launchers; power cable; power line fault detection; Bandwidth; Conductors; Power cables; Propagation; Surface impedance; Surface waves; Wires; CSW exciter; Surface wave; unshielded cable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Spokane, WA

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9562-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2011.5996484

Filename

5996484