A new power line communication modem design with applications to vast solar farm management

Author

Abid, Ahmed J. ; Ali, Ramzy S. ; Al-Naima, Fawzi M. ; Ghassemlooy, Zabih ; Zhiwei Gao

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

fYear

2013

fDate

2-4 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a new power line communication (PLC) modem design which can control data flow with a new networking strategy to propagate signals for long distance without using extra cabling or signal repeaters. An investigation is also carried on the utilization of twin core power line cables in vast solar farm for controlling solar trackers and data acquisition purposes. Frequency responses of these power lines are analyzed and tested according to different coupling circuits. A simple design is proposed for PLC modem based on such channel characteristics, data flow control strategy, collision avoidance technique and error detection.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; control system synthesis; data acquisition; frequency response; modems; position control; power cables; power generation control; power system management; solar power stations; PLC modem design; channel characteristics; collision avoidance technique; coupling circuits; data acquisition purposes; data flow control strategy; error detection; frequency responses; networking strategy; power line communication modem design; signal propagation; solar trackers control; twin core power line cables; vast solar farm management; Adders; Coupling circuits; Frequency response; Modems; Sensors; Coupling circuits; Data flow control; PLC; Solar farm management; Twin-core cable characteristics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems (EPECS), 2013 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0687-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPECS.2013.6713015

Filename

6713015