Electrical Signature Analysis of Electrical Rotating Machines Patent

Electrical Signature Analysis of Electrical Rotating Machines Patent
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The patent contains a total of 20 claims. The following table shows how the claims are classified.
Independent ClaimsDependent Claims 1Dependent Claims 2121511316204561778101312141819The Current State of Technology and its Deficiencies
Monitoring components in such industrial power systems as electrical substations and plants is a crucial aspect of ensuring that industrial power systems operate continuously and minimize hitches. Such components as motors, transformers, generators, feeders, and circuit breakers normally run continuously for long durations [1]. Monitoring helps in detecting events related to how the components operate and predict issues related to the condition and health of the components. Once issues have been detected, a root cause and diagnosis are reported to the user so that the appropriate measures can be taken to resolve or minimize the issue. Monitoring of frequently used components helps in improving the health of the components, thus improving their efficiency and reliability, production capacity, and avoiding increased costs of maintenance. Therefore, there is a need for effective monitoring systems to ensure that detection of potential issues in components is done early enough to allow time for repairs and effective maintenance.
The current solutions that are used for diagnostics and monitoring of components of electrical power systems are sophisticated and they are designed for use in specific components, meaning that it is not easy to adjust them to use in components of different sizes and types. For instance, it is impossible to adjust conventional solutions to use them in intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) like digital protection relays [2]. In addition, the costs of conventional current monitoring solutions are not in correspondence to the cost of the components that they monitor. Further, conventional diagnostics and monitoring solutions are not reliable in predicting the health and condition of components since they are applicable to a limited range of data and information that is available to IEDs. In addition, the solutions currently used for diagnostics and monitoring are prone to accuracy and measurement related errors, and they are used based on limited data. Therefore, this shows the need for new, more advanced solutions that are less prone to measurement and accuracy related errors, and not limited in regard to the data they can use to make predictions of the health and condition of the components.
The challenges faced in the current solutions are addressed in the new system. Some of the deficiencies in the current technologies include lack of flexibility, limitations in terms of data that can be collected, inaccuracies, and limitations in the type of components where the technologies can be applied [3]. The disclosure relates to the methods and systems use for analyzing the electrical signature in the case of electrical rotating machines. The new device is more advanced than the existing ones because it has various embodiments which can effectively provide auto...