Extend functionality of Smart Isolators to low-voltage grid monitoring

在这个项目中，我们的目标是进一步扩展VERV智能隔离器的功能，VERV智能隔离器是一种对电信号执行非侵入性负载监控的设备。我们希望验证我们的产品，已经部署在英国各地的客户现场，也可以用作低压电网传感器来检测电能质量现象，如谐波失真和瞬时信号。该项目的成功完成将使我们能够证明，我们的VERV智能隔离器网络可以被配电网络运营商(DNO)利用，以促进对其网络中的电源电压的监控，并在我们的能源系统检测到任何干扰时迅速发出警报。对此类问题的快速响应可以防止对能源基础设施的损坏和潜在有害的客户断开。我们将与我们选定的合作伙伴NPL合作，验证我们的智能隔离器硬件可以在几分钟内检测到他们的专业实验室生成的参考信号。我们相信这一创新的概念有可能极大地增强DNO能够获得的监测能力。待验证的参考信号类型将是现有标准(如EN 50160和IEC 61000-4-30)中的两种定义以及现代电网中可能出现的全新测试信号或现有测试信号的改编的组合。

In this project, we aim to further extend the functionality of Verv Smart Isolators, a device that performs non-intrusive load monitoring of electrical signals. We wish to validate that our product, already deployed at customer sites around the UK, may also be used as low-voltage grid sensors to detect power quality phenomena such as harmonic distortion and transient signals.Successful completion of this project will allow us to demonstrate that our network of Verv Smart Isolators can be leveraged by Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) to facilitate the monitoring of supply voltage in their network, and quickly raise an alarm if any disturbances have been detected by our energy systems. A swift response to such problems can prevent both damage to energy infrastructure and potentially harmful customer disconnection.We will collaborate with our chosen partner, NPL, to validate that our Smart Isolator hardware can detect reference signals generated in their specialist laboratory within a matter of minutes. We believe this innovative concept has the potential to drastically enhance the monitoring capability that DNOs have access to.The types of reference signals to be validated will be a combination of both definitions from existing standards (such as EN 50160 and IEC 61000-4-30) along with completely new test signals, or adaptations of existing ones, that are likely to occur on the modern grid network.