Air-core inductor with temperature measurement system
View Patent ↗An air-core inductor with a temperature measurement system. The temperature measurement system uses a thermographic sensor, an energy harvesting device configured for obtaining electrical energy from the electromagnetic field and a transmitter configured for contactless data transmission arranged on the air-core inductor. The energy harvesting device may include a coil, a rectifier element, and a storage.
1. An air-core inductor with a temperature measurement system, comprising:
a thermographic sensor being a thermal imaging camera;
an energy harvesting device configured for obtaining electrical energy from the electromagnetic field;
a transmitter configured for contactless data transfer; and
the temperature measurement system being configured to analyze infrared images obtained by the thermal imaging camera using artificial intelligence or a simulation, or insert the data of infrared images obtained by the thermal imaging camera into a virtual, digital representation of the air-core inductor.
2. The air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein said thermographic sensor is arranged on a top side of the air-core inductor.
3. The air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein said energy harvesting device comprises a coil, a rectifier element, and a storage element.
4. The air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein said transmitter is configured to operate according to a radio network standard in accordance with IEEE-802.11.
5. The air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein said transmitter is configured to operate according to a mobile radio standard in accordance with 3GPP.
6. The air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature measurement system is linked into a supervisory control and data acquisition (“SCADA”) system.
7. The air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature measurement system is linked into a cloud-based database system.
8. A method, comprising:
providing an air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the thermographic sensor is a thermal imaging camera, and the transmitter is configured to operate according to a mobile radio standard in accordance with 3GPP;
analyzing infrared images obtained by the thermal imaging camera using artificial intelligence;
identifying critical operating states; and
generating alarms.
9. A method, comprising:
providing an air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the thermographic sensor is a thermal imaging camera, and the transmitter is configured to operate according to a mobile radio standard in accordance with 3GPP;
analyzing infrared images obtained by the thermal imaging camera using a simulation; and
determining an expected remaining service life of the air-core inductor and a proposal for an exchange date.
10. A method, comprising:
providing an air-core inductor according to claim 1 , wherein the thermographic sensor is a thermal imaging camera, and the transmitter is configured to operate according to a mobile radio standard in accordance with 3GPP;
inserting the data of infrared images obtained by the thermal imaging camera into a virtual, digital representation of the air-core inductor.