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[Studies in Computational Intelligence 481] Artur Babiarz, Robert Bieda, Karol Jędrasiak, Aleksander Nawrat (auth.), Aleksander Nawrat, Zygmunt Kuś (eds.) - Vision Based Systemsfor UAV Applications (2013, Sprin

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Comparative Analysis of Power Loses <strong>in</strong><br />

Selected Measurement Devices Used <strong>in</strong> SMART<br />

GRID Systems<br />

<strong>Aleksander</strong> <strong>Nawrat</strong>, Anna Piaskowy, <strong>Artur</strong> Skórkowski,<br />

and Tadeusz Topór-Kamiński<br />

Abstract. This article provides <strong>in</strong>formation on smart grid and smart measurement<br />

systems with a special focus on the advantages of their implementation as well as<br />

concerns present at the stage of design and component selection. The tests conducted<br />

on a selected group of measurement devices used <strong>in</strong> smart grid systems<br />

made it possible to compare power losses characteristic for these devices. In the<br />

analysis presented below, both classic <strong>in</strong>ductive meters and electronic meters with<br />

various communication modems were used.<br />

1 Introduction<br />

The name “smart grid” is used <strong>in</strong> reference to modern power grids featur<strong>in</strong>g a twoway<br />

digital communication system connect<strong>in</strong>g the supplier and the consumer and<br />

equipped with smart measurement and monitor<strong>in</strong>g systems. Smart measurement<br />

systems [1, 6, 7, 8] constitute an <strong>in</strong>tegral part of all smart grids.<br />

In particular, development of the idea of <strong>in</strong>telligent measur<strong>in</strong>g and monitor<strong>in</strong>g<br />

can be applied <strong>in</strong> the case of autonomous fly<strong>in</strong>g objects. These objects are usually<br />

equipped with a system of sensors and actuators supervised by a microprocessor<br />

system (fig. 1). In case of electric powered and assisted by solar energy <strong>UAV</strong>s<br />

[14] it is extremely important to monitor and efficiently manage power consumption.<br />

Aim of such unmanned vehicles is the longest time of operation. It is worth<br />

to mention that energy consumption <strong>in</strong> <strong>UAV</strong>s is determ<strong>in</strong>ed by many factors <strong>in</strong>ter<br />

<strong>Aleksander</strong> <strong>Nawrat</strong> ⋅ Anna Piaskowy ⋅ <strong>Artur</strong> Skórkowski ⋅ Tadeusz Topór-Kamiński<br />

Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Automatic Control,<br />

Akademicka 16, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland<br />

e-mail: {anna.piaskowy,artur.skorkowski,<br />

aleksander.nawrat}@polsl.pl<br />

A. <strong>Nawrat</strong> and Z. <strong>Kuś</strong> (Eds.): <strong>Vision</strong> <strong>Based</strong> Systems for <strong>UAV</strong> <strong>Applications</strong>, SCI <strong>481</strong>, pp. 273–291.<br />

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00369-6_18 © Spr<strong>in</strong>ger International Publish<strong>in</strong>g Switzerland <strong>2013</strong>

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