APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HOT SPOTS IN AN ELECTRIC POWER CONDUCTOR

Hot spots in power conductors are monitored by apparatus comprising a temperature probe embedded in an electrically insulative thermally conductive material in surface-to-surface contact with the power conductor, typically a t a joint being monitored. The temperature probe is spaced from the power c...

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Hauptverfasser:	TILLMAN, JOHN M, CLAUSEN, CATHLEEN M, FARR, LAWRENCE B, YANNIELLO, ROBERT
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	MEASURING MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT MEASURING TEMPERATURE PHYSICS TESTING THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	Hot spots in power conductors are monitored by apparatus comprising a temperature probe embedded in an electrically insulative thermally conductive material in surface-to-surface contact with the power conductor, typically a t a joint being monitored. The temperature probe is spaced from the power conductor by the electrically insulative thermally conductive material a distance sufficient to provide electrical isolation, while the material has sufficient thermal conductivity that the temperature probe is able to substantiate trends in temperature changes at t he joint. The invention can be incorporated into existing electrically insulative supports for the power conductors.