Monitoring in Industrial Systems Using Wireless Sensor Network With Dynamic Power Management
Fabiano Salvadori, Maurício De Campos, Paulo Sérgio Sausen, Robinson Figueiredo de Camargo, Camila Seibel Gehrke, Cassiano Rech, Marco Aurélio Spohn, Alexandre Cunha Oliveira · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement · 2009
The advances in wireless communication, microelectronics, digital electronics, and highly integrated electronics and the increasing need for more efficient controlled electric systems make the development of monitoring and supervisory control tools the object of study of many researchers. This paper proposes a digital system for energy usage evaluation, condition monitoring, diagnosis, and supervisory control for electric systems applying wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with dynamic power management (DPM). The system is based on two hardware topologies responsible for signal acquisition, processing, and transmission: intelligent sensor modules (ISMs) and remote data acquisition units (RDAUs). The gateway function of the wired network is carried out by remote servers (RSs) based on theSoekrisarchitecture, which is responsible for receiving the data collected and transmitting it to the supervisory controller (SC). To extend the WSN lifetime, sensor nodes implement a DPM protocol. The basic characteristics of the presented system are the following: 1) easy implementation; 2) low-cost implementation; 3) easy implementation of redundant routines (security); 4) portability/versatility; and 5) extended network lifetime.