RAPID HIGH-RESOLUTION MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS FOR POWER LINE INSPECTION

摘要

Methods and configurations are disclosed for DNV application in rapid and cost-effective inspection of power transmission and power distribution lines.

主权项

1. A system for inspecting electric power lines comprising:
one or more diamond nitrogen vacancy (DNV) components mounted on a movable object relative to a power line, such DNV components being included as part of a magnetometer configured to detect a magnetic vector of a magnetic field generated as electric power flows along a power line, said magnetometer determining a magnetic vector being generated at intervals along the power line; one or more electronic processors configured to receive the magnetic vector of the magnetic field from the magnetometer, compare the magnetic vector to a predetermined magnetic vector of a power line, and determine a presence of an anomaly related to the power line based upon the comparison.