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A sensor network for substation facility maintenance without device configurations
Author(s) -
Otani Tetsuo,
Miyashita Michifumi,
Kurono Masahiro,
Ishihara Yuji,
Tanaka Tatsuji,
Nakajima Takashi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
electronics and communications in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1942-9541
pISSN - 1942-9533
DOI - 10.1002/ecj.12149
Subject(s) - function (biology) , wireless sensor network , simple (philosophy) , computer science , plug and play , software , reliability engineering , maintenance engineering , predictive maintenance , engineering , real time computing , embedded system , computer network , operating system , philosophy , epistemology , evolutionary biology , biology
Maintenance support systems (MSS) monitoring conditions of facilities are indispensable for condition‐based maintenance. A sensor network is used to acquire maintenance data in the MSS, and installation of the sensor network should be simple and easy to execute maintenance tasks in a cost‐effective way. Therefore, this report sets a proposal of an autonomous configuration function of the systems that makes the installation simple and easy. This function is composed of wireless sensor networks, plug‐and‐play function configuring software modules, and cooperative procedure between them. This paper also shows evaluations of the proposed function that is feasible for practical maintenance work. The evaluations have been carried out using a prototype system implementing the elements of the proposed function.