RFID technology highly reliable for monitoring power towers
Tags: active rfid tags | antennas | detailed maps | electricity networks | energy producers | europe asia | gps technology | helicopter | ibm | masts | monitoring services | northern germany | power towers | rfid | rfid technology | rwe | uhf | ulrich becker
RWE can not forget the frightful memories of November 2005 when ice and snow damaged power towers in northern Germany causing people to live without power for many days.
Like RWE, most of the energy producers in Europe, Asia and Africa have no comprehensive maps of their networks.
It is also true that they can not depend upon GPS technology for the positive identification of towers.
Ulrich Becker of Germany based IT-Services and Solutions (it’), a subsidiary of IBM says, for producers without detailed maps, RFID technology can be highly reliable for the monitoring of power towers.
IT-Services and Solutions is developing an RFID application to enable the energy operators to keep track on their electricity networks and power lines to avoid deterioration or damage.
As per the RFID programme, active RFID tags would be embedded to the masts of the power lines. These long-range UHF tags will be read from a helicopter fixed with RFID interrogator antennas.
Technorati Tags: active rfid tags# antennas# detailed maps# electricity networks# energy producers# europe asia# gps technology# helicopter# ibm# masts# monitoring services# northern germany# power towers# rfid# rfid technology# rwe# uhf# ulrich becker# #