P04 - UHF RFID Based Strain Sensor for Hydropower Generators

Event
SMSI 2025
2025-05-06 - 2025-05-08
Nürnberg
Band
Poster
Chapter
Poster Session
Author(s)
M. Lenzhofer, A. Horn - Silicon Austria Labs GmbH, Villach (Austria), S. Culetto - KELAG-Kärntner Elektrizitäts-Aktiengesellschaft, Flattach (Austria)
Pages
239 - 240
DOI
10.5162/SMSI2025/P04
ISBN
978-3-910600-06-5
Price
free

Abstract

The presented work focuses on developing an RFID sensor capable of being implemented on the rotor of a power generator of a hydro storage plant to enable condition monitoring of dedicated posi-tions suffering under stress in terms of start-stop operation scenarios. The strain sensor value is read out wirelessly via a UHF RFID system, which either supplies the sensor or transmits its measurement result. The analyzed measurements done in a post-processing step prove the possibility of using such technology within the generator use case.

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