This sub-project focuses on monitoring the condition of electrical components through continuous measurements, both through on-board instrumentation and through sensors and systems specifically installed on the components to be monitored.
The application of monitoring methodologies is not only linked to the availability of effective indicators and associated evaluation models, but is also strictly dependent on how efficient the acquisition of the physical quantities constituting the indicators is, on the architecture of the system for acquiring and processing the signals, and on the effectiveness of the storage and presentation of the results.
In this sub-project we intend to address the monitoring of the main components of the electrical system, based on the indicators defined in the context of the related sub-projects, and to investigate in depth the characteristics of the sensors, the problems of acquisition and transmission of the signal from the sensor to the acquisition and recording system, up to the creation of a prototype system for collecting, interpreting and presenting the monitoring data.
Particular attention will be paid to the use of integrated information of different types (electrical, thermal, mechanical, etc.) or from several monitored components, which, when suitably processed, can provide more complete information on variations in the state of the components.
In this context, we intend to analyze a set of components (e.g. a station riser) by collecting, integrating and analyzing quantities across all components of the riser itself.