Patent ID: 8386198

Claim:
A system for providing a real-time power line rating, the system comprising: a sensor device configured to collect sensor data, the sensor data corresponding to a conductor of a power line and corresponding to weather conditions at a location of the sensor device on the power line, an amount of current flowing through the power line, and a real-time temperature of the power line; and a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system configured to; receive the sensor data from the sensor device, calculate a dynamic ampacity for the power line based on a heat-storage capacity of the conductor, the real-time temperature of the power line, and the weather conditions, wherein calculating the dynamic ampacity comprises calculating a real time current carrying capacity of the power line and predicting a rate of change of temperature of the power line as a function of the amount of current flowing through the power line and the weather conditions along the power line, and dynamically alter the amount of current flowing through the power line based on the calculated dynamic ampacity.