New Handheld Emissions Detector for Pinpointing the Location of Inadvertently Energized Objects in Urban Environments.

<p>The power distribution infrastructure in the United States is deteriorating at a rapid rate exposing infrastructure wiring and creating potential shock hazards. Periodic road and sidewalk maintenance projects can also expose wiring and create energized objects. In urban settings inadvertently energized objects include: lamp posts, bus shelters, metal street curbs, sign posts, transformer vaults, and manhole covers as well as concrete and asphalt pavement. Every year electric shocks occur when people and domestic animals (such as dogs and cats) make incidental contact with these energized objects. In very rare cases the shocks from these contacts are lethal. Through current personal research, a new handheld detector was developed. It uses the emissions of an energized object to pinpoint the location and further analyzes the emissions to determine the likely cause of the shock hazard. This thesis focuses on advancing detection technology and creating a more capable, production-ready unit.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS (Master of Science)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Phipps, Kermit O.

• Jodie Lane
• pedestrian shocks
• animal shocks
• Handheld detector/analyzer
• emissions
• mandated city scans
• Order 04-M-0159
• inadvertently energized objects
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics
• Engineering

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1771

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-3126