Abstract: A method of inspecting equipment of a power system can involve identifying a geographical area including a presumed faulty piece of equipment with a central computer system of the power system; determining a contact (e.g., a person) at the geographical area; sending a request for inspecting local equipment in the geographical area to the person; taking a picture, by the person, of a piece of local equipment; transmitting the picture to the central computer system; and evaluating at the central computer system, whether the piece of local equipment in the picture is faulty or not.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing cartographic information of an electrical component in a power network. The cartographic information may include geographic coordinates and a type of the electrical component. The method can include obtaining a visual representation of the electrical component, wherein the visual representation contains location information about where the visual representation was made; determining the geographic coordinates of the electrical component based on the location information of the visual representation; and identifying the type of the electrical component by matching the visual representation with the predefined models relating to available kind of electrical components.

Abstract: Exemplary methods for inspecting electrical equipment in a power distribution network can include the steps of recording, by a mobile device, a photograph with a view of the object, transmitting recording information of the mobile device and the photograph to a computer server hosting a power network description database; generating, from a model stored in the power network description database of a candidate object and based on the recording information of the mobile device, a representation of the candidate object, and comparing the transmitted photograph and the generated representation to identify and characterize the object in the photograph as the candidate object.

Abstract: Exemplary methods for inspecting electrical equipment in a power distribution network can include the steps of recording, by a mobile device, a photograph with a view of the object, transmitting recording information of the mobile device and the photograph to a computer server hosting a power network description database; generating, from a model stored in the power network description database of a candidate object and based on the recording information of the mobile device, a representation of the candidate object, and comparing the transmitted photograph and the generated representation to identify and characterize the object in the photograph as the candidate object.

Abstract: A method of inspecting equipment of a power system can involve identifying a geographical area including a presumed faulty piece of equipment with a central computer system of the power system; determining a contact (e.g., a person) at the geographical area; sending a request for inspecting local equipment in the geographical area to the person; taking a picture, by the person, of a piece of local equipment; transmitting the picture to the central computer system; and evaluating at the central computer system, whether the piece of local equipment in the picture is faulty or not.

Abstract: A flame detector is disclosed for monitoring a flame during a combustion process, comprising a camera and a carrier tube, wherein the camera is arranged at a front end of the carrier tube such that an optical access of the camera is directed toward the flame when the front end of the carrier tube is mounted in the vicinity of a burner nozzle aperture.

Abstract: A method and analyzer device are provided for testing a power distribution system of a power supply network. A first electrical signal is transmitted into the power distribution system to be tested, the first electrical signal is propagated along the power distribution system to be tested, and a second electrical signal, which is a portion of the first electrical signal reflected within the power distribution system, is received. A signal variation parameter is measured between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal, and a location of a critical conducting section within the power supply network is obtained from the measured signal variation parameter. A maximum load rating of the critical conducting section is determined, and a control signal for controlling the power supply network such that the power transferred on the critical conducting section does not exceed the maximum load rating.

Abstract: A flame detector is disclosed for monitoring a flame during a combustion process, comprising a camera and a carrier tube, wherein the camera is arranged at a front end of the carrier tube such that an optical access of the camera is directed toward the flame when the front end of the carrier tube is mounted in the vicinity of a burner nozzle aperture.