PLP Earn Energetab Distinction for Aeolus Line Monitoring System
October 7, 2025
“A proud moment for PLP as our cutting-edge line monitoring system earned top honors for innovation in the electrotechnical field at Energetab in Poland,” commented PLP on LinkedIn.
“Huge congratulations to the Aeolus® team for pushing the boundaries of grid monitoring technology to help utilities create a smarter, more reliable, and more resilient grid.”
Aeolus Line Monitoring
Aeolus, PLP is empowering line engineers and electric utilities to delve deeper into the mechanical behavior of overhead conductors and associated transmission line hardware like never before. Whether assessing newly installed damping systems or investigating line failures, engineers can now gain valuable insights into the dynamic forces of real-world conductor motion in near real-time from anywhere in the world.
Aeolus is a revolutionary new field testing solution that enables line engineers and electric utilities to monitor and analyze wind-induced conductor motion on overhead lines—empowering individuals to delve deeper into the mechanical behavior of overhead conductors and associated transmission line hardware like never before.
Whether assessing newly installed damping systems or investigating line failures, engineers can now gain valuable insights into the dynamic forces of real-world conductor motion in near real-time from anywhere in the world.
Multiple lightweight sensor nodes installed on a transmission line span accurately detect and measure all forms of wind-induced conductor motion, including:
Aeolian Vibration
- Bending amplitude measured at 89 mm (IEEE standard 1368)
- Antinode amplitude – frequency (fymax)
- Damping efficiency
High-Amplitude Conductor Motion
- Galloping
- Wake-induced motion
- Subspan oscillation
- Ice shedding
- Conductor sway / Wind gust response
Data collected from the sensor nodes is seamlessly transferred to a structure-mounted data hub.
- Time-domain data from sensor nodes is synchronized and wirelessly transmitted to the Aeolus data hub before being automatically transferred to secure cloud storage by cellular communications
- Data hub is powered by solar and wind energy and utilizes intelligent lithium iron phosphate batteries
- Multiple wireless weather stations can be deployed simultaneously to accurately monitor local environmental conditions
Web-Based Interface: A comprehensive and easy-to-navigate user interface provides clients with immediate access to a continuous stream of near real-time data and analytics from anywhere in the world.
- Remote access to sensor data
- Comprehensive analytical tools
- Retrieval of raw time-domain data
- Integration of user-defi ned data processing scripts
- User-defined alerts
- Remote sensor configuration
