Implementing a Prototype System for Power Facility Management using RFID/WSN

Firstly, research and development on RFID focuses on manufacturing and retail sectors, because it can improve supply chain efficiency. But, now a variety of field is considered the next research area for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Although RFID is infancy, RFID technology has great potential in power industry to significantly reduce cost, and improve quality of power supply. To complement the limitation of RFID, we adopt the WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) technology. However, relevant experience is limited, the challenge will be to derive requirement from business practice and to determine whether it is possible or not. To explore this issue, we conduct a case study on implementing power facility management system using RFID/WSN in Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). In this paper we describe requirement from power industry. And we introduce design and implementation of the test bed.

Authors:

• Young-Il Kim
• Bong-Jae Yi
• Jae-Ju Song
• Jin-Ho Shin
• Jung-Il Lee

Keywords:

• Power Facility Management
• RFID/WSN
• Transmission Tower
• Underground Tunnel
• ZigBee.

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