Temperature measurement in switchgear stations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10823622-B2
Application number	US-201415533847-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	Dec 9, 2014
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for measuring temperature in a high-voltage portion of a switchgear station, characterised in that it comprises: at least one temperature sensor (21, 22, 23, 24) located at a point on the high-voltage portion of which the temperature is to be monitored, at least one antenna (25) connected to the at least one temperature sensor, a control module (26) located in a low-voltage portion of the switchgear station, and at least one antenna (27) connected to the control module. The at least one temperature sensor (21, 22, 23, 24) is suitable for transmitting a signal representative of a temperature measurement and the control module (26) is suitable for receiving the representative signal, via the antennas, and for processing said signal in order to produce a message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A disconnector in a high-voltage switchgear station of the Air Insulated Substation type, comprising:
a high-voltage portion comprising contacts;
a low-voltage portion, separated from the high-voltage portion;
a plurality of temperature sensors located in the high-voltage portion near hot spots of the disconnector, on the contacts and being suitable to measure a temperature of the hot spot where each of the plurality of temperature sensors is located, wherein at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors is near a terminal, at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors is near a main cutter, and at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors is near a contact;
at least one temperature sensor antenna connected to at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors, wherein a wire connects each of the plurality of temperature sensors to the at least one temperature sensor antenna;
a control module located in the low-voltage portion of the switchgear station; and
at least one control module antenna connected to the control module, wherein the at least one control module antenna transmits electromagnetic energy to power the at least one temperature sensor via the at least one temperature sensor antenna, the at least one temperature sensor being suitable for transmitting a signal representative of the temperature measurement and the control module being suitable for receiving the representative signal, via the antennas, and processing the representative signal to generate a message,
wherein the disconnector is configured for use in a high-voltage switchgear station of the Air Insulated Substation type.

2. The disconnector according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of temperature sensors are passive sensors.

3. The disconnector according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of temperature sensors are powered by the control module via the antennas.

4. The disconnector according to claim 1 , wherein the control module is suitable to take into account a time constant τ of the disconnector.

5. A temperature measurement method in a disconnector in a high-voltage switchgear station of the Air Insulated Substation type, the disconnector comprising a high-voltage portion comprising contacts and a low-voltage portion separated from the high-voltage portion, the method comprising:
temperature measurement by a plurality of temperature sensors located on the contacts of the disconnector, wherein at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors measures temperature of a terminal, at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors measures temperature of a main cutter, and at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors measures temperature of a contact,
transmission of electromagnetic energy by a control module via a control module antenna to at least one temperature sensor antenna of at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors,
transmission of a signal representative of the temperature measurement by the at least one temperature sensor antenna,
reception of the representative signal by the control module located in the low-voltage portion of the switchgear station, via the at least one control module antenna, and
processing of the representative signal by the control module to generate a message,
wherein the disconnector is configured for use in a high-voltage switchgear station of the Air Insulated Substation type.

6. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium on which a computer program is recorded, including instructions for carrying out the method according to claim 5 .

Assignees

• General Electric Technology Gmbh

Inventors

• Stella Eros
• Rayon Jean-Luc
• Girlando Vincenzo

Classifications

• G01K1/024 Primary

  for remote indication · CPC title

• G01K13/00

  Thermometers specially adapted for specific purposes · CPC title

• G01K11/265

  using surface acoustic wave [SAW] · CPC title

• H02B13/065

  Means for detecting or reacting to mechanical or electrical defects · CPC title

• G01K7/32 Primary

  using change of resonant frequency of a crystal · CPC title