Fault detection method and apparatus for three-phase power distribution system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11808799-B2
Application number	US-202217681386-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2022
Priority date	Feb 26, 2021
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

A fault detection method for a three-phase power distribution system, which includes three phase lines and a neutral line. The three phase lines intersect with the neutral line at a neutral point, the three phase lines include a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line, and at least one of the three phase lines is connected to the neutral line. The method includes: obtaining a voltage between every two phase lines; obtaining a voltage between each phase line and the neutral point based on the voltage between every two phase lines; obtaining a voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point based on a voltage between each phase line and the neutral line and the voltage between each phase line and the neutral point; and detecting the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point, whether a fault occurs in the neutral line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fault detection method for a three-phase power distribution system, wherein the three-phase power distribution system comprises three phase lines and a neutral line, wherein the three phase lines intersect with the neutral line at a neutral point, the three phase lines comprise a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line, the method comprising:
obtaining a voltage between every two phase lines;
obtaining a voltage between each phase line and the neutral point based on the voltage between every two phase lines;
obtaining a voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point based on a voltage between each phase line and the neutral line and the voltage between each phase line and the neutral point; and
detecting whether a line break fault occurs in the neutral line, based on the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein any phase line connected to the neutral line is connected to the neutral line by using a resistor element.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the voltage between every two phase lines comprises:
obtaining the voltage between each phase line and the neutral line; and
obtaining the voltage between every two phase lines based on the voltage between each phase line and the neutral line.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the voltage between every two phase lines comprises:
obtaining a voltage between the first phase line and the neutral line, a voltage between the second phase line and the neutral line, and a voltage between the first phase line and the third phase line;
obtaining a voltage between the first phase line and the second phase line based on the voltage between the first phase line and the neutral line and the voltage between the second phase line and the neutral line;
obtaining a voltage between the third phase line and the neutral line based on the voltage between the first phase line and the neutral line and the voltage between the first phase line and the third phase line; and
obtaining a voltage between the second phase line and the third phase line based on the voltage between the second phase line and the neutral line and the voltage between the third phase line and the neutral line.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the voltage between the first phase line and the second phase line satisfies:
V 1 =|√{square root over ( V 2 2 +V 3 2 −2 V 2 V 3 cos θ)}|, wherein

V 1 is the voltage between the first phase line and the second phase line, V 2 is the voltage between the first phase line and the neutral line, V 3 is the voltage between the second phase line and the neutral line, and θ is a phase difference between V 2 and V 3 .

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the voltage between each phase line and the neutral point based on the voltage between every two phase lines comprises:
constructing a target triangle model in a specified coordinate system based on the voltage between every two phase lines, wherein three side lengths of the target triangle model each are the voltage between every two phase lines;
obtaining, in the specified coordinate system, a target point corresponding to the target triangle model, wherein an included angle of 120° can be formed by intersecting connection lines between the target point and any two endpoints of the target triangle model;
obtaining a distance between the target point and each endpoint of the target triangle model; and
using the distance between the target point and each endpoint as a value of the voltage between each phase line and the neutral point.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein based on three interior angles of the target triangle model each are less than 120°, the target point is a Fermat point of the target triangle model, or
the target point is a positive equiangular center point of the target triangle model.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the three side lengths of the target triangular model are a first side length, a second side length, and a third side length, and the obtaining, in the specified coordinate system, the target point corresponding to the target triangle model comprises:
constructing, in the specified coordinate system, a first target circle model corresponding to the first side length and a second target circle model corresponding to the second side length, wherein the first target circle model comprises two endpoints of the first side length and the target point, and the second target circle model comprises two endpoints of the second side length and the target point;
obtaining coordinates of a circle center of the first target circle model based on coordinates of the two endpoints of the first side length, and obtaining coordinates of a circle center of the second target circle model based on coordinates of the two endpoints of the second side length; and
obtaining coordinates of the target point based on the coordinates of the circle center of the first target circle model and the coordinates of the circle center of the second target circle model.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a coordinate origin of the specified coordinate system is any endpoint of the target triangle model, and a coordinate axis of the specified coordinate system coincides with a side length of the coordinate origin in the target triangle model.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point based on the voltage between each phase line and the neutral line and the voltage between each phase line and the neutral point comprises:
obtaining a target difference corresponding to each phase line, wherein a target difference corresponding to a target phase line is a difference between the following two voltages: a voltage between the target phase line and the neutral line and a voltage between the target phase line and the neutral point; and
using a largest value in target differences corresponding to the three phase lines as the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein to detect whether the line break fault occurs in the neutral line, the obtaining, based on the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point, comprises:
detecting whether the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point is greater than a specified threshold; and
based on the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point being greater than the specified threshold, detecting the line break fault occurs in the neutral line, or based on the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point not being greater than the specified threshold, detecting the line break fault does not occur in the neutral line.

12. A fault detection apparatus for a three-phase power distribution system, wherein the three-phase power distribution system comprises three phase lines and a neutral line, wherein the three phase lines intersect with the neutral line at a neutral point, the three phase lines comprise a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line, and
wherein the fault detection apparatus comprises a transceiver and a processor, wherein:
the transceiver is configured to obtain a voltage between every two phase lines; and
the processor is configured to:
determine a voltage between each phase line and the neutral point based on the voltage between every two phase lines;
determine a voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point based on a voltage between each phase line and the neutral line and the voltag

Assignees

• Huawei Digital Power Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xiao Gang
• Wu Zhiqing
• Zhong Shaohui

Classifications

• G01R31/085 Primary

  in power transmission or distribution lines, e.g. overhead · CPC title

• G01R19/16576

  comparing DC or AC voltage with one threshold (G01R19/16514, G01R19/16519, G01R19/16528, G01R19/16533 and G01R19/1659 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01R31/54 Primary

  Testing for continuity · CPC title

• G01R31/58

  Testing of lines, cables or conductors (testing of electric windings G01R31/72) · CPC title

• Y04S10/52

  Outage or fault management, e.g. fault detection or location · CPC title