Arc detecting apparatus and control method thereof, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019288643-A1
Application number	US-201916251101-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 18, 2019
Priority date	Mar 14, 2018
Publication date	Sep 19, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

In the disclosure, the occurrence of an arc is rapidly detected while the frequency of erroneous detection is suppressed. An arc detecting apparatus includes an arc presence/absence determining part determining presence or absence of an arc based on an AC current measured by a current sensor measuring a current from a solar cell, and a repeat number setting part setting, based on a signal strength of the AC current, a repeat number of processing that the arc presence/absence determining part repeatedly performs to determine the presence or absence of the arc.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An arc detecting apparatus, comprising:
an arc determining part, which determines presence or absence of an arc based on an AC current contained in a current from a DC power source that generates power or charges and discharges power; and a repeat number setting part, which sets, based on a signal strength of the AC current, a repeat number of processing that the arc determining part repeatedly performs to determine the presence or absence of the arc.

2 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the signal strength of the AC current is a power spectrum showing a signal strength with respect to frequency.

3 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the signal strength of the AC current is an amplitude showing a signal strength with respect to time.

4 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the repeat number is the number of times that the arc determining part repeatedly acquires data of the AC current to determine the presence or absence of the arc.

5 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the arc determining part makes a temporary determination on the presence or absence of the arc based on the AC current, repeatedly makes the temporary determination, and makes a final determination on the presence or absence of the arc based on the number of times that the arc is temporarily determined as present.

6 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the repeat number is the number of times that the arc determining part repeatedly makes the temporary determination.

7 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the repeat number is the number of times that the arc is temporarily determined as present through the arc determining part repeatedly making the temporary determination.

8 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a current measuring part which measures the AC current.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium, recording a control program for causing a computer to serve as the arc detecting apparatus according to claim 1 , the control program causing the computer to function as each of the parts.

10 . A control method of an arc detecting apparatus, which is a control method of an arc detecting apparatus that detects occurrence of an arc, the control method comprising:
an arc determining step of determining presence or absence of an arc based on an AC current contained in a current from a DC power source that generates power or charges and discharges power; and a repeat number setting step of setting a repeat number of processing repeatedly performed to determine the presence or absence of the arc in the arc determination step based on a signal strength of the AC current.

11 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the repeat number is the number of times that the arc determining part repeatedly acquires data of the AC current to determine the presence or absence of the arc.

12 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the repeat number is the number of times that the arc determining part repeatedly acquires data of the AC current to determine the presence or absence of the arc.

13 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the arc determining part makes a temporary determination on the presence or absence of the arc based on the AC current, repeatedly makes the temporary determination, and makes a final determination on the presence or absence of the arc based on the number of times that the arc is temporarily determined as present.

14 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the arc determining part makes a temporary determination on the presence or absence of the arc based on the AC current, repeatedly makes the temporary determination, and makes a final determination on the presence or absence of the arc based on the number of times that the arc is temporarily determined as present.

15 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a current measuring part which measures the AC current.

16 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a current measuring part which measures the AC current.

17 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a current measuring part which measures the AC current.

18 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising a current measuring part which measures the AC current.

19 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a current measuring part which measures the AC current.

20 . The arc detecting apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a current measuring part which measures the AC current.

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Ikemoto Satoru
• Tomita Kohei
• Maki Naoki
• Kuroki Takayuki

Classifications

• H02H7/20

  for electronic equipment (for converters H02H7/10; for electric measuring instruments G01R1/36; for DC voltage or current semiconductor regulators G05F1/569; for amplifiers H03F1/52; for electronic switching circuits H03K17/08) · CPC title

• H02H1/0092

  concerning the data processing means, e.g. expert systems, neural networks · CPC title

• H02H1/0015

  Using arc detectors · CPC title

• H02S50/10 Primary

  Testing of PV devices, e.g. of PV modules or single PV cells (testing of semiconductor devices during manufacturing {H10P74/00}) · CPC title

• G01R31/1227

  of components, parts or materials (G01R31/1209, G01R31/1218, G01R31/18 take precedence; circuits therefor G01R31/14; testing vessels of electrodes G01R31/16) · CPC title