Magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9197057-B2
Application number	US-201313773372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2013
Priority date	Aug 23, 2010
Publication date	Nov 24, 2015
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015

Abstract

According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus including an interrupting phase detection unit that detects a phase when the transformer that converts a three-phase alternating-current voltage to a single-phase alternating-current voltage is disconnected, a single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit that measures the single-phase alternating-current voltage on the power system side of the circuit breaker, and a closing unit that closes the circuit breaker in the detected phase, based on the measured single-phase alternating-current voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus that suppresses a magnetizing inrush current generated when there is closed a circuit breaker to open and close a connection between a single-phase alternating-current power system and a transformer that converts a three-phase alternating-current voltage to a single-phase alternating-current voltage, the apparatus comprising:
an interrupting phase detection unit configured to detect a phase when the transformer is disconnected by the circuit breaker;
a single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit configured to measure the single-phase alternating-current voltage on the power system side of the circuit breaker; and
a closing unit configured to close the circuit breaker in the phase detected by the interrupting phase detection unit, based on the single-phase alternating-current voltage measured by the single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit.

2. A magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus that suppresses a magnetizing inrush current generated when there is closed a circuit breaker to open and close a connection between a single-phase alternating-current power system and a transformer that converts a three-phase alternating-current voltage to a single-phase alternating-current voltage, the apparatus comprising:
an opening unit configured to open the circuit breaker in a held phase; and
a closing unit configured to close the circuit breaker in the held phase based on the single-phase alternating-current voltage on the power system side of the circuit breaker.

3. A magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus that suppresses a magnetizing inrush current generated when there is closed a circuit breaker to open and close a connection between a single-phase alternating-current power system and a transformer that converts a three-phase alternating-current voltage to a single-phase alternating-current voltage, the apparatus comprising:
a transformer side single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit configured to measure the single-phase alternating-current voltage on the transformer side of the circuit breaker;
a residual magnetic flux calculation unit configured to calculate a residual magnetic flux of each phase of the transformer after the transformer is disconnected by the circuit breaker, based on the single-phase alternating-current voltage measured by the transformer side single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit;
a power system side single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit configured to measure the single-phase alternating-current voltage on the power system side of the circuit breaker;
a steady magnetic flux calculation unit configured to calculate a steady magnetic flux of each phase of the transformer based on the single-phase alternating-current voltage measured by the power system side single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit;
a phase determination unit configured to determine a phase in which a polarity of the residual magnetic flux calculated by the residual magnetic flux calculation unit matches a polarity of the steady magnetic flux calculated by the steady magnetic flux calculation unit in the each phase; and
a closing unit configured to close the circuit breaker in the phase determined by the phase determination unit.

4. The magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:
the transformer is a Scott connection transformer in which a main transformer is connected to a teaser transformer at a midpoint,
the apparatus further comprises the midpoint voltage measurement unit configured to measure a voltage to ground of the midpoint,
the transformer side single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit measures the single-phase alternating-current voltage based on the voltage to ground of the midpoint which is measured by the midpoint voltage measurement unit.

5. The magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a measurement information holding unit configured to hold information obtained by measuring the residual magnetic flux of the transformer and a interrupting phase of the circuit breaker when the circuit breaker is subjected to an opening operation at least once; and
an opening unit configured to open the circuit breaker in a same interrupting phase based on the information held by the measurement information holding unit,
wherein the closing unit closes the circuit breaker based on the interrupting phase by the opening unit.

6. The magnetizing inrush current suppression method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
holding information obtained by measuring the residual magnetic flux of the transformer and a interrupting phase of the circuit breaker when the circuit breaker is subjected to an opening operation at least once;
opening the circuit breaker in a same interrupting phase based on the held information; and
closing the circuit breaker based on the interrupting phase.

7. The magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a measurement information holding unit configured to hold information obtained by measuring the residual magnetic flux of the transformer and a interrupting phase of the circuit breaker when the circuit breaker is subjected to an opening operation at least once; and
an opening unit configured to open the circuit breaker in a same interrupting phase based on the information held by the measurement information holding unit,
wherein the closing unit closes the circuit breaker based on the interrupting phase by the opening unit.

8. A magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus that suppresses a magnetizing inrush current generated when there is closed a circuit breaker to open and close a connection between a single-phase alternating-current power system and a transformer that converts a three-phase alternating-current voltage to a single-phase alternating-current voltage, the apparatus comprising:
a transformer side three-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit configured to measure the three-phase alternating-current voltage of the transformer;
a transformer side voltage conversion unit configured to convert the three-phase alternating-current voltage of the transformer which is measured by the transformer side three-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit to the single-phase alternating-current voltage of the transformer;
a residual magnetic flux calculation unit configured to calculate a residual magnetic flux of each phase of the transformer after the transformer is disconnected by the circuit breaker, based on the single-phase alternating-current voltage converted by the transformer side voltage conversion unit;
a power system side single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit configured to measure the single-phase alternating-current voltage on the power system side of the circuit breaker;
a steady magnetic flux calculation unit configured to calculate a steady magnetic flux of each phase of the transformer based on the single-phase alternating-current voltage measured by the power system side single-phase alternating-current voltage measurement unit;
a phase determination unit configured to determine a phase in which a polarity of the residual magnetic flux calculated by the residual magnetic flux calculation unit matches a polarity of the steady magnetic flux calculated by the steady magnetic flux calculation unit in the each phase; and
a closing unit configured to close the circuit breaker in the phase determined by the phase determination unit.

9. The magnetizing inrush current suppression apparatus according to claim 8

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Udagawa Keisuke
• Koshizuka Tadashi
• Maruyama Shiro
• Saitoh Minoru
• Nagayama Noriyuki

Classifications

• H01H9/563 Primary

  for multipolar switches, e.g. different timing for different phases, selecting phase with first zero-crossing · CPC title

• H02H9/002 Primary

  limiting inrush current on switching on of inductive loads subjected to remanence, e.g. transformers · CPC title

• H02H7/04 Primary

  for transformers · CPC title

• H01H33/593

  for ensuring operation of the switch at a predetermined point of the AC cycle (for multipolar switches H01H9/563) · CPC title