Magnetizing inrush current suppression device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9385525-B2
Application number	US-201414205090-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2014
Priority date	Sep 14, 2011
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetizing inrush current suppression device. A closing phase determination unit determines a phase position for suppressing the magnetizing inrush current among phase positions in which the prospective magnetic flux calculated by the prospective magnetic flux calculation unit and the residual magnetic flux calculated by the residual magnetic flux calculation unit coincide between the lines of the minimum residual magnetic flux determined by the minimum residual magnetic flux determination unit, as a closing phase position. A closing unit simultaneously closes the three phases of the circuit-breaker at the determined closing phase position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetizing inrush current suppression device for controlling a circuit-breaker that closes and opens connection between a transformer having a Y-connected primary winding and Δ-connected secondary winding and a three-phase AC power supply to suppress a magnetizing inrush current, the magnetizing inrush current suppression device comprising:
a power supply-side voltage measurement unit configured to measure three-phase AC voltage on a power supply side of the circuit-breaker;
a prospective magnetic flux calculation unit configured to calculate prospective magnetic fluxes between three lines of the secondary winding of the transformer based on the three-phase AC voltage measured by the power supply-side voltage measurement unit;
a transformer voltage measurement unit configured to measure respective terminal voltages of the secondary winding of the transformer;
a residual magnetic flux calculation unit configured to calculate residual magnetic fluxes between the three lines based on the respective terminal voltages measured by the transformer voltage measurement unit;
a minimum residual magnetic flux determination unit configured to determine residual magnetic flux of a minimum absolute value among the residual magnetic fluxes between the three lines calculated by the residual magnetic flux calculation unit;
a closing phase determination unit configured to determine a phase position for suppressing the magnetizing inrush current among phase positions in which the prospective magnetic flux calculated by the prospective magnetic flux calculation unit and the residual magnetic flux calculated by the residual magnetic flux calculation unit coincide between the lines of the minimum residual magnetic flux determined by the minimum residual magnetic flux determination unit, as a closing phase position; and
a closing unit configured to simultaneously close the three phases of the circuit-breaker at the closing phase position determined by the closing phase determination unit.

2. The magnetizing inrush current suppression device according to claim 1 , wherein the closing phase determination unit determines a phase position for suppressing the magnetizing inrush current among phase positions in which a difference magnetic flux between the prospective magnetic flux calculated by the prospective magnetic flux calculation unit and the residual magnetic flux calculated by the residual magnetic flux calculation unit comes to a zero point, as the closing phase position.

3. The magnetizing inrush current suppression device according to claim 1 , further comprising a phase range determination unit configured to determine a phase range in which polarities of the prospective magnetic flux calculated by the prospective magnetic flux calculation unit and the residual magnetic flux calculated by the residual magnetic flux calculation unit coincide between lines other than between the lines of the minimum residual magnetic flux determined by the minimum residual magnetic flux determination unit,
wherein the closing phase determination unit determines a phase position that lies in the phase range determined by the phase range determination unit as a phase position for suppressing the magnetizing inrush current.

4. The magnetizing inrush current suppression device according to claim 1 , further comprising an opening unit configured to open the circuit-breaker in a predetermined phase range.

5. The magnetizing inrush current suppression device according to claim 4 , wherein the opening unit determines the phase range such that an absolute value of residual magnetic flux between lines previously determined among the respective lines of the secondary winding of the transformer is set to a maximum.

6. The magnetizing inrush current suppression device according to claim 4 , wherein the opening unit determines the phase range such that an absolute value of residual magnetic flux between lines previously determined among the respective lines of the secondary winding of the transformer is set to a minimum.

7. A magnetizing inrush current suppression method of controlling a circuit-breaker that closes and opens connection between a transformer having a Y-connected primary winding and Δ-connected secondary winding and a three-phase AC power supply to suppress a magnetizing inrush current, the magnetizing inrush current suppression method comprising:
measuring three-phase AC voltage on a power supply side of the circuit-breaker;
calculating prospective magnetic fluxes between three lines of the secondary winding of the transformer based on the measured three-phase AC voltage;
measuring respective terminal voltages of the secondary winding of the transformer;
calculating residual magnetic fluxes between the three lines based on the respective measured terminal voltages;
determining a residual magnetic flux of a minimum absolute value among the calculated residual magnetic fluxes between the three lines;
determining a phase position for suppressing the magnetizing inrush current among phase positions in which the calculated prospective magnetic flux and the calculated residual magnetic flux coincide between the lines of the determined minimum residual magnetic flux, as a closing phase position; and
simultaneously closing the three phases of the circuit-breaker at the determined closing phase position.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Koshizuka Tadashi
• Saito Minoru
• Maruyama Shiro
• Maehara Hiroyuki
• Suzuki Koji

Classifications

• H02H7/042

  for current transformers · CPC title

• H02H9/002 Primary

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

• H02H3/44

  responsive to the rate of change of electrical quantities · CPC title

• H01H9/563

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

• H02H3/08

  responsive to excess current (responsive to abnormal temperature caused by excess current H02H5/04) · CPC title