Device, method and program for determining misplacement of a current transformer on a power line

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9557359-B2
Application number	US-201314765198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2013
Priority date	Feb 14, 2013
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A voltage/current verifier computes, for each phase, a phase difference between phase voltage and phase current from the phase of phase voltage and the phase of phase current computed for each phase by a phase acquirer, and determines conformity if all of the computed phase differences are within a preset range. A current/current verifier computes phase differences between phase currents from the phase of phase current computed for each phase by the phase acquirer, and determines conformity if all of the computed phase differences are less than 180°. A reporting device reports that a current transformer is incorrectly placed on a power line unless both the voltage/current verifier and the current/current verifier do not determine conformity.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A determining device comprising:
a voltage measuring instrument configured to measure phase voltages applied to power lines configured to transmit alternating current power supplied from a three-phase alternating current power source;
a current measuring instrument configured to measure phase currents flowing through the power lines, via current transformers placed on outer circumferences of the power lines;
a phase acquirer configured to compute, for each phase, a phase of phase voltage and a phase of phase current from the phase voltages measured by the voltage measuring instrument and the phase currents measured by the current measuring instrument;
a voltage/current verifier configured to compute, for each phase, a phase difference between phase voltage and phase current from the phase of phase voltage and the phase of phase current computed for each phase by the phase acquirer, and determine conformity if all of the computed phase differences are within a preset range;
a current/current verifier configured to compute phase differences between phase currents from the phase of phase current computed for each phase by the phase acquirer, and determine conformity if all of the computed phase differences are less than 180° ; and
a reporting device configured to report that the current transformer is incorrectly placed on the power line unless both the voltage/current verifier and the current/current verifier determine conformity.

2. The determining device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a coefficient acquirer configured to compute, for each phase, Fourier coefficients of a fundamental of phase voltage from the phase voltages measured by the voltage measuring instrument, and compute, for each phase, Fourier coefficients of a fundamental of phase current from the phase currents measured by the current measuring instrument, wherein
the phase acquirer computes, for each phase, a phase of phase voltage from the Fourier coefficients of the fundamental of phase voltage computed for each phase by the coefficient acquirer, and computes a phase of phase current from the Fourier coefficients of the fundamental of phase current computed for each phase by the coefficient acquirer.

3. The determining device according to claim 2 , comprising:
a current determiner configured to determine whether or not values of the phase currents measured by the current measuring instrument are equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein
when the current determiner determines that the values of the phase currents measured by the current measuring instrument are equal to or greater than the threshold, the coefficient acquirer computes, for each phase, the Fourier coefficients of the fundamental of phase voltage from the phase voltages measured by the voltage measuring instrument, and computes, for each phase, the Fourier coefficients of the fundamental of phase current from the phase currents measured by the current measuring instrument.

4. The determining device according to claim 1 , wherein
the voltage measuring instrument measures the phase voltages applied to the power lines via terminals connected to the power lines.

5. The determining device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a power measurer configured to measure, for each phase, alternating current power supplied to a load connected to the power lines, based on the phase voltages measured by the voltage measuring instrument and the phase currents measured by the current measuring instrument when both the voltage/current verifier and the current/current verifier determine conformity, and output a value of the measured alternating current power.

6. A determining method comprising:
measuring phase voltages applied to power lines configured to transmit alternating current power supplied from a three-phase alternating current power source;
measuring phase currents flowing through the power lines, via current transformers disposed on outer circumferences of the power lines;
computing, for each phase, a phase of phase voltage and a phase of phase current from the phase voltages measured and the phase currents measured;
computing, for each phase, a phase difference between phase voltage and phase current from the phase of phase voltage and the phase of phase current computed for each phase, and determining conformity if all of the computed phase differences are within a preset range;
computing phase differences between phase currents from the phase of phase current computed for each phase, and determining conformity if all of the computed phase differences are less than 180°; and
reporting that the current transformer is incorrectly placed on the power line unless conformity is determined in both verifying to the phase difference between phase voltage and phase current and verifying to the phase differences between phase currents.

7. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium that stores a program that causes a computer to realize:
a voltage measuring function configured to measure phase voltages applied to power lines configured to transmit alternating current power supplied from a three-phase alternating current power source;
a current measuring function configured to measure phase currents flowing through the power lines, via current transformers disposed on outer circumferences of the power lines;
a phase acquiring function configured to compute, for each phase, a phase of phase voltage and a phase of phase current from the phase voltages measured by the voltage measuring function and the phase currents measured by the current measuring function;
a voltage/current verifying function configured to compute, for each phase, a phase difference between phase voltage and phase current from the phase of phase voltage and the phase of phase current computed for each phase by the phase acquiring function, and determine conformity if all of the computed phase differences are within a preset range;
a current/current verifying function configured to compute phase differences between phase currents from the phase of phase current computed for each phase by the phase acquiring function, and determine conformity if all of the computed phase differences are less than 180° ; and
a reporting function configured to report that the current transformer is incorrectly placed on the power line unless both the voltage/current verifying function and the current/current verifying function determine conformity.

Assignees

• Ishihara Masahiro
• Endo Satoshi
• Koizumi Yoshiaki
• Kusube Shinsaku
• Takata Masaki
• Taniguchi Yoshihiro
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ishihara Masahiro
• Endo Satoshi
• Koizumi Yoshiaki
• Kusube Shinsaku
• Takata Masaki
• Taniguchi Yoshihiro

Classifications

• G01R15/18

  using inductive devices, e.g. transformers · CPC title

• G01R29/18

  Indicating phase sequence; Indicating synchronism · CPC title

• G01R15/142

  Arrangements for simultaneous measurements of several parameters employing techniques covered by groups G01R15/14 - G01R15/26 · CPC title

• G01R25/005 Primary

  Circuits for comparing several input signals and for indicating the result of this comparison, e.g. equal, different, greater, smaller, or for passing one of the input signals as output signal · CPC title

• G01R31/50

  Testing of electric apparatus, lines, cables or components for short-circuits, continuity, leakage current or incorrect line connections (testing of sparking plugs H01T13/58) · CPC title