摘要:
A sensor apparatus for a power bus including a current and a temperature includes a housing and one or more sensors. Each of the sensors is adapted to sense one of the current or the temperature of the power bus. A radio transceiver circuit is adapted to transmit a first wireless signal and to receive a second wireless signal. A processor is adapted to input the sensed current and the sensed temperature from the sensors and to output corresponding signals to the radio transceiver circuit in order to transmit the first wireless signal. A power supply is adapted to employ voltage produced by magnetically coupling the power bus to one or more coils, in order to power the sensors, the radio transceiver circuit and the processor from flux arising from current flowing in the power bus.
摘要:
A translator apparatus includes a first transceiver for a Modbus RTU network having a register map of values, and a second transceiver for an INCOM network of INCOM devices having a plurality of different maps of objects and INCOM commands. A processor includes first and second interfaces to the respective first and second transceivers, and a communication routine adapted to: receive a request based upon the register map through the first transceiver related to the INCOM device objects which are responsive to different INCOM commands, send an INCOM command related to one or more of the INCOM device objects through the second transceiver, receive a response based upon the command through the second transceiver related to the INCOM device objects, and send a response based upon the register map through the first transceiver related to the INCOM device objects.
摘要:
An electrical switching device, such as a receptacle, includes a line circuit having a first temperature, a neutral circuit having a second temperature, and a load terminal. Separable contacts are adapted to electrically connect the line circuit and the load terminal. An operating mechanism opens the separable contacts in response to a trip signal. A first diode temperature sensor outputs a first signal representative of the first temperature of the line circuit. A second diode temperature sensor outputs a second signal representative of the second temperature of the neutral circuit. A difference circuit determines a difference between the first and second signals. A trip circuit provides the trip signal as a function of the difference.
摘要:
A low cost analog arcing detector and a circuit breaker incorporating such a detector provide a variable response time to arcing faults based upon the amplitude of the arcing current. A filter generates pulses having an amplitude proportional to the amplitude of the step increase in current generated by the striking of the arc. The pulses are rectified and the amount by which the single polarity pulses exceed a threshold value, selected to eliminate nuisance trips on current step increases characteristic of some common loads, is integrated by a capacitor connected to a resistor which continually adjusts the capacitor voltage in a sense opposite to that of the pulses. The capacitor and resistor are selected to generate a trip signal as a function of the accumulated, time attenuated magnitude of the step increases in current associated with each striking of the arc current. Preferably, the pulses are squared before the reference current is subtracted to provide faster response for large amplitude arc currents, while avoiding false trips caused by known loads. Preferably, the arcing detector is used with a ground current detector which provides further protection by tripping on ground currents flowing through carbon tracks deposited by arcing currents below the threshold of the arcing fault detector.
摘要:
A microprocessor based overcurrent trip unit includes an analog circuit for monitoring phase currents in the electrical interrupting device. The analog circuit is adapted to interface with the microprocessor over a range of selectable setpoints for instantaneous tripping and at the same time accurately monitor the phase currents even during a condition when the current sensing transformers are saturated. The overcurrent trip unit also allows the function of the long time delay characteristics of protection curve to be varied in order to provide better coordination with the characteristics of other overcurrent tripping devices in an electrical distribution system, such as a current limiting fuse, thereby enhancing the overall reliability of the system. For example, the function may be varied to provide either a fixed or FLAT, It, I.sup.2 t and I.sup.4 t functions. The overcurrent tripping device also allows for relatively wide adjustment ranges for the long time delay and short time delay protection portions of an overcurrent protection curve. In order to prevent any overlapping of the protection ranges, the long time delay portion is prevented from tripping the interrupting device prior to the short time delay portion.
摘要:
A microprocessor based switch such as a circuit breaker generates digital rms representations of analog load currents from n samples of the analog currents per cycle synchronized to the line frequency, where n is an odd integer equal to a selected highest order harmonic to be detected plus 2. A routine determines whether the power system is 50 or 60 Hz, and automatically sets the sampling interval to provide exactly n samples per cycle for the connected source. Terminals for rapidly resetting an analog memory for calibration and field testing of a long delay trip are hidden behind a removable rating plug.
摘要:
An electrical overcurrent circuit provides both digital based modeling and analog based modeling of the temperature of an electrical conductor to simulate the conductor temperature during all expected operating conditions including a condition when electrical power is unavailable to the electrical overcurrent circuitry. When electrical power is available to the circuitry, the conductor temperature is calculated from the sensed load currents to form the digital based model. During such a condition, the analog based model is forced to track the digital based model. Once the temperature of the electrical conductor exceeds its maximum safe operating temperature, the electrical overcurrent circuitry initiates a trip of the circuit breaker. Since the overcurrent circuitry is powered either by the sensed load currents or derived from the circuit breaker output, the circuit breaker trip will result in a loss of electrical power to the electrical overcurrent circuitry. This causes the digital based model to be reset to a cold conductor temperature value. However, the analog based model continues to operate to simulate the conductor temperature during this condition. When electrical power is restored to the circuit, for example, when the circuit breaker is closed, the digital model is initialized with the value from the analog model.
摘要:
A hybrid monolithic IC that is standardized for controlling various types of electrical equipment, such as circuit breakers, motor controllers and the like. The IC is a hybrid monolithic IC, fabricated in CMOS technology, The shortcomings of utilizing CMOS technology for linear or analog circuitry is overcome by the implementation of the IC to provide a monolithic IC that is relatively less expensive than using multiple ICs or a single IC fabricated from biCMOS technology.
摘要:
A motor controller or contactor is disclosed which utilizes a non-saturating current transformer for sensing the amount of current flowing in the electrical conductor connected to the contactor. The current sensor is made of homogeneous sintered powdered metal having evenly distributed microscopic air gaps therein which increase the reluctance of the magnetic circuit but resist the influence of stray magnetic flux. This increased reluctance prevents magnetic saturation over a wide range of input current and allows the secondary of the transducer to produce a voltage which is proportional to the derivative of the primary current, that is the current being sensed by the transducer. The aforementioned voltage is linearly proportional to the derivative of the current over a wide range of primary current values. This voltage is integrated to produce an output signal which is directly proportional to the aforementioned primary current over the wide range of current values. By measuring only the derivative of the primary current, the current transducer can be significantly smaller than an equivalent current transformer. The homogenous magnetic core of powdered metal and interposed air gaps has a Rayleigh Constant .lambda. of such value .lambda.H is significantly less than the initial permeability less than the initial permeability .mu.o of the core, thus allowing the transformer to sense current over a wide range.
摘要:
An automatic transfer switch with microprocessor and a display which includes clusters or combinations of display cells. There may, for example, be sixteen display cells for a 16-word display. The display cells are driven by two serially connected shift registers, the input of the first of which is interconnected with the microprocessor. Sixteen digital words are supplied in sequence to the shift registers. One portion of the digital word is then provided in parallel to each of the display cells simultaneously but another portion of the word is supplied to an encoding device which tells which of the sixteen display cells will display that word. One 16 word message requires sixteen reiterations performed at high speed so that it appears that all sixteen display devices are actuated simultaneously to display one multi-word message.