摘要:
Monitoring and control of analog electromechanical protective relays and digital mcroprocessor based relays is integrated through a system including slave stations which record and time tag contact activity at each of the analog relays. The slave stations continuously retain digital samples of a predetermined number of the most recent cycles of the currents and voltages at the analog relays and when a trip occurs store the retained samples as pre-fault values together with a preset number of post-fault samples. A master station communicates with the slave stations monitoring the analog relays and with the digital relays through a two way communications network. The master station repetitively polls the slave stations and digital relays for contact activity. Detailed data such as the time tags and pre-fault and post-fault currents and voltages are then requested from those stations reporting contact activity. Either the slave stations or master station calculate fault location and type from the fault voltages and currents, an periodically calculate routine metering parameter such as watts and VARs.
摘要:
Direct transfer trip apparatus for sharing a common active communication channel utilized for signal transfer between at least two electromechanical units which form a current differential protective relay for protecting at least one power line in a power system network is disclosed. Each electromechanical unit includes an operating relay coil for effecting an interruption of current through the protected power line when an internal fault of the power line is detected. The direct transfer trip function induces signals to be transmitted through the common active communication channel either upstream or downstream from a faulted power line section where a breaker has failed to open. These direct transfer trip signals are supplied directly to an upstream or downstream breaker unit to operate the breaker to interrupt current through the faulted section independent of the energization of its corresponding operating relay coil. The direct transfer trip apparatus not only performs the aforementioned direct transfer trip function, but also permits disabling of the operating relay coil from effecting a power line interruption inadvertently. Accordingly, an inadvertent current interruption of the power line section by a corresponding operating relay coil is precluded during the transmission of the direct transfer trip signal over the common active communication channel.
摘要:
In a motor-generator set, the frequency of the AC generator outputted voltage is automatically adjusted by field winding regulation of the DC motor, through a closed loop in which a dual-slope converter is charged during a clock-defined time interval in accordance with a potentiometer setpoint, and the charging plus discharging period of the dual slope converter encompasses the period of the outputted voltage.
摘要:
Protective relaying apparatus of the pilot type, incorporating a direct transfer trip function (DTT) which reliably and securely utilizes the same communication channel utilized by the pilot relaying function. The DTT function operates within the constraints of a PPM modem, utilizing a signal extracted from the carrier signal, to provide a perfectly synchronized tone for the DTT signal.
摘要:
Apparatus for protecting a power system or a portion thereof against the effects of subsynchronous current oscillations is disclosed. A signal representative of or proportional to the subsynchronous current is developed via synchronous modulation and bandpass filter techniques. This signal is fully rectified to produce a waveform from which information can be garnered from both the positive and negative half-cycles.A peak holding and peak status circuit then compares successive peaks of the rectified signal, which circuit is adapted to recognize only those peaks having increasing amplitude. The output of the peak holding and peak status circuit is utilized by three comparator circuits which individually employ differing reference voltage levels for overall evaluation purposes.Given a predetermined frequency range of interest for the subsynchronous current, three timing circuits are used to insure that recognizable peaks of the rectified signal fall into the range of interest and exist for a predetermined evaluation time period. The evaluation time period is automatically changed by one of the comparator circuits if the instantaneous subsynchronous current exceeds its predetermined threshold level. A trip and count signal is then generated by the detection apparatus, regardless of the time period used for evaluation.
摘要:
An input signal supplied to a signal measuring circuit is either amplified or attenuated as necessary to establish the magnitude of the input signal within the defined dynamic range of the measuring circuit and the output signal developed by the measuring circuit is subsequently readjusted through amplification or attenuation to develop an output signal which corresponds to the magnitude of the initial input signal.
摘要:
An automatic gain control circuit functions to adjust the magnitude of an input signal supplied to a measuring circuit to a level within the dynamic range of the measuring circuit while a log-ratio circuit adjusts the magnitude of the output signal from the measuring circuit to the level of the input signal and optimizes the signal-to-noise ratio performance of the measuring circuit.
摘要:
The square wave phase comparison signals generated for each phase of a power distribution system by phase comparison relays at each end of a protected three phase transmission line segment are combined to generate a single, multi-level signal with discrete values for each instantaneous combination of square wave signals. The single, multi-level signal is used to modulate a carrier signal which is transmitted over a single channel of a two-way communications link to the other terminal where the carrier signal is demodulated to reproduce the multi-level signal. The reproduced multi-level signal is then decoded to generate remote square wave signals which are compared with the phase of locally generated square wave signals to generate trip signals for circuit breakers at the respective terminals. Square waves representative of priority functions, such as direct transfer trips, can be integrated into the single, multi-level signal transmitted to the other terminal.
摘要:
The multiplexer in a multichannel, secure digital communication system repetitively embeds a sequence of byte length uniquely coded synchronizing signals in each of n successive frames of one channel of a multichannel, time multiplexed digital bit stream. Redundant protective relay data and associated parity check data are embedded in four of the n frames in a second, preferably adjacent channel, with the remaining of the n frames in the second channel containing additional of the uniquely coded synchronizing signals. The time multiplexed serial bit stream is transmitted to a remote station, preferably by fiber optic communications media. The most recent bits of the received serial bit stream equal in number to the number of bits spanned by the two channels in n frames are retained in n-1 serially connected serial in, serial out shift registers. Sixteen bit portions, a frame apart, of the retained most recent bits of the serial bit stream are applied to n serial in, parallel out shift registers. The parallel outputs of these shift registers corresponding to the frames of the two channels encoded with the synchronizing signals are compared with the sequence of uniquely coded signals stored in addresses in PROMs. When the compared signals match, which will occur once in every n frames, a synchronization signal is generated and the protective relay data and parity check data are read directly from the other parallel outputs of the serial in, parallel out shift registers. Similar rapid resynchronization of voice and data channels in the time multiplexed serial bit stream can be achieved by counting the number of bits in the bit stream from the generation of the synchronization signal in the relay protection channels to the beginning of the time slot for a selected voice or data channel.
摘要:
An electronic protective relay which offers a very sensitive detection of a reverse power condition of a three-phase alternating current generator for the protection against generator motoring is disclosed. A current signal is generated from a current transformer coupled to one phase of the ac generator; and a voltage signal is generated from a potential transformer coupled across the one phase and another phase of the generator. A current input circuit is operative to maintain the phase angle between the voltage and current signals over a wide variation of input current, e.g. from one milliamp to 75 amperes. In addition, a phase-rectification type multiplier affords a relatively simple, but effective method for detecting the power flow direction of the generator. Once the power flow is determined to be in the reverse direction and above a preselected magnitude, a signal indicative of a potential generator motoring condition is geneated. Also included in the relay is an undervoltage detection circuit which operates to disable the generator motoring indication if the generator's voltage has not yet reached or has dropped below an adjustable undervoltage setting. Still further, the relay circuit includes timers in both the undervoltage and reverse power detection areas to insure that their respective conditions persist for a preset time duration in each case before an action is initiated.