MODEL DRIVEN ESTIMATION OF FAULTED AREA IN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20240348088A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18611466

    申请日:2024-03-20

    摘要: A system for estimating faulted area in an electric distribution system. The system includes a database storing input data, a fault detection module to estimate, based on the input data, if a new faulted area estimation process is required, a condition estimation module to estimate condition of metered protective devices, un-metered protective devices, and metered devices (PMDs), an upstream to downstream module to assess condition of each metered protective device, un-metered protective device, and metered device (PMD), starting from a feeder circuit breaker towards feeder downstream, to estimate a tripped protective device and a last metered device upstream of a fault, and a downstream to upstream module configured to assess outaged electric loads or elements towards network upstream to find the common interrupting protective device.

    Method and system for dynamic short circuit calculation

    公开(公告)号:US12111344B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US18419589

    申请日:2024-01-23

    IPC分类号: G01R31/08 G01R31/52

    CPC分类号: G01R31/086 G01R31/52

    摘要: A method, and a system and/or computer program implementing the method, for predicting short circuit events in an electric grid, the method including: distributing a plurality of cable mounted sensors on each phase carrying cable of the electric grid, measuring one or more instantaneous voltage and instantaneous current by each of the plurality of cable mounted sensors, determining electricity generation sources feeding the electric grid, determining voltage output for each electricity generation source feeding the electric grid, and determining cable length from each electricity generation source where short-circuit current may be higher than permitted short circuit current.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE TO A FAULT IN A POWER SYSTEMS NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20240319252A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18188219

    申请日:2023-03-22

    发明人: Hengxu HA Xiaoming Li

    IPC分类号: G01R31/08

    CPC分类号: G01R31/088 G01R31/086

    摘要: The present application provides a method for determining a distance to a fault in a power systems network. The method may involve determining, based on a set of measured voltage samples, a set of processed voltage samples; determining, based on a set of measured current samples, a set of processed reactive current samples, a set of processed resistive current samples, a set of processed negative sequence current samples, and a set of processed zero sequence current samples; selecting, based on an indication from a faulty phase indicator, a selected processed voltage sample, a selected processed reactive current sample, a selected processed resistive current sample, and a selected processed negative or zero sequence current sample; determining, based on the selected processed reactive current sample, that no distortion has occurred due to current transformer (CT) saturation; and calculating, based on the determination that no distortion has occurred, the distance to the fault.

    Method for detecting a random state transition in a conducting line, particularly a superconducting line

    公开(公告)号:US12092680B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US18431193

    申请日:2024-02-02

    IPC分类号: G01R31/11 G01R31/08

    CPC分类号: G01R31/11 G01R31/083

    摘要: A method for detecting a random transition in a conducting line, includes the steps of: making a first reference reflectometry measurement on the conducting line in order to deduce a reference time-domain reflectogram therefrom, identifying at least one characteristic of the reference time-domain reflectogram, making a second reflectometry measurement on the conducting line to obtain a second time-domain reflectogram, identifying the same at least one characteristic in the second time-domain reflectogram, and for each amplitude peak identified, determining a difference between the at least one characteristic measured on the reference time-domain reflectogram and the same characteristic measured on the second time-domain reflectogram, evaluating, from a plurality of successive measurements, whether the difference increases in absolute value, and, if this is the case, triggering a warning corresponding to the appearance of a random transition.

    LOCATING AN ERROR IN A SUPPLY OR SIGNAL LINE OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240302421A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18667389

    申请日:2024-05-17

    IPC分类号: G01R31/08 G01R33/36

    CPC分类号: G01R31/083 G01R33/36

    摘要: The invention relates to the field of magnetic resonance, and in particular to determining a location of an error in a supply or signal line. Due to the rugged environment for MR systems in hospitals supply or signal lines of MR systems are error prone. For serviceability and part replacement it is important to locate the error in the supply or signal line or to identify the subunit of the supply or signal line in which the error occurred. The basic idea of the invention is to use an additional impedance, that is coupled to the supply or signal line of the MR system in the region of interconnection for locating the error in the supply or signal line. The additional impedance provides a reference impedance value. By measuring the impedance and comparing the measured impedance to the reference impedance value, the error in the supply or signal line can be located. In one embodiment the additional impedance is realized as additional capacitance and provided as a capacitor.