IP Library Granted Patent US 12674849
Granted Patent B2
US 12674849 · App. 18/655,776 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Measurement apparatus and measurement method

Inventors: Kenji Murakami (Hachioji, JP); Naoki Ito (Hachioji, JP)
Assignees: Yokogawa Electric Corporation; Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation
G01R31/52G01R25/005
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Patent No.
US 12674849
App. No.
18/655,776
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A phase angle is measured accurately when a resistance component leakage current is measured. A measurement apparatus 10 according to the present disclosure includes a magnetic core 11 , first and second coils L1 and L2 wound around the magnetic core 11 , a current measurement circuit 12 , a voltage measurement circuit 13 , a phase angle detection circuit 15 , a signal generator 14 that can output sinusoidal waves to the second coil 12 and the phase angle detection circuit 15 , and a controller 16 . The phase angle detection circuit 15 can detect a calibration phase angle between a current measured by the current measurement circuit 12 when the signal generator 14 is outputting the sinusoidal waves, and one of the sinusoidal waves input from the signal generator 14 . The controller 16 calculates a corrected phase angle based on a phase angle and the calibration phase angle, and calculates a resistance component leakage current based on a leakage current and the corrected phase angle.

Claims (53)

1 . A measurement apparatus configured to be able to measure a resistance component leakage current, the measurement apparatus comprising:

a magnetic core capable of being disposed so as to surround a wire;

first and second coils wound around the magnetic core;

a current measurement circuit connected to the first coil, the current measurement circuit configured to be able to measure a leakage current of the wire;

a voltage measurement circuit configured to be able to measure a voltage of the wire;

a phase angle detection circuit configured to be able to detect a phase angle between the leakage current and the voltage;

a signal generator configured to be able to output sinusoidal waves to the second coil and the phase angle detection circuit; and

a controller,

wherein

the phase angle detection circuit is configured to be able to detect a calibration phase angle between a current measured by the current measurement circuit when the signal generator is outputting the sinusoidal waves, and one of the sinusoidal waves input from the signal generator, and

the controller is configured to:

calculate a corrected phase angle based on the phase angle and the calibration phase angle; and

calculate the resistance component leakage current based on the leakage current and the corrected phase angle.

2 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate the corrected phase angle based on a following equation (1):

θ

=

θ1

-

θ2

(

1

)

wherein, θ represents the corrected phase angle, θ1 represents the phase angle, and θ2 represents the calibration phase angle.

3 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate the resistance component leakage current based on a following equation (2):

Ior

=

Io

×

cos

θ

(

2

)

wherein, Ior represents the resistance component leakage current, and Io represents the leakage current.

4 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an input interface configured to be able to accept an operation from a user,

wherein when the input interface accepts, from the user, the operation to start a calibration operation, the controller controls the signal generator to output the sinusoidal waves and detects the calibration phase angle.

5 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display,

wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display the calculated resistance component leakage current.

6 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the signal generator is configured to output the sinusoidal waves at one or more frequencies different from a measurement target frequency of the resistance component leakage current, and

the controller is configured to perform detection of the calibration phase angle and calculation of the resistance component leakage current simultaneously.

7 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the signal generator is configured to output the sinusoidal waves at one frequency different from the measurement target frequency of the resistance component leakage current, and

the controller is configured to calculate the calibration phase angle at the measurement target frequency of the resistance component leakage current, based on the calibration phase angle detected when the signal generator is outputting the sinusoidal waves at the one frequency different from the measurement target frequency of the resistance component leakage current.

8 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the signal generator is configured to output the sinusoidal waves at two frequencies different from the measurement target frequency of the resistance component leakage current, and

the controller is configured to calculate the calibration phase angle at the measurement target frequency of the resistance component leakage current, based on the calibration phase angle detected when the signal generator is outputting the sinusoidal waves at the two frequencies different from the measurement target frequency of the resistance component leakage current.

9 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein one of the two frequencies is higher than the measurement target frequency, and the other of the two frequencies is lower than the measurement target frequency.

10 . A measurement method by a measurement apparatus configured to be able to measure a resistance component leakage current, the measurement apparatus including a magnetic core capable of being disposed so as to surround a wire, first and second coils wound around the magnetic core, a current measurement circuit connected to the first coil, the current measurement circuit configured to be able to measure a leakage current of the wire, a voltage measurement circuit configured to be able to measure a voltage of the wire, a phase angle detection circuit configured to be able to detect a phase angle between the leakage current and the voltage, and a signal generator configured to be able to output sinusoidal waves to the second coil and the phase angle detection circuit, the measurement method comprising:

detecting, by the phase angle detection circuit, a calibration phase angle between a current measured by the current measurement circuit when the signal generator is outputting the sinusoidal waves, and one of the sinusoidal waves input from the signal generator;

calculating a corrected phase angle based on the phase angle and the calibration phase angle; and

calculating the resistance component leakage current based on the leakage current and the corrected phase angle.