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US 11,555,862 · App. 17/035,726 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Ground fault detection method and system

Inventors: Hsien-Yi Tsai (Jiangsu, CN); Daquan Xie (Jiangsu, CN); Fei Du (Jiangsu, CN); Rupei Zhang (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignees: Wanbang Digital Energy Co., LTD.; Wanbang Star Charge Technology LTD.
G01R31/52B60L53/60
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Patent No.
US 11,555,862
App. No.
17/035,726
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and system for ground fault detection. The method may include obtaining an input voltage and a null-ground voltage; determining whether the null-ground voltage is less than a voltage threshold; if yes, further determining whether the null-ground voltage is less than a preset voltage; if yes, determining that the grounding state is normal; if the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the preset voltage, determining that the grounding state is abnormal; if the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the voltage threshold, determining that the live wire and the null wire are reversed; in the case that the live wire and the null wire are reversed, determining whether the difference between the input voltage and the null-ground voltage is less than the preset voltage; if yes, determining that the grounding state is normal; if no, determining that the grounding state is abnormal.

Claims (37)

1. A method for ground fault detection implemented on a computing device having at least one processor and a non-transitory storage medium, the method comprising:

obtaining an input voltage by detecting a voltage between a live wire and a null wire, and a null-ground voltage by detecting a voltage between the null wire and a ground wire, respectively; wherein the input voltage is obtained by detecting the voltage between the live wire and the null wire via an isolation voltage detection circuit;

determining whether the null-ground voltage is less than a voltage threshold;

if the null-ground voltage is less than the voltage threshold, determining whether the null-ground voltage is less than a preset voltage;

if the null-ground voltage is less than the preset voltage, determining that a grounding state is normal;

if the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the preset voltage, determining that the grounding state is abnormal; and

if the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the voltage threshold, determining that the live wire and the null wire are reversed;

wherein the isolation voltage detection circuit includes a voltage transformer, one terminal of an input side of the voltage transformer connects to a live wire terminal through a first resistor, and the other terminal of the input side of the voltage transformer connect to a null wire terminal; two terminals of an output side of the voltage transformer respectively connects with two detection signal output terminals of the isolation voltage detection circuit through a second resistor and a third resistor, and a fourth resistor, a first diode and a second diode parallelly connect with the two terminals of the output side of the voltage transformer, while the first diode and the second diode are inverted in parallel; and the two detection signal output terminals of the isolation voltage detection circuit are respectively grounded through a first capacitor and a second capacitor.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in a case that the live wire and the null wire are reversed, determining whether a difference between the input voltage and the null-ground voltage is less than the preset voltage;

if the difference between the input voltage and the null-ground voltage is less than the preset voltage, determining that the grounding state is normal; and

if the difference between the input voltage and the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the preset voltage, determining that the grounding state is abnormal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the null-ground voltage is obtained by detecting the voltage between the null wire and the ground wire via a differential voltage detection circuit.

4. A system for ground fault detection, comprising:

at least one storage medium storing a set of instructions; and

at least one processor in communication with the at least one storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the at least one processor is directed to cause the system to:

obtain an input voltage by detecting a voltage between a live wire and a null wire, and a null-ground voltage by detecting a voltage between the null wire and a ground wire, respectively; wherein the input voltage is obtained by detecting the voltage between the live wire and the null wire via an isolation voltage detection circuit;

determine whether the null-ground voltage is less than a voltage threshold;

if the null-ground voltage is less than the voltage threshold, determine whether the null-ground voltage is less than a preset voltage;

if the null-ground voltage is less than the preset voltage, determine that a grounding state is normal;

if the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the preset voltage, determine that the grounding state is abnormal; and

if the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the voltage threshold, determine that the live wire and the null wire are reversed;

wherein the isolation voltage detection circuit includes a voltage transformer, one terminal of an input side of the voltage transformer connects to a live wire terminal through a first resistor, and the other terminal of the input side of the voltage transformer connect to a null wire terminal; two terminals of an output side of the voltage transformer respectively connects with two detection signal output terminals of the isolation voltage detection circuit through a second resistor and a third resistor, and a fourth resistor, a first diode and a second diode parallelly connect with the two terminals of the output side of the voltage transformer, while the first diode and the second diode are inverted in parallel; and the two detection signal output terminals of the isolation voltage detection circuit are respectively grounded through a first capacitor and a second capacitor.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further directed to cause the system to:

in a case that the live wire and the null wire are reversed, determine whether a difference between the input voltage and the null-ground voltage is less than the preset voltage;

if the difference between the input voltage and the null-ground voltage is less than the preset voltage, determine that the grounding state is normal; and

if the difference between the input voltage and the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the preset voltage, determine that the grounding state is abnormal.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the null-ground voltage is obtained by detecting the voltage between the null wire and the ground wire via a differential voltage detection circuit.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the differential voltage detection circuit includes a differential amplifier, two input terminals of the differential amplifier respectively connect to a null wire terminal and a ground wire terminal, an output terminal of the differential amplifier serves as a detection signal output terminal of the differential voltage detection circuit.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable instructions that, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the executable instructions cause the at least one processor to effectuate a method comprising:

obtaining an input voltage by detecting a voltage between a live wire and a null wire, and a null-ground voltage by detecting a voltage between the null wire and a ground wire, respectively; wherein the input voltage is obtained by detecting the voltage between the live wire and the null wire via an isolation voltage detection circuit;

determining whether the null-ground voltage is less than a voltage threshold;

if the null-ground voltage is less than the voltage threshold, determining whether the null-ground voltage is less than a preset voltage;

if the null-ground voltage is less than the preset voltage, determining that a grounding state is normal;

if the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the preset voltage, determining that the grounding state is abnormal; and

if the null-ground voltage is greater than or equal to the voltage threshold, determining that the live wire and the null wire are reversed;

wherein the isolation voltage detection circuit includes a voltage transformer, one terminal of an input side of the voltage transformer connects to a live wire terminal through a first resistor, and the other terminal of the input side of the voltage transformer connect to a null wire terminal; two terminals of an output side of the voltage transformer respectively connects with two detection signal output terminals of the isolation voltage detection circuit through a second resistor and a third resistor, and a fourth resistor, a first diode and a second diode parallelly connect with the two terminals of the output side of the voltage transformer, while the first diode and the second diode are inverted in parallel; and the two detection signal output terminals of the isolation voltage detection circuit are respectively grounded through a first capacitor and a second capacitor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2026
From: TSAI, HSIEN-YI; XIE, DAQUAN; DU, FEI; ZHANG, RUPEI
To: WANBANG DIGITAL ENERGY CO., LTD.; WANBANG STAR CHARGE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Reel/Frame 073460/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2025
From: WANBANG DIGITAL ENERGY CO., LTD.; WANBANG STAR CHARGE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
To: WANBANG DIGITAL ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073093/0248 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2019109394209 · Sep 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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