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US 9,082,562 · App. 13/509,806 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Inrush-current suppressing device and inrush-current suppressing method

Inventors: Sadayuki Kinoshita (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Kamei (Tokyo, JP); Tomohito Mori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01H9/563H02H7/04H02H9/002
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Patent No.
US 9,082,562
App. No.
13/509,806
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inrush-current suppressing device includes: a residual-magnetic-flux calculating unit that calculates a residual magnetic flux in a reference phase of a three-phase transformer while assuming a maximum magnetic flux level generated at a time of applying a rated voltage as 1 PU based on a measurement result of a transformer-voltage measuring unit before and after opening a three-phase circuit breaker; a stationary-magnetic-flux calculating unit that calculates a stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase of the three-phase transformer with reference to the maximum magnetic flux level obtained as the 1 PU based on a measurement result of a power-supply-voltage measuring unit, in response to a closing command to the three-phase circuit breaker; and a control unit that actuates a switch of the three-phase circuit breaker corresponding to the reference phase at a timing when the stationary magnetic flux and the residual magnetic flux in the reference phase match each other.

Claims (30)

1. An inrush-current suppressing device, applied to a configuration of supplying and shutting off a three-phase alternating-current power supply to and from a three-phase transformer via a three-phase circuit breaker, for suppressing a magnetizing inrush current possibly generated in the three-phase transformer during actuation of the three-phase circuit breaker, the device comprising:

a residual-magnetic-flux calculating unit that calculates a residual magnetic flux in a reference phase of the three-phase transformer while assuming a maximum magnetic flux level generated at a time of applying a rated voltage as 1 PU based on voltages applied to the three-phase transformer before and after opening the three-phase circuit breaker;

a stationary-magnetic-flux calculating unit that calculates a stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase of the three-phase transformer with reference to the maximum magnetic flux level obtained as the 1 PU based on voltages applied by the three-phase alternating-current power supply to the three-phase circuit breaker, in response to a closing command to the three-phase circuit breaker; and

a control unit that actuates a switch of the three-phase circuit breaker corresponding to the reference phase at a timing when the stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated by the stationary-magnetic-flux calculating unit matches the residual magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated by the residual-magnetic-flux calculating unit, in response to the closing command.

2. An inrush-current suppressing device, applied to a configuration of supplying and shutting off of outputs on a secondary side of a three-phase transformer via a three-phase circuit breaker, a three-phase alternating-current power supply being supplied to the secondary side of the three-phase transformer, for suppressing a magnetizing inrush current possibly generated in the three-phase transformer during actuation of the three-phase circuit breaker, the device comprising:

a residual-magnetic-flux calculating unit that calculates a residual magnetic flux in a reference phase of the three-phase transformer while assuming a maximum magnetic flux level generated at a time of applying a rated voltage as 1 PU based on voltages generated at the secondary side of the three-phase transformer before and after opening the three-phase circuit breaker;

a stationary-magnetic-flux calculating unit that calculates a stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase of the three-phase transformer with reference to the maximum magnetic flux level obtained as the 1 PU based on voltages on an output side of the three-phase circuit breaker by the outputs on the secondary side of the three-phase transformer, in response to a closing command to the three-phase circuit breaker; and

a control unit that actuates a switch of the three-phase circuit breaker corresponding to the reference phase at a timing when the stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated by the stationary-magnetic-flux calculating unit matches the residual magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated by the residual-magnetic-flux calculating unit, in response to the closing command.

3. An inrush-current suppressing device, applied to a configuration of supplying and shutting off a three-phase alternating-current power supply to and from a three-phase transformer via a three-phase circuit breaker, for suppressing a magnetizing inrush current possibly generated in the three-phase transformer during actuation of the three-phase circuit breaker, the device comprising:

a residual-magnetic-flux calculating unit that calculates a residual magnetic flux in a reference phase of the three-phase transformer while assuming a maximum magnetic flux level generated at a time of applying a rated voltage as 1 PU based on voltages generated at a secondary side of the three-phase transformer before and after opening the three-phase circuit breaker;

a stationary-magnetic-flux calculating unit that calculates a stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase of the three-phase transformer with reference to the maximum magnetic flux level obtained as the 1 PU based on voltages applied by the three-phase alternating-current power supply to the three-phase circuit breaker, in response to a closing command to the three-phase circuit breaker; and

a control unit that actuates a switch of the three-phase circuit breaker corresponding to the reference phase at a timing when the stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated by the stationary-magnetic-flux calculating unit matches the residual magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated by the residual-magnetic-flux calculating unit, in response to the closing command.

4. An inrush-current suppressing method, applied to a configuration of supplying and shutting off a three-phase alternating-current power supply to and from a three-phase transformer via a three-phase circuit breaker, for suppressing a magnetizing inrush current possibly generated in the three-phase transformer during actuation of the three-phase circuit breaker, the method comprising:

a first-voltage measuring step of measuring voltages applied to the three-phase transformer;

a residual-magnetic-flux calculating step of calculating a residual magnetic flux in a reference phase of a primary side of the three-phase transformer while assuming a maximum magnetic flux level generated at a time of applying a rated voltage as 1 PU based on a measurement result of the first-voltage measuring step before and after opening the three-phase circuit breaker;

a second-voltage measuring step of measuring voltages applied to the three-phase circuit breaker by the three-phase alternating-current power supply;

a stationary-magnetic-flux calculating step of calculating a stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase of the three-phase transformer with reference to the maximum magnetic flux level obtained as the 1 PU based on a measurement result of the second-voltage measuring step, in response to a closing command to the three-phase circuit breaker; and

a circuit-breaker controlling step of actuating a switch of the three-phase circuit breaker corresponding to the reference phase at a timing when the stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated at the stationary-magnetic-flux calculating step matches the residual magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated at the residual-magnetic-flux calculating step, in response to the closing command.

5. An inrush-current suppressing method, applied to a configuration of supplying and shutting off of outputs on a secondary side of a three-phase transformer via a three-phase circuit breaker, a three-phase alternating-current power supply being supplied to the secondary side of the three-phase transformer, for suppressing a magnetizing inrush current possibly generated in the three-phase transformer during actuation of the three-phase circuit breaker, the method comprising:

a first-voltage measuring step of measuring voltages generated at the secondary side of the three-phase transformer before and after opening the three-phase circuit breaker;

a residual-magnetic-flux calculating step of calculating a residual magnetic flux in a reference phase on the secondary side of the three-phase transformer while assuming a maximum magnetic flux level generated at a time of applying a rated voltage as 1 PU, based on a measurement result of the first-voltage measuring step before and after opening the three-phase circuit breaker;

a second-voltage measuring step of measuring voltages on an output side of the three-phase circuit breaker by the outputs on the secondary side of the three-phase transformer;

a stationary-magnetic-flux calculating step of calculating a stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase of the three-phase transformer with reference to the maximum magnetic flux level obtained as the 1 PU based on a measurement result of the second-voltage measuring step, in response to a closing command to the three-phase circuit breaker; and

a circuit-breaker controlling step of actuating a switch of the three-phase circuit breaker corresponding to the reference phase at a timing when the stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated at the stationary-magnetic-flux calculating step matches the residual magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated at the residual-magnetic-flux calculating step, in response to the closing command.

6. An inrush-current suppressing method, applied to a configuration of supplying and shutting off a three-phase alternating-current power supply to and from a three-phase transformer via a three-phase circuit breaker, for suppressing a magnetizing inrush current possibly generated in the three-phase transformer during actuation of the three-phase circuit breaker, the method comprising:

a first-voltage measuring step of measuring voltages generated at a secondary side of the three-phase transformer before and after opening the three-phase circuit breaker;

a residual-magnetic-flux calculating step of calculating a residual magnetic flux in a reference phase of the secondary side of the three-phase transformer while assuming a maximum magnetic flux level generated at a time of applying a rated voltage as 1 PU, based on a measurement result of the first-voltage measuring step before and after opening the three-phase circuit breaker;

a second-voltage measuring step of measuring voltages applied by the three-phase alternating-current power supply to the three-phase circuit breaker;

a stationary-magnetic-flux calculating step of calculating a stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase of the three-phase transformer with reference to the maximum magnetic flux level obtained as the 1 PU based on a measurement result of the second-voltage measuring step, in response to a closing command to the three-phase circuit breaker; and

a circuit-breaker controlling step of actuating a switch of the three-phase circuit breaker corresponding to the reference phase at a timing when the stationary magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated at the stationary-magnetic-flux calculating step matches the residual magnetic flux in the reference phase calculated at the residual-magnetic-flux calculating step, in response to the closing command.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2012
From: KINOSHITA, SADAYUKI; KAMEI, KENJI; MORI, TOMOHITO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028207/0285 →
Continuity (1)
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