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US 9,291,686 · App. 13/812,255 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Method of estimating the residual magnetic flux of transformer and residual magnetic flux estimation device

Inventors: Keisuke Udagawa (Chiba, JP); Tadashi Koshizuka (Saitama, JP); Minoru Saitoh (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshimasa Sato (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Maehara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
G01R33/02G01R33/0064G01R33/12
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Patent No.
US 9,291,686
App. No.
13/812,255
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A residual magnetic flux estimation device 1 includes a DC power-source control device 11 which controls a DC power source 300 to apply a DC voltage across two terminals of a Δ connection that is a secondary winding or a tertiary winding, a voltage measuring device 12 which measures a terminal voltage at the primary side of a three-phase transformer 200, a computing device 13 that determines a phase having a high voltage between the two phases other than the phase to which the voltage is applied, and a residual magnetic flux measuring device 14 that measures a phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux between the two phases other than the high-voltage phase, and estimates a measured value of the phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux as a maximum residual magnetic flux in the measurement-target three-phase transformer.

Claims (38)

1. A residual magnetic flux estimating method of a transformer, the method comprising:

a step for applying, to a three-phase transformer having a primary winding connected to a Y connection and a secondary winding or a tertiary winding subjected to a Δ connection, a DC voltage to a phase connected between predetermined two terminals of the Δ connection;

a step for measuring terminal voltages of two phases other than the phase to which the DC voltage is applied at a primary side of the three-phase transformer;

a step for determining a phase having a higher measured terminal voltage as a high-voltage phase between the two phases where the terminal voltages are measured; and

a step for measuring a phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux between the two phases other than the high-voltage phase and estimating the phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux as a maximum residual magnetic flux in the measurement-target three-phase transformer.

2. A residual magnetic flux estimating method of a transformer, the method comprising:

a step for applying, to a three-phase transformer having a primary winding connected to a Y connection and a secondary winding or a tertiary winding subjected to a Δ connection, a DC voltage to a phase connected between predetermined two terminals of the Δ connection;

a step for measuring a terminal voltage of each terminal of the Δ connection of the three-phase transformer and calculating a phase-to-phase voltage of each phase connected between respective terminals by subtracting each measured terminal voltage;

a step for determining a phase having a higher calculated line voltage as a high-voltage phase between the two phases other than the phase to which the DC voltage is applied among respective phases where the terminal voltages are measured; and

a step for measuring a phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux between the two phases other than the high-voltage phase and estimating the phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux as a maximum residual magnetic flux in the measurement-target three-phase transformer.

3. The transformer residual magnetic flux estimating method according to claim 1 , wherein

when the terminal voltages at the primary side or the voltages of the two phases other than the voltage applied phase of a line voltage at the Δ-connection side become equal, a phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux between the voltage applied phase and the next phase in a vector representation or between the voltage applied phase and the previous phase in the vector representation is estimated as the maximum residual magnetic flux in the measurement-target three-phase transformer.

4. The transformer residual magnetic flux estimating method according to claim 2 , wherein

when the terminal voltages at the primary side or the voltages of the two phases other than the voltage applied phase of a line voltage at the Δ-connection side become equal, a phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux between the voltage applied phase and the next phase in a vector representation or between the voltage applied phase and the previous phase in the vector representation is estimated as the maximum residual magnetic flux in the measurement-target three-phase transformer.

5. The transformer residual magnetic flux estimating method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the step for applying the DC voltage to the phase connected between the predetermined two terminals of the Δ connection,

the DC voltage is applied across a terminal of a predetermined phase at the primary side and a neutral point.

6. The transformer residual magnetic flux estimating method according to claim 2 , wherein

in the step for applying the DC voltage to the phase connected between the predetermined two terminals of the Δ connection,

the DC voltage is applied across a terminal of a predetermined phase at the primary side and a neutral point.

7. The transformer residual magnetic flux estimating method according to claim 3 , wherein

in the step for applying the DC voltage to the phase connected between the predetermined two terminals of the Δ connection,

the DC voltage is applied across a terminal of a predetermined phase at the primary side and a neutral point.

8. The transformer residual magnetic flux estimating method according to claim 4 , wherein

in the step for applying the DC voltage to the phase connected between the predetermined two terminals of the Δ connection,

the DC voltage is applied across a terminal of a predetermined phase at the primary side and a neutral point.

9. A residual magnetic flux estimation device of a transformer, the device comprising:

a measurement-target three-phase transformer having a primary winding connected to a Y connection, and a. secondary winding or a tertiary winding subjected to a Δ connection;

a DC power source which applies a DC voltage to a phase connected between predetermined two terminals of the Δ connection in the three-phase transformer;

a voltage measuring device that measures a terminal voltage of two phases other than the phase to which the DC voltage is applied at a primary side of the three-phase transformer;

a computing device that determines a phase having a high measured terminal voltage as a high-voltage phase between the two phases where the terminal voltages are measured; and

a residual magnetic flux measuring device which measures a phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux between the two phases other than the high-voltage phase, and which estimates a measured value of the phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux as a maximum residual magnetic flux in the measurement-target three-phase transformer.

10. A residual magnetic flux estimation device of a transformer, the device comprising:

a measurement-target three-phase transformer having a primary winding connected to a Y connection, and a secondary winding or a tertiary winding subjected to a Δ connection;

a DC power source which applies a DC voltage to a phase connected between predetermined two terminals of the Δ connection;

a voltage measuring device that measures a terminal voltage of each terminal of the Δ connection of the three-phase transformer;

a computing device which calculates a phase-to-phase voltage of each phase connected between respective terminals by subtracting each terminal voltage measured by the voltage measuring device, and which determines a phase having a higher phase-to-phase voltage as a high-voltage phase between the two phases other than the phase to which the DC voltage is applied among respective phases where the terminal voltages are measured; and

a residual magnetic flux measuring device which measures a phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux between the two phases other than the high-voltage phase, and which estimates a measured value of the phase-to-phase residual magnetic flux as a maximum residual magnetic flux in the measurement-target three-phase transformer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2013
From: UDAGAWA, KEISUKE; KOSHIZUKA, TADASHI; SAITOH, MINORU; SATO, YOSHIMASA; MAEHARA, HIROYUKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-167017 · Jul 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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