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US 12,235,306 · App. 18/015,056 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Arc detection device, arc detection system, arc detection method, and recording medium

Inventors: Kazunori Kidera (Osaka, JP); Tatsuo Koga (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Ohori (Osaka, JP); Keita Kanamori (Osaka, JP); Kazuya Ohshima (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
G01R31/002
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Patent No.
US 12,235,306
App. No.
18/015,056
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arc detection device includes an obtainer and a determiner. The obtainer obtains a measurement result for a voltage applied to one target power supply line among a plurality of power supply lines to which power is supplied from a DC power source. The determiner determines, based on a component of a specific frequency band in the measurement result for the voltage obtained by the obtainer, whether there is a possibility of an arc fault occurring in the plurality of power supply lines.

Claims (26)

1. An arc detection device comprising:

an obtainer that obtains a measurement result for a voltage applied to one target power supply line among a plurality of power supply lines to which power is supplied from a DC power source; and

a determiner that, based on a component of a specific frequency band in the measurement result for the voltage obtained by the obtainer, determines whether there is a possibility of an arc fault occurring in the plurality of power supply lines.

2. The arc detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the determiner determines whether there is the possibility of an arc fault occurring in the plurality of power supply lines based on a value normalized to extract the component of the specific frequency band in the measurement result obtained by the obtainer.

3. The arc detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a current limiter that temporarily reduces current flowing in the plurality of power supply lines when the determiner determines that there is the possibility of an arc fault occurring; and

an auxiliary determiner that determines, after the current limiter stops temporarily reducing the current flowing in the plurality of power supply lines, whether the arc fault is occurring in the plurality of power supply lines.

4. The arc detection device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the auxiliary determiner determines whether the arc fault is occurring in the plurality of power supply lines based on a direct current component in the measurement result for the voltage obtained by the obtainer.

5. The arc detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of power supply lines include a plurality of branch lines, each connected in parallel to a branch point and to each of which at least one load is connectable, and

the arc detection device is connected to any one of the plurality of branch lines.

6. An arc detection system comprising:

the arc detection device according to claim 1 ; and

the DC power source, the DC power source supplying power to the plurality of power supply lines.

7. An arc detection device comprising:

an obtainer that obtains a measurement result for a voltage applied to one target power supply line among a plurality of power supply lines to which power is supplied from a DC power source, and a measurement result for a current flowing in the one target power supply line; and

a determiner that, based on a component of a specific frequency band of a product of (i) an instantaneous voltage in the measurement result for the voltage obtained by the obtainer and (ii) an instantaneous current in the measurement result for the current obtained by the obtainer, determines whether there is a possibility of an arc fault occurring in the plurality of power supply lines.

8. An arc detection method performed by an arc detection system comprising an obtainer and a determiner, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the obtainer, a measurement result for a voltage applied to one target power supply line among a plurality of power supply lines to which power is supplied from a DC power source; and

determining, by the determiner, based on a component of a specific frequency band in the measurement result for the voltage obtained by the obtainer, whether there is a possibility of an arc fault occurring in the plurality of power supply lines.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that causes at least one processor to execute the arc detection method according to claim 8 .

10. An arc detection method performed by an arc detection system comprising an obtainer and a determiner, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the obtainer, a measurement result for a voltage applied to one target power supply line among a plurality of power supply lines to which power is supplied from a DC power source, and a measurement result for a current flowing in the one target power supply line; and

determining, by the determiner based on a component of a specific frequency band of a product of (i) an instantaneous voltage in the measurement result for the voltage obtained by the obtainer and (ii) an instantaneous current in the measurement result for the current obtained by the obtainer, whether there is a possibility of an arc fault occurring in the plurality of power supply lines.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2023
From: KIDERA, KAZUNORI; KOGA, TATSUO; OHORI, TAKAHIRO; KANAMORI, KEITA; OHSHIMA, KAZUYA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-142668 · Aug 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230305047A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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