Overcurrent detector circuit for a circuit-breaker

Details Overcurrent detector circuit for a circuit-breaker Overcurrent detector circuit for a circuit-breaker

1993-03-03

1994-10-04

Pellinen, A. D.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

With specific current responsive fault sensor

361 93, H02H 308

Patent

active

053531884

ABSTRACT:
An overcurrent detector circuit for a circuit-breaker includes two systems for overcurrent detection. In the first system, the level of the current detected by the current detectors 41 is converted to a digital signal by the A/D converter 91 at each 500 microseconds. The maximum value detector 92 selects the maximum value among these digital signals over each period of 12.5 milliseconds. When the maximum value is greater than a pick-up level, the square thereof is accumulated in the counter 95. In the second system, the calculation circuit 96 squares the digital signals of the A/D converter 91, and switches its outputs in order to the counters 97-1 through 97-5 at a period of 25 milliseconds. Thus, the four counters other than that currently coupled to the calculation circuit 96 hold together the squares of the digital signals accumulated over 100 milliseconds. When this value held jointly by the four counters exceeds a predetermined pick-up level, a value corresponding to the sum is calculated and accumulated in the counter 100. When the output of the counter 95 or 100 exceeds a threshold level, a trip judgment circuit 101 outputs a tripping signal to the switching device 70 to activate the tripping device 71.

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