Power line filter

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1984-12-12

1986-10-07

Pellinen, A. D.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

Load shunting by fault responsive means

361 89, 361 91, 361111, 361118, H02H 904

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046162860

ABSTRACT:
A power line filter suppresses or dissipates and clamps short rise time high voltage transients carried by power transmission lines. The power line filter includes one or more modules connected to either direct current or alternating current power lines to protect sensitive electrical equipment from the transients. The module used with a direct current power line includes a capacitor, a selenium surge suppressor and a metal oxide varistor connected in parallel. The module used with an alternating current power line includes a capacitor, a selenium surge suppressor and a gas tube connected in parallel. The module used with the alternating current power line can also include a metal oxide varistor also connected in parallel. The alternating current power line filter modules can be connected to single phase, two-phase or three-phase wye and delta power systems. The power line filter module provides instantaneous reaction to noise transients and a broad range of energy dissipation or shunting capability, along with a fail open function when a catastrophic failure of the filter occurs.

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patent: 3660719 (1972-05-01), Grenier
patent: 3793535 (1974-02-01), Chowdhuri
patent: 3934175 (1976-01-01), Clark
patent: 4023071 (1977-05-01), Fussell
patent: 4254442 (1981-03-01), Dijkmans et al.
patent: 4259705 (1981-03-01), Stifter

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