Saturable reactor limiter for current

Details Saturable reactor limiter for current Saturable reactor limiter for current

1977-06-20

1979-05-01

Goldberg, Gerald

Electricity: power supply or regulation systems

Remote sensing

323 9, 323 56, G05F 122, G05F 100

Patent

active

041526376

ABSTRACT:
A saturable reactor device for limiting alternating and direct current in an external electric circuit. In one form, the required magneto-motive force (mmf) bias for the saturable reactor is provided by a controllable flux bias element in order to minimize the required bias power. A current sensor provides a control signal representative of the alternating or direct current passing between the source and the load. This signal is used to control the magnitude of the bias so that the mmf provided by the bias element is a function of the current driving the load, permitting a current limiting threshold at a predetermined percentage of the current applied to the load. In an alternate form, the device may be adapted to limit bipolar current in the external circuit. In this form, the device includes an input circuit and an associated direct current saturable reactor limiter. In response to direct current of either positive or negative polarity passing through the external circuit, unidirectional current is driven through the input coil of the direct current limiter. The magnitude of the unidirectional current passing through the input coil is proportional to the magnitude of the current provided by the source. When the unidirectional current exceeds a predetermined threshold, the direct current limiter effectively provides a relatively high current-limiting impedance between the source and load of the external electric circuit. When the unidirectional current is below that threshold, the direct current limiter has minimal effect on the external electric circuit.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2312416 (1943-03-01), Johnson
patent: 2727202 (1955-12-01), Lanfers et al.
patent: 3177402 (1965-04-01), Muchnick et al.
patent: 4031457 (1977-06-01), Oberbeck

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