Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensitive directional element for generator protection
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Application No.: US16275696Application Date: 2019-02-14
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Publication No.: US10797632B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Ritwik Chowdhury , Dale S. Finney
- Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Pullman
- Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Pullman
- Agent Richard M. Edge
- Main IPC: G01R31/14
- IPC: G01R31/14 ; H02P29/024 ; G01R31/34 ; G01R31/50

Abstract:
Disclosed are systems and methods to determine a direction to a fault of an electrical generator using sensitive current. A ground fault is determined using voltage signals from the generator installation. Incremental residual values of the sensitive current, along with the voltage, are used to determine a direction to the fault. The generator may be high-impedance grounded. The systems and methods further indicate the direction to a fault where multiple generators are connected using a common generation bus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200067445A1 SENSITIVE DIRECTIONAL ELEMENT FOR GENERATOR PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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