Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ground fault protection circuit for multi-source electrical distribution system
- Patent Title (中): 多源配电系统接地故障保护电路
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Application No.: US12172809Application Date: 2008-07-14
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Publication No.: US07995315B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Donville Andre Riley , Brian Matthew Aiken , William James Premerlani
- Applicant: Donville Andre Riley , Brian Matthew Aiken , William James Premerlani
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: H02H3/00
- IPC: H02H3/00 ; H02H9/08

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a ground fault protection circuit for an electrical distribution system, the electrical distribution system having a plurality of power sources each having an associated main circuit breaker and being electrically coupled to an associated load with a tie circuit breaker electrically coupled therebetween, the main and tie circuit breakers having associated therewith phase and neutral current transformers (CTs) for sensing an associated current. The ground fault protection circuit includes first, second and third auxiliary differential current transformers, each in signal communication with outputs of respective phase and neutral current transformers associated with respective first and second main circuit breakers and a tie circuit breaker. A control circuit has a defined topology that provides signal communication between each of the auxiliary differential current transformers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100008000A1 GROUND FAULT PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR MULTI-SOURCE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-01-14
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