Abstract:
A device for monitoring the charging current for a storage battery of accumulators which will release an alarm when the charging current continues to increase during a set period of time, characterized in that the device contains a means of measuring the current through the storage battery and a further means of transforming the current to a voltage which is placed in a memory system at regular intervals by a switch responding to the recurrent signals from a timing device and is subjected to a comparison with the value of the voltage across the terminals to provide information displayed on a meter when the second value of the voltage exceeds the reference voltage at the instant when a signal is derived from a signal from the time device which signal slightly leads the recurring signals provided by the timing device for the control of the switch, the absence of this information at the instant of the derived signal providing via a logic gate, a signal to reset the meter to zero while the output from the meter provides a control signal for an alarm device.
Abstract:
The system for the production and distribution of electricity on a commercial two engine aircraft includes two alternators driven from the two engines, and a further alternator driven by an auxiliary unit (APU), as well as a ground terminal and a battery of accumulators. The four primary sources supply a group of primary bars with alternating current. A normal supply bar is associated with the first alternator via a line switch, and a similar bar is associated with the second alternator via a line switch. A bar supplying the essential parts of the aircraft may be connected to either of the two supply bars by a multiple switch. A series of bistable flip-flops are associated with the further relay switches controlling distribution to provide logical information to enable programmed control of the distribution.