Patents by Inventor Chenchao Chai

Chenchao Chai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12237663
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose a line protection method and a related apparatus for a flexible grounding system of a power distribution network. The method comprises outputting a first compensation voltage by a voltage source of a flexible grounding device of each line of a target power distribution network in the case where a ground fault occurs in the target power distribution network; starting to calculate the zero-sequence impedance of each line in real time by the zero-sequence impedance protection device; after the first compensation voltage is output for a first output duration, outputting a second compensation voltage; calculating the zero-sequence impedance of each line in real time by the line zero-sequence impedance protection device; determining a fault line by the zero-sequence impedance protection device, and cutting off the fault line to isolate the ground fault after a trip for a preset time delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute of Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hongwen Liu, Xianping Zhao, Jindong Yang, Chenchao Chai, Lijun Tang, Ding Nie, Quancong Zhu, Yongjie Nie, Dexu Zou, Shaolei Zhai, Zhilei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230361552
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose a line protection method and a related apparatus for a flexible grounding system of a power distribution network. The method comprises outputting a first compensation voltage by a voltage source of a flexible grounding device of each line of a target power distribution network in the case where a ground fault occurs in the target power distribution network; starting to calculate the zero-sequence impedance of each line in real time by the zero-sequence impedance protection device; after the first compensation voltage is output for a first output duration, outputting a second compensation voltage; calculating the zero-sequence impedance of each line in real time by the line zero-sequence impedance protection device; determining a fault line by the zero-sequence impedance protection device, and cutting off the fault line to isolate the ground fault after a trip for a preset time delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Electric Power Research Institute of Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hongwen Liu, Xianping Zhao, Jindong Yang, Chenchao Chai, Lijun Tang, Ding Nie, Quancong Zhu, Yongjie Nie, Dexu Zou, Shaolei Zhai, Zhilei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230280388
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a related device for locating a ring power network fault. The method comprises: expanding in each ring line segment with an arbitrary point as a coordinate origin in a ring power network to construct a plurality of reference coordinate systems; acquiring monitoring point coordinate information and wavehead arrival time information of each of the monitoring point positions; acquiring assumed fault point information; acquiring a traveling wave propagation speed; constructing a plurality of distributed fault location equation sets according to the monitoring point coordinate information, the wavehead arrival time information, the assumed fault point information and the traveling wave propagation speed in each of the reference coordinate systems; and determining an actual fault position according to a solution result of each of the distributed fault location equation sets and the assumed fault section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Electric Power Research Institute of Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongwen Liu, Xianping Zhao, Jindong Yang, Chenchao Chai, Lijun Tang, Ding Nie, Quancong Zhu, Yongjie Nie, Dexu Zou, Shaolei Zhai, Zhilei Zhang