Patents by Inventor Zhiqian Bo

Zhiqian Bo 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: 9246326
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a system for online ferroresonance detection in a high voltage electrical distribution network. The method includes: Overflux detection (23), which acts as the start element, overflux being set if the flux is greater than a threshold for specified time duration, mode verification (26) which is to recognize the modes of the ferroresonance, a fuzzy logic method being used to discriminate the ferroresonance modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD., TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xinzhou Dong, Xuyang Li, Zhiqian Bo, Ray Chatfield, Andrzej Klimek
  • Publication number: 20130166493
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a system for online ferroresonance detection in a high voltage electrical distribution network. The method includes: Overflux detection (23), which acts as the start element, overflux being set if the flux is greater than a threshold for specified time duration, mode verification (26) which is to recognize the modes of the ferroresonance, a fuzzy logic method being used to discriminate the ferroresonance modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: Tsinghua University, Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinzhou Dong, Xuyang Li, Zhiqian Bo, Ray Chatfield, Andrzej Klimek
  • Publication number: 20120123708
    Abstract: A method and a system for transient and intermittent earth fault detection and direction determination in a three-phase median voltage electric power distribution system which comprises many lines. The system comprises: sampling means wherein the residual current and residual voltage on said lines are sampled, transient direction detection means based on instantaneous power, random intermittent detection means based on intermittent change of residual current amplitude, means of integrating transient direction and random intermittent detection, and alarm means indicating maintenance personnel to check the status of one line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Xinzhou Dong, Tao Cui, Zhiqian Bo, Andrzej Klimek, Andrzej Juszczyk
  • Patent number: 7102866
    Abstract: A protection system for an electrical power line system of the type comprising radially connected power line sections, wherein a first electrically upstream one of the line sections is connectable to a power source. The protection system comprises at least one relay installed at or near at least the upstream end of each line section to protect that line section, each relay having an associated circuit breaker. The relays are provided with a first set of accelerated overcurrent functions and a second set of under-current/under-voltage functions, the relays being directional and the first and second sets of functions being time graded in reverse to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Areva T&D SA
    Inventor: Zhiqian Bo
  • Patent number: 6914762
    Abstract: A method of protecting a section of a three phase power line uses superimposed current components in the power line to enable a local relay to detect operation of remote circuit breakers of remote relays in response to a fault on at least one phase of the power line. Line signal transducers output line condition signals indicative of voltage and/or current in the line near the circuit breaker, and a signal processor in the local relay processes the line condition signals to selectively produce a fault signal for opening its circuit breaker after taking account of remote circuit breaker operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Alstom
    Inventor: Zhiqian Bo
  • Publication number: 20040130839
    Abstract: A protection system for an electrical power line system of the type comprising radially connected power line sections, wherein a first electrically upstream one of the line sections is connectable to a power source. The protection system comprises at least one relay installed at or near at least the upstream end of each line section to protect that line section, each relay having an associated circuit breaker. The relays are provided with a first set of accelerated overcurrent functions and a second set of under-current/under-voltage functions, the relays being directional and the first and second sets of functions being time graded in reverse to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Zhiqian Bo
  • Publication number: 20030142450
    Abstract: A method of protecting a section of a three phase power line uses superimposed current components in the power line to enable a local relay to detect operation of remote circuit breakers of remote relays in response to a fault on at least one phase of the power line. Line signal transducers output line condition signals indicative of voltage and/or current in the line near the circuit breaker, and a signal processor in the local relay processes the line condition signals to selectively produce a fault signal for opening its circuit breaker after taking account of remote circuit breaker operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventor: Zhiqian Bo
  • Patent number: 6373670
    Abstract: A fault protection apparatus is disclosed for use in a time graded fault protection scheme. The apparatus comprises a circuit breaker having a normally closed trip contact provided in a line, current measurement apparatus adapted to produce an output signal indicative to the current in the line at the circuit breaker, and fault signal processing apparatus adapted to process the output signal from the current measurement apparatus to detect an initial fault on the line at a first instance. The fault signal processing apparatus is further adapted to process the output of the current measurement apparatus after the initial fault has been detected and to produce an accelerated opening signal in the event that the output signal meets a predetermined criteria, and a control device which is adapted to open said circuit breaker trip contact in response to said accelerated opening signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Alstom UK Limited
    Inventor: Zhiqian Bo
  • Patent number: 6369996
    Abstract: A method of protecting a section of a line is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Alstom UK Limited
    Inventor: Zhiqian Bo