Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide including an Fc-gamma receptor mutant. The Fc-gamma receptor mutant of the present disclosure is optimized by substituting a part of an amino acid sequence of an Fc-gamma receptor with a different amino acid sequence, so as to provide an excellent selective binding ability to immunoglobulins. Therefore, it can be usefully used for increasing in vivo half-life of drugs, detecting and purifying immunoglobulins, inhibiting organ transplant rejections, or preventing or treating autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: Disclosed is the use of DOC2B as an early stage biomarker for diagnosing type 1 diabetes (T1D) or pre-T1D or for assessing the risk of T1D or pre-T1D. Also disclosed are methods of in vivo diagnosing T1D or pre-T1D or assessing the risk of T1D or pre-T1D by detecting a reduced level of DOC2B expression in a biological sample including blood, plasm, serum, platelets, and pancreatic islets.

Abstract: A method, assay, peptide and antibody that forms an antibody-antigen conjugate with the peptide comprising the amino acid sequence: GPPPPPGKPQGPPPQGGNKPQGPPPPGKPQGPPAQGGSKSQSARAPPGKPQGPPQQEGNNPQGPPPPAGGNPQQPQAPP or an amino acid sequence that is at least 75% identical to said sequence, and the formation of an antigen-antibody conjugate is a positive indicator for Sjögren's Syndrome.

Abstract: Methods of measuring the amount of singly- or multiply-phosphorylated p217+ tau protein in a sample are provided. Methods of detecting or diagnosing tauopathies, methods of determining the effectiveness of a treatment of a tauopathy, and methods of determining whether a subject is suitable for anti-p217+ tau antibody therapy are also provided. Also described are antibodies for use in the methods and kits comprising the antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods of identifying, monitoring or determining the risk of developing a protein misfolding neurodegenerative disorder in a subject, particularly an alpha synucleinopathy (including Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies) using extracellular vesicle samples. Corresponding methods for selecting a treatment and assaying for the presence of a pathological prion-like protein (or one or more ceramide species) in an extracellular vesicle sample are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting a neurodegenerative disease selected from the group consisting of human Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with high sensitivity and high specificity.

Abstract: This invention relates to the measurement of hemoglobin in the blood. Previously, chemical interference from medications, other blood components, and incomplete reagent rehydration can impact the accuracy and prolong the reaction time required to determine total hemoglobin in blood. Embodiments of the present invention use a disposable body is housed within the capillary channel and adapted to receive a flow of blood from the entrance such that air in the disposable body is pushed out through a vent. A measurement system is configured to measure a property of the flow of blood. That property can be correlated to total hemoglobin count.

Abstract: Photonic devices, systems, and methods for detecting an analyte in a biological solution (e.g., whole blood) are provided. Representative photonic devices are optical ring resonators having nanoscale features and micron-sized diameters. Due to the compact size of these devices, many resonators can be disposed on a single substrate and tested simultaneously as a sample is passed over the devices. Typical analytes include blood cells, antibodies, and pathogens, as well as compounds indicative of the presence of blood cells or pathogens (e.g., serology). In certain embodiments, blood type can be determined through photonic sensing using a combination of direct detection of blood cells and serology. By combining the detection signals of multiple devices, the type of blood can be determined.

Abstract: A method for rapid and quantitative determination of sildenafil in cocktail includes the exemplary steps of: Step 1, assigning a Raman spectrum of sildenafil; Step 2, weighing and dissolving a sildenafil standard in methanol to obtain a 1,000 mg/L sildenafil standard solution, and mixing cocktails with the sildenafil standard solution, to prepare test solutions; Step 3, mixing 100 ?L each of test solutions with 500 ?L of surface enhancer OTR 202 to acquire Raman spectra; and Step 4, establishing a linear regression model, with a formula of y=4035.1 x+503.26, where y is the content of sildenafil in cocktail, in mg/L, and x is intensity of Raman characteristic peaks at 1584 cm?1. Rapid determination of sildenafil by SERS is feasible and reliable, serving as a novel, rapid, and accurate method for quantitative determination of sildenafil in cocktail. The method meets the requirements of analysis and detection of sildenafil in other alcoholic beverages.

Abstract: A quality control material, its method of preparation and it use as a control composition for diagnostic tests are described. The quality control material comprises: non-fixed viable red blood cells; and a support medium comprising: abutter; a polyol; adenine and fructose.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring apparatus for detecting the relative position of an end portion of a pipetting container by an interaction between a measurement support section of the pipetting container and the measuring apparatus. The invention relates to an automatic laboratory, which comprises this measuring apparatus and to a corresponding measuring method.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire quantitative information on a test substance, the quantitative information being estimated by inputting, to a learning model, two or more pieces of spectral information selected from a plurality of pieces of spectral information on a sample containing the test substance and a foreign substance.

Abstract: A method of handling laboratory sample containers by a laboratory sample container handling system is presented. The method comprises providing a laboratory sample container comprising an assigned ID information to the laboratory sample container handling system, reading the assigned ID information, checking, if the read ID information is unique or not unique within the laboratory sample container handling system, and if the read ID information (2) is not unique within the laboratory sample container handling system, assigning a new ID information to the laboratory sample container. The new ID information is unique within the laboratory sample container handling system.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of information transmission in a system comprising at least one liquid handling device and at least one external device, the method comprising: in one or more of said at least one liquid handling device, producing a machine-readable code that contains information that is derived from a status or properties of the respective liquid handling device or information that has been stored in the respective liquid handling device; in said one or more of said at least one liquid handling device, displaying the respective code on a display that is integrated to a structure of the respective liquid handling device; reading the displayed code or one or more of the displayed codes by an external device.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates comprehension of the actual positions of constituent units of a sample measurement system regardless of a direction in which a user faces. The present invention provides a display device (6, 60) for displaying information about a sample measurement system (1) for measuring a sample, a display unit (509), a display control unit (101) that displays an image indicating an arrangement of a predetermined part of the sample measurement system on the display unit, and a receiving unit (102, 105) for receiving information on a display direction when displaying the arrangement of the predetermined part, wherein the display control unit (101) changes a display direction of the arrangement of the predetermined part according to the information.

Abstract: The invention allows a rack storage mode to be set in accordance with the situation in a facility. A testing system 1 includes a storage device 240 for storing a rack R holding containers A in which samples tested by the testing units 13 and 14 are accommodated, and the storage device 240 includes a table 130 capable of accommodating a plurality of racks R, a setting unit 230 for setting a first mode for starting storage of a plurality of racks R from a first end 130a of the table 130 and a second mode for starting storage of a plurality of racks R from a second end 130b of the table 130, and a moving device 102 for moving the rack R according to the mode set by the setting unit 230.

Abstract: Example automated storage modules for analyzer liquids are described herein. An example apparatus includes a refrigerated storage module having a plurality of shelves (to store a plurality of carriers) and a loading bay having an array of slots to receive one or more of the carriers. The loading bay is accessible by a user for manual loading or unloading of the carriers. The example apparatus includes a first carrier transporter coupled to the storage module to transfer the carriers between the shelves and a first transfer location and a second carrier transporter movable along a track connecting the storage module to an automated diagnostic analyzer. The second carrier transporter is to transfer a first carrier between the first transfer location and a slot in the loading bay and a second carrier between the first transfer location and a second transfer location accessible by the automated diagnostic analyzer.

Abstract: An inertial measurement unit includes a sensor and a heat preservation system. The heat preservation system includes a heat preservation body and a heat source. The sensor is positioned on the heat preservation body. The heat source is configured to generate heat. The heat preservation body is configured to transfer the heat from the heat source to the sensor to maintain a preset temperature in a space surrounding the sensor.

Abstract: A ferrite core coil device as a sensing element for a sensor device determining a rotational speed of a metallic rotatable object includes a coil having a first sector and a second sector and a ferrite core holding the coil. The ferrite core has a shape of a disk lacking a disk sector and defined by a contour of the disk and a chord of the disk. The chord forms a bending edge of the ferrite core. The first sector of the coil is not arranged on a bed of the ferrite core and the second sector of the coil is arranged on the bed. The first sector is bent around the bending edge at a bending angle with respect to the second sector.

Abstract: A method for determining a direction of a spin axis of a rotating apparatus which includes an XYZ-magnetic field sensor. The method includes determining a global direction of a magnetic field; rotating the rotating apparatus around the spin axis, measuring at least one magnetic field value as a function of time with the XYZ-magnetic field sensor when the rotating apparatus is rotating about the spin axis, computing a magnetic field component of the magnetic field in a direction of a local body co-ordinate of the spin axis of the rotating apparatus from the measured at least one magnetic field value and determining a direction of the spin axis using the computed magnetic field component of the magnetic field and the determined global direction of the magnetic field.

Abstract: A sensing device has a strain gauge device, an idler, and a connecting rod assembly. The sensing device receives a mechanical force to generate a deformation accordingly, and generates a sensing signal according to the deformation. The idler is a ring body which has a ring contracting portion contacting a transmission belt, so as to receive the mechanical force which the transmission belt applies on the idler. A first end of the connecting rod assembly is connected to the strain gauge device via a rod slot which is located on a side of the strain gauge device, and a second end of the connecting rod assembly is pivotally connected to the idler via a pivot connecting portion of the idler, such that the mechanical force which the idler suffers can be transmitted to the strain gauge device.

Abstract: A sensor device that senses proper acceleration. The sensor device includes a substrate, a spacer layer supported over a first surface of the substrate, at least a first tapered cantilever beam element having a base and a tip, the base attached to the spacer layer, and which is supported over and spaced from the substrate by the spacer layer. The at least first tapered cantilever beam element tapers in width from the base portion to the tip portion. The at least first cantilever beam element further including at least a first layer comprised of a piezoelectric material, a pair of electrically conductive layers disposed on opposing surfaces of the first layer, and a mass supported at the tip portion of the at least first tapered cantilever beam element.

Abstract: A SAW-based inertial sensor incorporates a curved SAW drive resonator and graphene electrodes to increase the Coriolis force on a pillar array and generate secondary SAW waves that create a strain-induced hyperfine frequency transition in an enclosed alkali atom vapor, in conjunction with an integrated FP resonator to measure very small inertial signals corresponding to 10 ?g and 0.01°/hr, representing a dynamic range of 10 orders of magnitude.

Abstract: Single-axis teeter-totter accelerometers having a plurality of anchors are disclosed. The plurality of anchors may be arranged about a rotation axis of the teeter-totter proof mass. Each of the plurality of anchors may be coupled to the proof mass by two torsional springs each extending along the rotation axis. The plurality of anchors allows an increased number of torsional springs to be coupled to the proof mass and thus greater torsional stiffness for the proof mass may be achieved. Due to the higher torsional stiffness, the disclosed single-axis teeter-totter accelerometers may be deployed in high-frequency environments where such increased torsional stiffness is required, for example, around 20 kHz and above.

Abstract: An inertial sensor includes a substrate, a movable element that swings around a swing axis; and a protrusion that overlaps with the movable element in the plan view and protrudes from the substrate toward the movable element. The protrusion includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion so located as to be farther from the swing axis than the first protrusion, and when the movable element swings relative to the substrate around the swing axis, the first protrusion and the second protrusion come into contact with the movable element at the same time or the first protrusion comes into contact with the movable element and then the second protrusion comes into contact with the movable element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to capacitive micromechanical accelerometers, and in particular to acceleration sensors with movable rotors which may rotate out of a substrate plane when the accelerometer undergoes movement with an acceleration component perpendicular to the substrate plane. The capacitive micromechanical accelerometer includes additional damping springs to reduce unwanted movement of the rotor in the substrate plane, thereby reducing the parasitic capacitance that results from motion of the rotor in the substrate plane. The damping springs are vertically recessed with respect to other components of the accelerometer in order to minimise the effect of the damping springs on movement of the rotor out of the substrate plane.

Abstract: An inertial sensor includes a movable element including a first movable section and a second movable section, a first detection electrode, and a first dummy electrode. The first movable section has a first section, a second section that is farther from the swing axis than the first section, and a third section disposed between the first section and second section. A separation distance between the third section and the first dummy electrode is greater than a separation distance between the first section and the first detection electrode.

Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) accelerometer sensor has a mobile mass and a sensing capacitor. To self-test the sensor, a test signal is applied to the sensing capacitor during a reset phase of a sensing circuit coupled to the sensing capacitor. The test signal is configured to cause an electrostatic force which produces a physical displacement of the mobile mass corresponding to a desired acceleration value. Then, during a read phase of the sensing circuit, a variation in capacitance of sensing capacitor due to the physical displacement of the mobile mass is sensed. This sensed variation in capacitance is converted to a sensed acceleration value. A comparison of the sensed acceleration value to the desired acceleration value provides an indication of an error in operation of the MEMS accelerometer sensor if the sensed acceleration value and desired acceleration value are not substantially equal.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for correcting responsivity variation in photothermal imaging. The method includes sending, during a first time period, light-driving signal to a light source so that the light source is configured to output a series of light pulses onto a sample, wherein the sample is under photothermal-induced expansion according to the series of light pulses. The method includes obtaining, during the first time period, first deflection signal from a cantilever. The method includes sending, during a second time period, actuator-driving signal to an electromechanical actuator so that the electromechanical actuator is configured to move according to the actuator-driving signal, wherein the electromechanical actuator is coupled with the sample. The method includes obtaining, during the second time period, second deflection signal from the cantilever and obtaining a photothermal image of the sample based on the first deflection signal and the second deflection signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information providing apparatus including a determining unit configured to determine an added value to be provided to a user of a portable electric power supply device including a storage battery that stores electric power to be supplied to electrical equipment detachably connected, wherein in a case where a kind of the electrical equipment is a specified kind of electrical equipment, the determining unit determines the added value to be provided to the user in such a manner that the added value to be provided to the user is higher than an added value in a case where the kind of the electrical equipment is not the specified kind of electrical equipment.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information providing apparatus including a providing unit configured to determine whether electric power stored in a storage battery, included in a portable electric power supply device, that stores electric power to be supplied to electrical equipment detachably connected, can be sold or whether to store electric power in the storage battery, and provide a result of the determination to a user of the electric power supply device, wherein in a case where the providing unit determines that stored electric power can be sold, purchase processing is performed on the stored electric power in accordance with a kind of the electrical equipment inferred, and in a case where the providing unit determines that electric power is to be stored in the storage battery, electric power storing processing is performed on the storage battery in accordance with the kind of the electrical equipment inferred.

Abstract: A current sensor includes an electrical-conduction member, a magnetoelectric converter, and a shield. The shield includes a first shield and a second shield each having a plate shape. The first shield and the second shield being arranged such that surfaces are opposed to and spaced away from each other. A part of the electrical-conduction member and the magnetoelectric converter are located between the surface of the first shield and the surface of the second shield. The part of the electrical-conduction member extends in an extension direction that is along the surface of the first shield. At least one of the first shield and the second shield has an anisotropy in magnetic permeability in which the magnetic permeability in a lateral direction that is along the surface of the first shield and perpendicular to the extension direction is higher than the magnetic permeability in the extension direction.

Abstract: A current sensor is for determining the level of the current of a conductor of a low-voltage circuit. In an embodiment, it includes a current transformer including a magnetic core. The magnetic core is an annular core having a core inner diameter, a middle diameter and a core outer diameter. The annular core is wound with a secondary winding, including an inner opening with an inner diameter and an outer circumference with an outer diameter. The secondary winding supplies the circuit with electrical energy. The wound annular core is configured such that the difference between the middle diameter as the minuend and the inner diameter as the subtrahend is 0.5 to 0.6 times smaller than the difference between the outer diameter as the minuend and the inner diameter as the subtrahend, to achieve an optimum for supplying energy and determining the level of the current in connection with the circuit.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improving the operation of a computer or other electronic device that utilizes root-mean-square (RMS) measurements, e.g., RMS current measurements, by reducing error in the RMS measurement. A series of measurement samples are received at a processor, which executes a noise-decorrelated RMS algorithm including: calculating a current-squared value for each measurement sample by multiplying the measurement sample by a prior measurement sample in the series (rather by simply squaring each measurement sample as in conventional techniques), summing the current-squared values, and calculating an RMS value based on the summed values. The processor may also execute a frequency-dependent magnitude correction filter to correct for frequency-dependent attenuation associated with the noise-decorrelated RMS algorithm.

Abstract: An installed device electrically connected to a power source. The installed device has circuitry capable of detecting voltage, performing self-diagnostics, and testing for connectivity to the power source. In one embodiment, the device can also check to see if the voltage is at a de-energized level, recheck for continuity and repeat the self-diagnostics. In another embodiment, the installed device can be electrically connected to the line and load side of a disconnect and have circuitry configured to check the status of the disconnect. In another embodiment, the device can be configured to communicate with a portable reader in order to transfer information to the portable reader. In yet another embodiment, the device can be configured to interact with a controller that controls access to the panel in which the device is installed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for monitoring electrical power in high-speed rail traction power supply networks/systems, comprising: collecting voltage and current analog signals from a traction power supply system, and converting the voltage and current analog signals into voltage and current digital signals; obtaining, by a processing unit, digital signals and transfer commands; compressing, by the processing unit, the digital signals according to the transfer commands to digital signal frames; and constructing a data link between the processing unit and a storage unit and transmitting the compressed digital signal frame to the storage unit. The processing unit may use run-length coding algorithm to compress the digital signal to be stored to obtain several compressed digital signal frames.

Abstract: A voltage detection circuit measures a plurality of cell voltages of an assembled battery configured by connecting a plurality of cells in series. The voltage detection circuit includes a plurality of input terminals connected to respective electrodes of the plurality of cells through a plurality of voltage detection lines; a multiplexer that periodically selects and outputs voltages of a plurality of cells in a group, a plurality of series cells configured as the group; an analog-to-digital (AD) converter that AD-converts an output voltage from the multiplexer and outputs digital data of the output voltage; and a control circuit that controls a timing for the selection by the multiplexer and a timing for the AD conversion. The control circuit switches over a time interval for which the multiplexer selects each of the cells to change a period of the AD conversion.

Abstract: A method of enhanced backward/forward sweep based power flow analysis is described. The method can include performing a backward sweep to determine first branch currents of a radial distribution network based on nodal voltages determined at a last iteration. The radial distribution network can include nodes and branches that are sequentially numbered and belong to different layers. A forward sweep is determined to determine first nodal voltages of the radial distribution network based on the first branch currents. Second branch currents of the radial distribution network are determined based on the first nodal voltages. The second branch current of the respective node is a sum of a nodal injection current of the respective node that is updated based on the first nodal voltage of the respective node, and if available, the first branch currents of branches emanating from the respective node.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating the state and the quality of low-voltage networks, in the branched system of which there is a plurality of connected loads, by determining network measurement data by means of power quality measuring and testing devices and transferring the network measurement data, by means of a standard interface, to a control system or in retrievable form to a server. According to the invention, the overvoltage protection devices, which are or can be used in the low-voltage system and have a self-diagnosis unit and an existing wireless or wired standard interface for data transfer, are able to determine network measurement data by means of integrated or adapted power quality measuring and testing devices.

Abstract: A power distribution system configured as a radial network includes buses having respective voltages, and distribution lines having respective currents. The radial network interconnects the buses with the distribution lines in a tree-like manner. A bus has a link to at least two distribution lines. The bus voltages and distribution line currents are determined by a processing circuitry configured to receive a Branch Matrix (BM) iteratively determine currents for the distribution lines and voltages for each of the buses until a difference is below a predetermined tolerance, and output final bus voltages and final distribution line currents. The circuitry iteratively determines the currents by determining a current matrix (CM) using the BM, and by determining the currents for the plurality of distribution lines in a zig zag manner over the matrix elements in the CM. The system finds a solution using fewer iterations than the backward forward sweep method.

Abstract: A load estimating device measures a voltage and a current supplied to a load connected with a generator, calculates a feature amount of the load, senses a remaining amount of fuel, outputs a time during which the load is continuously operable. The device estimates what the load connected with the generator is, based on the calculated feature amount and the feature amounts stored in a storage, and determines the time during which the estimated load is continuously operable, based on a power consumption of the estimated load, and the remaining amount of fuel. The device has a load registration mode for causing the storage to store therein a feature amount of a new load that is not stored in a storage.

Abstract: An oscillatory electric signal having an oscillation frequency is processed by time-sampling to generate a sampled oscillatory electric signal. A nonlinear circuit driven by the sampled oscillatory electric signal outputs a hysteretic response signal as a function of the sampled oscillatory electric signal. The hysteretic response signal has a frequency in a first frequency range as a result of an increase in the oscillation frequency of the oscillatory electric signal, and a frequency in a second frequency range as a result of a decrease in the oscillation frequency of the oscillatory electric signal. A detection circuit processes the hysteretic response signal to compute an envelope signal of the hysteretic response signal, perform a comparison of the envelope signal with a threshold, and produce a signal indicative of an increase or a decrease in the oscillation frequency of the oscillatory electric signal as a result of the outcome of the comparison.

Abstract: An interleaved acquisition system for acquiring a high bandwidth input signal, comprising a first acquisition and quantizer unit, a second acquisition and quantizer unit as well as a trigger unit. The first and second acquisition and quantizer units are configured to receive a respective interleaved digitized input signal, to acquire the respective interleaved digitized input signal, to quantize the respective interleaved digitized input signal, and to output a respective quantized interleaved digitized input signal. The trigger unit is configured to receive the respective quantized interleaved digitized input signals from the first and second acquisition and quantizer units. The trigger unit is further configured to de-interleave the respective quantized interleaved digitized input signals. The trigger unit is configured to generate a de-interleaved quantized digitized input signal. The trigger unit is also configured to detect an event in the de-interleaved quantized digitized input signal.

Abstract: A complex impedance battery monitor has one or more primary switches, a load resistor in series with the primary switches, a current sensor in series with the primary switches, two or more lead wires connected to two or more busbars in a string of batteries, and a digital signal processor. The primary switches are connected to two or more terminals of the batteries in the string of batteries. The primary switches are turned on and off to produce a ripple current in the string of batteries. The digital signal processor determines at least a portion of the complex impedance of at least one of the batteries by analyzing the voltage and current waveform of the ripple current. The primary switches may be turned on and off with a pulse width modulated wave.

Abstract: A memory sub-system includes a plurality of memory components where at least two of the memory components are configured to operate at different supply voltages. A capacitive voltage divider (CVD) configured to, responsive to a status of use of each of the memory components, select between a plurality of connections of a plurality of capacitors to reduce an input voltage of the memory sub-system. The plurality of connections is configured to provide different voltage magnitudes that correspond to the different supply voltages, and the CVD is further configured to output the different supply voltages to enable the use of each of the memory components.

Abstract: An anechoic chamber and test system that is adapted for installation in or to a vehicle. The chamber includes an outer structure that is durable enough to withstand the effects of transportation. The anechoic chamber and test system may also include an inner faraday shield, a transmission antenna, and a controller that can introduce GNSS, alternative navigation signals, jamming, or spoofing signals into the anechoic chamber along with vehicle sensor signals. The controller is adapted to monitor a GNSS system's ability to resist the jamming or spoofing signals using, at least in part, the vehicle sensor signals.

Abstract: An example method measures a leakage characteristic of a signal path. The example method includes forcing a current onto the signal path; determining a parasitic capacitance of the signal path based on a rate of change of a voltage on the signal path resulting from the current; forcing a voltage onto the signal path for a period of time; and following the period of time, determining the leakage characteristic based on the parasitic capacitance and a rate of change in voltage on the signal path from the forced voltage.

Abstract: An electrical continuity detection system may comprise a plurality of identification tags placed on an electrically conductive object, and configured to respond to an injection signal on the electrically conductive object with a response, and a monitoring device coupled to the electrically conductive object and configured to generate the injection signal and an injection signal on the electrically conductive object, receive the response from one or more of the plurality of tags, receive a return signal from the electrically conductive object, determine a characteristic of the electrically conductive object based on the received responses and return signals, and generate a notification based on the characteristic.

Abstract: There is provided systems, apparatus, and methods for locating a fault in a plurality of windings of a transformer. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include: a measurement device configured to measure electrical flow parameters of the transformer when the transformer is in an online mode; and a fault location determination unit configured to determine electrical flow parameters of the windings from the measured electrical flow parameters of the transformer, wherein the fault location determination unit is configured to process the determined electrical flow parameters of the windings to determine the location of the fault in the windings.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and device for fault section identification in a multi-terminal mixed line. The method comprises obtaining positive sequence voltage and current phasors from measurements of voltages and currents at each terminal of the mixed line. The method further comprises calculating a voltage phasor for each terminal, wherein the calculation of the voltage phasor for a first terminal is performed using at least the voltage and current phasors obtained for one of a second terminal and a third terminal, and the current phasor obtained for the first terminal. Thereafter, the method comprises determining a section of the mixed line having the fault, based on comparison of the calculated and obtained voltage phasors for each terminal. In addition, the method comprises controlling a switching device with a re-trip signal generated based on the determination of the section with the fault.