Fault Location Patents (Class 702/59)
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Patent number: 12192715Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for corona detection using audio data are provided. In one example embodiment, the method includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices, audio data during at least one time interval, the time interval including a plurality of time windows; partitioning, by the one or more computing devices, the audio data into a plurality of window audio data each corresponding to a respective one of said time windows; and determining, by the one or more computing devices, a signal indicative of a presence of corona based at least in part on at least one window audio data relative to a remainder audio data.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Gary Michael Miller, Bernard Chenault Crutcher, Gaylord Zahlman
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Patent number: 12044718Abstract: A method can be used for fault location in a power transmission line connecting a first terminal with a second terminal. Arrival times of a first peak and a second peak of travelling waves are detected from measurements carried out at the first and second terminals. a rough location of a fault is identified based on a comparison of the arrival times obtained for the travelling waves detected from the measurements carried out at the first terminal, and the arrival times obtained for the travelling waves detected from the measurements carried out at the second terminal. The fault location is estimated based the rough location, the arrival times of the first and second peaks of the travelling waves detected from measurements carried out at the first and second terminals, and a length of the power transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Energy LTDInventor: Obbalareddi Demudu Naidu
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Patent number: 12020556Abstract: A method and system for cross-verification of alarms in real-time comprising identifying primary variables and secondary variables causing the event, labelling the primary variables and the secondary variables by primary engine and secondary engine based on Artificial Intelligence based predictive model building, predicting the labels by one or more inference engine based on previous history and data patterns, triggering secondary engine for cross-verification of alarms whenever there is a prediction from the primary engine, identifying the correlation between the labels from the primary engine and the secondary engine by validation engine, identifying alarm type based on correlation, recommending predictive maintenance and displaying on dashboard the cross-verification status of the alarms. The method reduces misclassification of alarm types based on predictive or preventive maintenance, reduces the maintenance costs of assets, and helps in prioritizing the critical alarms based on the alert type.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Infosys LimitedInventors: Sateesh Brhmadesam, Sridhar Chidambaram, Chinmay Kargutkar, Ravi Kumar Gvv
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Patent number: 12019324Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit, where the display unit includes a touch layer and a liquid crystal panel that are stacked, the touch layer is located on an outer side of the liquid crystal panel, and the touch layer includes an ITO wiring region, where the ITO wiring region includes a first region and a second region, antenna units are disposed in the first region, and ITO wirings are disposed in the second region, and the antenna units and the ITO wirings are insulated.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yijin Wang, Xianjing Jian, Zhimin Zhu, Rongjie Ma
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Patent number: 12001368Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to memory operation with common clock signals are provided. A memory device or system that includes one or more memory devices may be operable with a common clock signal without a delay from switching on-die termination on or off. For example, a memory device may comprise first impedance adjustment circuitry configured to provide a first impedance to a received clock signal having a clock impedance and second impedance adjustment circuitry configured to provide a second impedance to the received clock signal. The first impedance and the second impedance may be configured to provide a combined impedance about equal to the clock impedance when the first impedance adjustment circuitry and the second impedance adjustment circuitry are connected to the received clock signal in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventor: Hyun Yoo Lee
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Patent number: 11874316Abstract: A method is for the generation of patterns for identifying faults in power supply systems. In this case, values characterizing a state of the power supply system are used for measurable variables specific to the power supply system for various times in a power supply system and values are determined for the variables specific to the power supply system via a model for the power supply system. In this case, the determination via a model is based on known system-specific input variables and unknown system-specific variables, and the unknown system-specific variables are determined in accordance with a fault-free functioning power supply system. Finally, a pattern for identifying faults is generated by forming the difference between the values characterizing the state and the values determined via the model for the various times.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrich Muenz, Dagmar Beyer, Chris Oliver Heyde
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Patent number: 11875500Abstract: The invention discloses a failure diagnosis method for a power transformer winding based on a GSMallat-NIN-CNN network.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Yigang He, Liufei Shen, Liulu He, Hui Zhang, Jiajun Duan
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Patent number: 11867771Abstract: Methods and devices for detecting electrical arcs are provided. A first wavelet transformation with a first mother wavelet is applied to a chronological sequence of current measurements (80) of a current through a lead, to obtain first wavelet coefficients. In addition, a second wavelet transformation with a second mother wavelet different from the first mother wavelet is applied to the chronological sequence in order to obtain second wavelet coefficients. On the basis of the first wavelet coefficients and the second wavelet coefficients, it is then determined whether an arc (10; 11; 24) is present.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Felix Kaiser, Christoph Grund, Goran Keser, Christopher Roemmelmayer
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Patent number: 11860213Abstract: A method, a system and a tangible product and non-transitory computer program are provided to automatically identify electrical installations in an electrical distribution system that are likely to exhibit an electrical non-conformity (ENC). The method requires only electrical profiles collected from meters and IT tools, without the need for any other sub-metering equipment. The method includes the steps of recovering electrical profiles generated by the meters; applying algorithmic processing associated with indicators of an ENC on the profiles; and identifying electrical installations likely to exhibit an ENC, according to the indicators that have met their target conditions. The method may include the recovery of local meteorological data and nominal data related to the electrical installations to confirm or deny that the identified electrical installations are likely to be non-conforming.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBECInventors: Jean Carignan, Sylvain Gelinas, Alain Poulin
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Patent number: 11829902Abstract: A method including: acquiring present output current values of photovoltaic strings included in a photovoltaic array that, wherein includes at least two photovoltaic strings in parallel; determining a target abnormality score predicting model based on the present output current values. Determining a present abnormality score corresponding to the photovoltaic array by inputting the present output current values into the target abnormality score predicting model; and determining the operating state of the photovoltaic array by comparing the present abnormality score with a target abnormality score. The present abnormality score is output by inputting the present output current values acquired in real-time into the abnormality score predicting model, so as to determine the operating state of the photovoltaic array.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: ENVISION DIGITAL INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD., SHANGHAI ENVISION DIGITAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinlin Yang, Jing Chang, Jie Sun, Kang Jian, Zhousheng Li, Huirong Jiang
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Patent number: 11815536Abstract: A recording medium stores a program for causing a computer to execute a process including: specifying, based on simulation data, related to an operation of a power distribution facility including power distribution lines and one or more transformers coupled to a phase corresponding to two of the power distribution lines, a correlation relationship between a phase current flowing through the transformer and a line current flowing through power distribution line; generating a scatter diagram indicating a degree of correlation between the phase current and each line current; calculating a probability density at each position in the scatter diagram; and determining, based on a position in a case where actual data of the phase current and the line current in the operation of the power distribution facility is plotted in the scatter diagram and a calculation result of the probability density, a coupling phase of the transformer in the actual data.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Hironobu Kitajima, Tetsuya Kashiwagi, Sari Kawashima, Yuriko Korenaga, Mioto Yoshida
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Patent number: 11789059Abstract: Examples of fault location in a power transmission line connecting a first and a second terminal is described. In an example, arrival times of a first peak, a second peak, and a third peak of a travelling wave detected from measurements carried out at the first and second terminals is detected. A rise time associated with the first peak of the travelling wave is calculated. One of a first half and a second half of the power transmission line is identified, as having a fault, based on a comparison of the rise time. One of a first segment, a second segment, a third segment, and a fourth segment of the power transmission line is identified as having the fault. Length of the power transmission line is estimated. The fault location is estimated based on identification of one of the first, second, third, and fourth segments as having the fault.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Od Naidu, Preetham Venkat Yalla, Neethu George
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Patent number: 11682890Abstract: An electronic protection device for electric power distribution grids, the electronic protection device being adapted to control one or more switching devices in an electric power distribution grid and being capable of communicating, at local level, with one or more sensors or electronic devices of the electric power distribution grid and, at remote level, with a remote computerised platform. The electronic protection device is adapted to receive first grid monitoring data indicative of physical quantities related to the operation of the electric power distribution grid from the sensors or electronic devices, the first grid monitoring data including at least measured values indicative of a line current flowing along an electric line of the electric power distribution grid. The electronic protection device is adapted to carry out a predictive monitoring procedure of the operating conditions of the electric power distribution grid.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventor: Daniele Angelosante
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Patent number: 11677439Abstract: A method and an apparatus providing common path distortion (CPD) detection from a field instrument, particularly when the source of the common path distortion is at a portion of the network beyond the subscriber's tap.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Viavi Solutions Inc.Inventors: Loren R. Eggert, Daniel K. Chappell
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Patent number: 11500019Abstract: In some embodiments, a method may include an area-aware optimization for the test patterns. The method may include dividing the chip area into a grid. The grid may be based on the smallest particle size. The method may include preparing test patterns and identifying a subset of test patterns that touch all of the grid locations. The subset may include a minimum number of test patterns from the prepared test patterns which when implemented exercise the all of the grid locations. The method allows to more quickly determine chips that fail due to extrinsic defects. Once a test fails during the testing process for a chip, testing on the chip is stopped and testing begins on the next chip. Rapidly identifying chips that fail due to extrinsic failures can decrease the overall test time and identify those that will fail quickly as the chip process matures and is dominated by extrinsic failures.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Edgardo F. Klass
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Patent number: 11498695Abstract: A data transmission system and method for an engine of an aircraft. Engine fault data indicative of at least one fault condition of the engine is obtained at a computing device provided on-board the aircraft. Sensor data associated with the at least one fault condition is retrieved based on the engine fault data. The engine fault data and the sensor data are transmitted, through a wireless connection, to an electronic device external to the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Peter Lee, John P. O'Malley, James E. Mood, Frederic Fortin
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Patent number: 11477492Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for entropy coding of blocks of image data. For example, methods may include partitioning a block of video data into a plurality of groups of elements; decoding, using an entropy decoder, data from an encoded bitstream to obtain elements of a first group from the plurality of groups of elements; determining a category based on the elements of the first group; based on the category, selecting a context for an element from a second group from the plurality of groups of elements; and decoding, using the entropy decoder using the context, data from the encoded bitstream to obtain the element of the second group from the plurality of groups of elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Ruijie Xu, Dake He
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Patent number: 11448671Abstract: Briefly, embodiments are directed to a system, method, and article for identifying power system event signatures. Input measurement data may be received from one or more data sources relating to a power grid system. The input measurement data may comprise normal system operation measurement data and power system event measurement data. A processor may perform operations during an online application phase. During the online application phase, a feature matrix may be generated for the power system event measurement data and the at least one trained auto-associative model. The feature matrix for the power system event measurement data may be processed to determine power system event residuals. Also during the online application phase, the power system event signatures may be identified based on residual statistics for normal system operation measurement data residuals and on the power system event residuals.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Weizhong Yan, Honggang Wang
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Patent number: 11300600Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a system is provided. The system includes feeders, sensors, and a controller. The feeders connect a panel to a generator and a load. The sensors are on the feeders. The controller receives sensor signals from the sensors. The controller evaluates the sensor signals to determine a fault location.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: John F. Defenbaugh, Jef William Good, Joshua Berg
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Patent number: 11280834Abstract: The present disclosure relates to determining locations of low-energy events on power lines. For example, an IED may receiving an input signal indicating a local electrical condition of a power line. The IED may detect traveling waves on the power line based on the local electrical condition. The IED may detect traveling waves on the power line based on the local and remote electrical conditions. The IED may determine that the traveling waves are associated with a low-energy event. The IED may determine the location of the low-energy event on the power line based at least in part on the traveling waves.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, Armando Guzman-Casillas, Veselin Skendzic, Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam, Bogdan Z. Kasztenny
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Patent number: 11237201Abstract: A partial discharge detecting system includes a partial discharge detecting device to generate a reference frequency signal, to detect a partial discharge pulse signal, and to convert the detected partial discharge pulse signal into a partial discharge digital signal, a main processor to synchronize the partial discharge digital signal, based on a zero-phase point of the reference frequency signal, to extract effective data from the synchronized partial discharge digital signal, and to store the extracted effective data, and an energy harvesting power supply device to supply power to the partial discharge detecting device and the main processor.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junghwan Kim, Taegu Kang, Byunggoo Kong, Taejung Kwon, Seungha Yoon
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Patent number: 11218189Abstract: A method and an apparatus providing common path distortion (CPD) detection from a field instrument, particularly when the source of the common path distortion is at a portion of the network beyond the subscriber's tap.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Loren R. Eggert, Daniel K. Chappell
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Patent number: 11211800Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for identifying a location of an event in a power distribution network. The method includes receiving voltage and current flowing downstream and upstream of the distribution feeder from at least two distribution-level phasor measurement units (PMUs) installed on a distribution feeder in the power distribution network; calculating changes in forward nodal voltages along the distribution feeder using measurements from at least one PMU of the at least two distribution-level PMUs; calculating changes in backward nodal voltages along the distribution feeder using the measurements from another PMU of the at least two distribution-level PMUs; comparing the calculated changes in the forward nodal voltages to the calculated changes in the backward nodal voltages; and determining the location of the event based on the comparison of the calculated changes of the forward nodal voltages to the calculated changes backward nodal voltages.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Hamed Mohsenian-Rad, Mohammad Farajollahi, Alireza Shahsavari, Emma Mary Stewart
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Patent number: 11165237Abstract: An arc fault detection system samples a high frequency signal on a power line sequentially at different frequency regions according to a frequency hopping sequence, which is repeated a number of times over a predefined period. The different frequency regions include at least one region with a carrier for power line communication on the power line and at least one region without a carrier for power line communication on the power line. The system obtains energy measurements for each frequency region based on the sampled signals, computes an energy level for each frequency region based on the measurements for each region, and assigns a binary value to each region according to the corresponding energy level. The binary value represents a presence or absence of signal content in the frequency region. The system determines a presence or absence of an arc fault based on the binary values for the frequency regions.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Andi Jakupi, Michel Layour, Hynek Raisigel, Costin Vasile, Paul A. Reid, Gary Scott, Joseph Beierschmitt
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Patent number: 11146063Abstract: The wide application of power electronic components in power systems with renewable energy sources has changed the fault characteristics of conventional power systems, resulting in the performance degradation of conventional protections. To solve these problems, a novel principle of pilot protection based on structural similarity and square error criteria is provided. The structural similarity criterion utilizes the difference of fault characteristics between renewable sources and synchronous generators to identify internal faults, and the square error criterion is used to solve abnormal calculation of the conventional similarity based protection. Compared with conventional differential protections, the disclosed protection shows excellent performance in speed and reliability during various faults.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: North China Electric Power UniversityInventors: Ke Jia, Tianshu Bl, Liming Zheng
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Patent number: 11119462Abstract: A power system energy management system with dynamic state estimation (DSE) is disclosed wherein system dynamic states are estimated using SCADA measurements, PMU measurements, signals of controllers, digital recorders, protection devices, and smart electronic devices. The DSE is solved first by Unscented Kalman Filter, and if the Unscented Kalman Filter is failed, weighted lease square is used to solve the DSE. If weighted lease square is failed, integration method is used to calculate the dynamic states. In another aspect, Unscented Kalman Filter, weighted lease square, and integration calculation are applied to solve the DSE by nodal parallel computing for each generation system.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute (Gelrina)Inventors: Renchang Dai, Guangyi Liu, Chen Yuan, Peng Wei, Yongli Zhu, Yi Lu, Zhijun Liao, Zhiwei Wang
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Patent number: 11073547Abstract: The technology described herein is generally directed to a method of locating a fault in a multi-terminal electrical power transmission scheme, such as implemented in a power transmission scheme where each of six terminals is connected with one of four junctions via a power transmission section and each junction interconnects a plurality of power transmission sections. Aspects of the described technology can be directed to measuring the voltage and current at each terminal, calculating from the measured voltage and current at each terminal corresponding voltage and current phasors, determining from the calculated voltage and current phasors a synchronization difference between the measured voltage and current at a designated terminal and the measured voltage and current at each other terminal, modifying the calculated voltage and current phasors to compensate for each synchronization difference, and determining from the compensated voltage and current phasors the location of the fault.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBHInventors: Hengxu Ha, Sankara Subramanian Sri Gopala Krishna Murthi, Gajendiran Balakrishnan
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Patent number: 11047892Abstract: A method and system is provided for locating a fault in a mixed power transmission line. The method is implemented by an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) of the mixed line. The IED detects a travelling wave from one or more signals received from one or more measurement equipment. Thereafter, the IED identifies a line section with the fault, and generates two or more estimates for the location of the fault based on a time difference between arrival of two peaks of the travelling wave, a velocity of propagation of the travelling wave in the line section identified with the fault, and a length of one or more line sections. The IED determines the location of the fault based on a comparison of each estimate with a threshold, wherein the threshold is estimated based on the one or more signals, equivalent source impedance of each source and total line impedance.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: ABB Power Grids Switzerland AGInventors: Naidu Obbalareddi Demudu, Amit Purohit, Sachin Srivastava, Jianping Wang
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Patent number: 11002780Abstract: A distance protection system and method based on a high-frequency fault component is provided for a renewal energy source (RES) system. The voltage drop caused by a fault has a full frequency of components and this can be extracted by a wavelet transform. A frequency selection principle that renders high-frequency impedance models a stable impedance phase angle is determined. On this basis, internal and external faults with respect to a transmission line are determined by comparing the magnitude of a high-frequency operating voltage with the magnitude of a high-frequency voltage at the fault point. This disclosed protection system and method can eliminate the influence of frequency offset and weak feed of the RES system by using high-frequency signals generated by voltage drops at the fault point, and can also tolerate signal noises and fault resistance.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: North China Electric Power UniversityInventors: Ke Jia, Tianshu Bi, Zhe Yang
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Patent number: 10989752Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods to detect faults in electric power delivery systems. In one embodiment, a data acquisition system may acquire a plurality of electric power delivery system signals from an electric power transmission line. A traveling wave system may detect a traveling wave based on the plurality of electric power delivery system signals received from the data acquisition system. The traveling wave may be analyzed using a first mode to determine a first mode arrival time and using a second mode to determine a second mode arrival time. A time difference between the first mode arrival time and the second mode arrival time may be determined. A fault location system may estimate or confirm a location of the fault based on the time difference. A protection action module may implement a protective action based on the location of the fault.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, Bogdan Z. Kasztenny
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Structural similarity based pilot protection method and system for renewable power transmission line
Patent number: 10985558Abstract: The wide application of power electronic components in power systems with renewable energy sources has changed the fault characteristics of conventional power systems, resulting in the performance degradation of conventional protections. To solve these problems, a novel principle of pilot protection based on structural similarity and square error criteria is provided. The structural similarity criterion utilizes the difference of fault characteristics between renewable sources and synchronous generators to identify internal faults, and the square error criterion is used to solve abnormal calculation of the conventional similarity based protection. Compared with conventional differential protections, the disclosed protection shows excellent performance in speed and reliability during various faults.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: North China Electric Power UniversityInventors: Ke Jia, Tianshu Bi, Liming Zheng -
Patent number: 10921365Abstract: A method for testing a printed circuit board is provided. The method includes accessing a list of conductive lands of a printed circuit board to be tested and forming a list of pairs of adjacent conductive lands, based on adjacency assessment in the list of conductive lands. The method includes performing high-potential testing on the printed circuit board, on each of the pairs of adjacent conductive lands.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.Inventor: David A. Cananzi
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Patent number: 10908202Abstract: A distance protection system and method based on a high-frequency fault component is provided for a renewal energy source (RES) system. The voltage drop caused by a fault has a full frequency of components and this can be extracted by a wavelet transform. A frequency selection principle that renders high-frequency impedance models a stable impedance phase angle is determined. On this basis, internal and external faults with respect to a transmission line are determined by comparing the magnitude of a high-frequency operating voltage with the magnitude of a high-frequency voltage at the fault point. This disclosed protection system and method can eliminate the influence of frequency offset and weak feed of the RES system by using high-frequency signals generated by voltage drops at the fault point, and can also tolerate signal noises and fault resistance.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: North China Electric Power UniversityInventors: Ke Jia, Tianshu Bi, Zhe Yang
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Patent number: 10830807Abstract: There is provided a method of locating a fault in a power transmission scheme. The power transmission scheme includes power transmission sections and a first end connection point, a second end connection point, and at least one intermediate connection point. The method includes (i) measuring first and second end voltage phasors at the first and second end connection points respectively; (ii) obtaining a first set of voltage phasors, which includes the measured first end voltage phasor and includes respective voltage phasors at each of the second and intermediate connection points; (iii) obtaining a second set of voltage phasors, which includes the measured second end voltage phasor and includes respective voltage phasors at each of the first and intermediate connection points; (iv) comparing the first and second sets of voltage phasors to identify the power transmission section or connection point corresponding to the location of the fault.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbHInventors: Hengxu Ha, Sankara Subramanian
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Patent number: 10690709Abstract: A ground electrode (100) positioned in the earth and a monitoring device (200) configured to measure a current and resistance of a ground line, where the monitoring device (200) includes a ground current sensing unit (210) configured to measure the current of the ground line, a resistance sensing unit (220) configured to measure ground resistance of the earth and an earth resistance rate, a voltage sensing unit (230) configured to check a voltage value of commercial power, a temperature and humidity sensing unit (240) configured to check a surrounding temperature and humidity of the monitoring device (200), and a monitoring unit (250) configured to confirm whether the ground current, ground resistance and earth resistance measured are abnormal values by compared with reference values classified based on the temperature and humidity measured.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: SUNKWANG LIGHTNING PROTECTION TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.Inventors: Dong-Jin Kim, Jong-Yeon Kim, Wan-Seong Kwon, Dong-Min Kim, Yong-Su Kim, Byeong-U Kim
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Patent number: 10666051Abstract: Electrical circuit control techniques in power systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a supervisory computer in the power system can be configured to fit phasor measurement data from phasor measurement units into a Gaussian distribution with a corresponding Gaussian confidence level. When the Gaussian confidence level of the fitted Gaussian distribution is above a Gaussian confidence threshold, the supervisory computer can be configured to perform an ambient analysis on the received phasor measurement data to determine an operating characteristic of the power system. The supervisory computer can then automatically applying at least one electrical circuit control action to the power system in response to the determined operating characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Washington State UniversityInventors: Vaithianathan Venkatasubramanian, Ebrahim Rezaei
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Patent number: 10445218Abstract: Methods and devices for testing graphics hardware may include reading content of a selected capture file from a plurality of capture files. The methods and devices may include transferring content from the selected capture file to an emulator memory of an emulator separate from the computer device. The methods and devices may include executing at least one pseudo central processing unit (pseudo CPU) operation to coordinate the execution of work on a graphics processing unit (GPU) of the emulator using the content from the selected capture file to test the GPU. The methods and devices may include receiving and store rendered image content from the emulator when the work is completed.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Aaron Rodriguez Hernandez, Jason Gould, Cole Brooking, Nihar Mohapatra, Parikshit Gopal Narkhede, Veena K. Malwankar
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Patent number: 10447030Abstract: A method is provided for protection in a mixed power transmission line by controlling a switching device connected thereto through an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED). The mixed line has two or more sections with at least one overhead section (10A) and at least one underground section (10B), wherein every two consecutive sections are connected at a junction (10C). The method is implemented by the IED (14), which receives a signal from a measurement equipment. The IED detects a travelling wave from the signal, and determines a first peak of the travelling wave and at least one a peak width, a rise time and a discharge time of the first peak. The IED identifies the section with the fault based on a comparison of at least one of the peak width, the rise time and the discharge time with a corresponding threshold value of each junction, and controls the switching device based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Obbalareddi Demudu Naidu, Amit Purohit, Vinay Kariwala, Jianping Wang
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Patent number: 10436831Abstract: A highly accurate fault location method for series-compensated double-circuit transmission lines having series compensation devices and metal oxide varistors (SC&MOV) at first and second terminal ends is provided. Synchronized or unsynchronized current phasors and local voltage phasors are used as input to the fault location method. The voltages and currents at the fault point are formulated as a function of the unknown fault location. Boundary conditions for the particular IED-determined fault type are used to derive the fault location formulas.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Ning Kang, Gergely Gombos, Mirrasoul J. Mousavi
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Patent number: 10291287Abstract: A transmission arrangement for an aircraft for transmitting data within the aircraft, wherein the aircraft includes an electrical wiring system of coherent lines for providing electric power for loads in the aircraft, has at least two PLC elements, connectable to a respective one of the lines, for transmitting the data between at least two of the PLC elements via the wiring system, wherein at least one of the PLC elements has at least one filter connection, wherein the filter connection has at least one PLC connection, connectable to a respective one of the lines, and a power connection, connectable to a respective one of the lines, wherein the PLC connection carries power and data and the power connection carries power and is free of data.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBHInventors: Beatrice Kornek-Percin, Goetz Wolk, Sven Gastel, Oliver Pluczinski, Benno Petersen
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Patent number: 10197614Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates the errors that are encountered when using both single-ended and double-ended normal-mode fault location calculations when a fault occurs in a pole-open condition. The disclosure provides systems and methods for accurately calculating the location of faults that occur during pole-open conditions, including single-ended approaches and double-ended approaches.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Benmouyal, Brian A. Smyth
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Patent number: 10161985Abstract: A fault location detection method includes detecting an EMI signal and analyzing the spectral content of the electrical signal to identify a fault. A location recorder records the location of the system when the EMI signals are detected and a processor analyses the EMI signals and records the location of the system to determine a location of the fault. A memory includes an aerial photograph of a geographic location within which faults are to be detected and wherein the processor overlays the position of the faults on the aerial photograph. In addition, a transparent intensity map is superimposed onto a satellite photo of a geographic location and this is displayed to a user.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Eskom Holdings SOC LimitedInventor: Simon Higgins
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Patent number: 10115552Abstract: A retrofit CAFI/GFI remote control module may provide dual function protection for simple thermal-magnetic circuit breakers in a residential load center with arc fault and ground fault protection. The module provides line sensors and electronic processing to detect ground faults or arc faults, or both, and operates a bistable relay between the branch breaker and the load to open the circuit, which can then be remotely or manually reset.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventor: Chad R. Mittelstadt
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Patent number: 9871557Abstract: Embodiments provided describe detections of RF leakage test signal emanating from cable plant. In one embodiment a single mobile receive antenna, connected to a complex demodulator mobile receiver, receives a stabilized test signal radiating from the cable plant. The test signal may be a known continuous wave (CW) carrier or other deterministic signal. The received test signal varies in phase as a function of a position of the mobile receive antenna relative to the location of a leakage antenna. The phase variance forms a Doppler shift as the test antenna moves relative to the leakage antenna. The receiver generates multiple in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) test signal samples over a SPA (synthetic phased array) distance as the test antenna's travels, and the samples are inserted into a Fourier transform. The result of the transform is instantaneous Doppler frequency shift, from which a bearing angle can be computed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Thomas H. Williams
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Patent number: 9863997Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for localizing a fault on a live cable are described herein. One system includes a wire fault localizer configured to receive current information from a location where direct current is applied to a cable comprising a number of loads, receive additional current information from at least two additional locations on the cable, wherein one of the at least two additional locations is on a source side of the cable and one of the at least two additional locations is on a load side of the cable, determine a fault resistance of the cable based on the received current information and received additional current information, and determine a fault distance on the cable based on the fault resistance.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Venkat Poluru, Mahadevanna Basavaraj Shreshthi, Thappeta Peddaiah, Zhenning Liu, Sundeep Vanka
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Patent number: 9805477Abstract: A method for managing the display on a screen of an electronic device of at least one item of information relating to an apparatus. The method includes providing an enriched image of the apparatus, including an image of the apparatus and interest points of the apparatus, choosing at least one interest point from among the plurality of interest points, for obtaining a set of chosen interest points, selecting information to be displayed, providing a set of diagrams of the apparatus available for the apparatus, optimizing, according to a predefined criterion, each diagram of the apparatus available by inserting into the diagram of the apparatus a preview of information to be displayed for obtaining an enriched schematic representation, and classifying the enriched schematic representations according to the predefined criterion.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Denis Morand, Tewfik Meftah
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Patent number: 9784783Abstract: METHOD AND DEVICE TO IDENTIFY, RECORD AND STORE TRAVELING WAVE HEADS IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS consisting in sending a trigger (5) signal generated from the monitoring of the basic values of voltage and current of the electrical signal (1) of the transmission system in its fundamental frequency of operation (50/60 Hz), where the generated trigger (5) signal is controlled by continuous monitoring of the parameters derived from the basic values of current and voltage and tested against thresholds previously set by a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Reason Tecnologia S.A.Inventors: Conrado Werner Seibel, Carlos Alberto Dutra
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Patent number: 9689909Abstract: A sensor detects partial discharges (PDs) in an electrical power system and generates a corresponding analog electrical signal. A data acquisition component receives the signal from the sensor and converts it to digitized zero span data for a series of uniformly spaced frequencies in a frequency spectrum of interest. A digital signal processing component receives the digitized zero span data, analyzes such data, and generates a corresponding phase resolved spectrum signal in three dimensional format including dimensions of amplitude, phase and frequency for each of the uniformly spaced frequencies. A display component receives the analyzed data stream from the processing component and actuates one or more displays from which characteristics of the PD can be identified, such as different types of PDs from different sources, and information on the location of a PD relative to the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: CableWISE Techimp LimitedInventor: Jun Guo
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Patent number: 9622808Abstract: The invention relates to a device for contactless communication between a surgical apparatus and at least one surgical instrument. The surgical apparatus comprises a control and evaluation device to which is assigned a writing or reading device which is connected to an antenna for the apparatus. The instrument is assigned at least one writable and readable memory device, embodied as an RFID transponder, which is connected to an antenna for the instrument, so that data can be exchanged between the writing or reading device of the surgical apparatus and the memory device of the instrument by means of wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Erbe Elektromedizin GmbHInventors: Juergen Beller, Uwe Schnitzler, Peter Selig
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Patent number: 9588169Abstract: There are disclosed apparatus and methods for testing a live circuit powered from an alternating current (AC) voltage. A zero crossing detector detects zero crossings of the AC voltage. A spread spectrum time domain reflectometer (SSTDR) coupled to the zero crossing detector performs measurements of the live circuit, each measurement synchronized with a zero crossings of the AC voltage. A processor coupled to the SSTDR detects faults in the live circuit based on correlation data provided by the SSTDR.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: LiveWire Innovation, Inc.Inventors: Lee Arthur Watkins, Niall Michael McNamara