US 4,058,768 AGranted

Two-way electronic kWh meter

AssigneeGeneral Electric Company

InventorMiran Milkovic

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Abstract

A two-way electronic kWh meter is disclosed for metering electrial power and energy consumption in a single phase or polyphase electrical system wherein power and energy may be imported to the system or exported from the system to another system. Pairs of analog signals representing current and voltage variables are derived. Each pair of analog signals is multiplied together to derive partial instantaneous power signals. These signals are summed and integrated to thereby provide a signal which is proportional to the total energy being imported or exported with respect to the electrical system. The output of the integrator is converted to a pulse train having each pulse proportional to the energy being imported or exported with respect to the system. The partial instantaneous power signals are also summed and averaged, with the polarity of the resulting signal being detected by a polarity detector. Depending upon the polarity of the signal being detected, an import or export record and display arrangement is connected to receive the pulse train to record the quantity of energy being imported or exported with respect to the system. An error correction system is also provided, wherein the phasing of the voltage variable signals and the phasing of the polarity detector is switched each time an output pulse is generated.

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A two-way electronic meter for measuring energy consumed in or exported from an electrical system comprising

means for generating first and second analog signals, said signals being proportional to a current in said system, said first analog signal being 180.degree. out of phase with respect to said second analog signal;
means for generating third and fourth analog signals, said signals being proportional to a voltage in said system, said third analog signal being 180.degree. out of phase with respect to said fourth analog signal;
means for generating a relatively high frequency triangular waveform;
a comparator, said relatively high frequency triangular waveform being coupled to one input of said comparator;
switching means for selectively coupling said third or said fourth analog signal to the other input of said comparator, the output of said comparator being a pulse width modulated signal having a pulse width proportional to the amplitude of said voltage in said system;
means for multiplying said pulse width modulated output signal of said comparator with a signal proportional to said first and second current proportional analog signals, the output of said multiplier having an amplitude proportional to the electrical current in said system and having a pulse width proportional to the amplitude of the voltage in said system;
an integrator, said integrator being connected to the output of said multiplier, the output of said integrator being proportional to the energy consumed in said system;
a pulse generating circuit, the input of said circuit being connected to said integrator to thereby convert the output of said integrator to a pulse train having each pulse proportional to the energy consumed in said system;
first means for recording and displaying the energy consumed in said electrical system;
second means for recording and displaying the energy exported from said electrical system;
means for determining whether energy is being consumed by or exported from said electrical system;
and
switching means responsive to said determining means for coupling said pulse train to said means for displaying the energy consumed or exported from said electrical system.

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A two-way electronic meter for measuring energy consumed in or exported from a polyphase electrical system comprising

a plurality of means for generating first and second analog signals, said signals being proportional to the current in each phase of said system wherein said first analog signal is 180.degree. out of phase with respect to said second analog signal;
a plurality of means for generating third and fourth analog signals proportional to the voltage in each phase of said system;
means for generating a relatively high frequency triangular waveform signal;
a plurality of comparators, one for each phase of said polyphase system, said relatively high frequency triangular waveform signal being coupled to one input of each comparator;
a plurality of switching means for alternately selectively coupling said third or said fourth analog signals to the other input of said comparator, the output of said comparators being pulse width modulated signals wherein each signal has a pulse width proportional to the amplitude of the voltage in the corresponding phase of the polyphase electrical system;
a plurality of means for multiplying said pulse width modulated output signals of said comparators with the corresponding first and second current proportional analog signals for each phase, the output of said multipliers having an amplitude proportional to the amplitude of said electrical current in each phase of said system and having a pulse width proportional to the amplitude of the electrical voltage in each phase of said system;
means for summing said outputs of said multiplying means;
an integrator, said integrator being connected to the outputs of said summing means, the output of said integrator being proportional to the energy consumed in said system;
a pulse generating circuit, the input of said circuit being connected to said integrator to thereby convert the output of said integrator to a pulse train having each pulse proportional to energy consumed in said system;
a first means for recording and displaying the energy consumed in said electrical system;
a second means for recording and displaying the energy exported from said electrical system;
means for detecting whether power is being consumed by or exported from said electrical system;
and
switching means for selectively coupling said pulse train to said first or second display means dependent upon whether power is being consumed by or exported from said electrical system.

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