US 7,095,139 B2 · Transformer inrush current elimination system

Abstract

A closing phase that produces the smallest energization flux error at a connection input point is calculated based upon a residual flux of the first closing phase and the preliminarily given pre-arc characteristic and closing time deviation characteristic of a three-phase circuit breaker, so that the calculated phase value is set as a target closing phase of the first closing phase. A closing phase that produces the smallest energization flux error when a residual flux of zero is calculated, so that the calculated phase value is set as a target closing phase of the remaining two phases. The total time required from the reference point to the target closing phases of the remaining two phases and a delay time corresponding to an integer multiple of a given cycle of the three-phase power supply is set as a target closing time of the remaining two phases.

A transformer inrush current elimination system for suppressing an inrush current that is generated as a transition current when a three-phase transformer is connected to a three-phase power supply via a three-phase circuit breaker, comprising:

source voltage measuring means for measuring a source voltage of one phase to be used as a standard phase among the three-phases of the three-phase power supply;
transformer voltage measuring means for measuring a transformer voltage of each of the three-phases;
a residual flux calculating portion for calculating a residual flux of each phase, using the transformer voltage of each phase measured by said transformer voltage measuring means, before and after a open command input time;
a closing order determining portion for determining which phase has the residual flux with largest magnitude, calculated by the residual flux calculating portion, as a first closing phase among the three-phases;
a target closing phase determining portion for determining target closing phases of the three phases, wherein,
regarding the first closing phase, said target closing phase determining portion calculates a closing phase having smallest energization flux error, which is an absolute value of maximum error between a constant flux value and a residual flux value at a connection input point, based upon the residual flux of the first closing phase, and a preliminarily given pre-arc characteristic and closing time deviation characteristic of the three-phase circuit breaker, using a zero degree phase of the standard phase as a reference point, and sets the closing phase so calculated as the target closing phase of the first closing phase, and
regarding second and third closing phases, said target closing phase determining portion calculates a closing phase having the smallest energization flux error when the residual flux is zero, based upon the preliminarily given pre-arc characteristic and closing time deviation characteristic of the three-phase circuit breaker, using the zero degree phase of the standard phase as a reference point, and sets the closing phase phases so calculated as target closing phases of each of the second and third closing phases;
a target closing time determining portion for calculating time required from the reference point to the target closing phase of the first closing phase so that the time calculated is determined to be a target closing time of the first closing phase, and for calculating a sum of the time required from the reference point to the target closing phases of the second and third closing phases and a delay time corresponding to an integer multiple of a predetermined cycle of the three-phase power supply so that the sum calculated is a target closing time of each of the second and third closing phases;
and
a controlled closing portion which, upon receipt of a closing command, outputs a controlled closing signal to the three-phase circuit breaker so that each phase is contact-closed at the target closing time of each phase calculated by said target closing time determining portion, using the zero degree phase of the source voltage of the standard phase input from the source voltage measuring means as a reference point, wherein said three-phase transformer has a primary winding having a star connection with a neutral ground and one of a secondary and tertiary winding having a triangle connection, and said three-phase circuit breaker connects the three-phase transformer to the three-phase power supply by closing and disconnects the transformer from the three-phase power supply by opening.

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