Commonwealth Edison Company

Barry G Goodpaster

The present invention provides backup protection for circuit breaker failure by providing a programmable controller coupled to detect the failure of a circuit breaker to open on command and generate a command signal to all circuit breakers coupled to the programmable controller to open.

System and method for providing backup protection for circuit breaker

The present invention provides a system and method for integrated reclosing of circuit breakers in a power substation by providing a programmable controller which is programmed to detect the opening of a circuit breaker and initiate a reclosing window during which time it can generate a command signal to the opened circuit breaker commanding it to close.

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Westmont, IL, United States of America

Barry G Goodpaster