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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
General Electric Technology Gmbh, Baden, CH;
Botong Li, Stafford, GB;
Wentao Huang, Stafford, GB;
Hengxu Ha, Stafford, GB;
Sankara Subramanian Sri Gopala Krishna Murthi, Stafford, GB;
General Electric Technology GmbH, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A circuit interruption apparatus, for an electrical network, comprising a circuit interruption device that is operatively connectable at a source side to a source of the electrical network and at a back side to a load of an electrical network. The circuit interruption device when closed permits and when open inhibits the current flow between the source side the back side. The current interruption device is configured to open when a current flowing therethrough meets or exceeds a fault current threshold. The circuit interruption apparatus also includes a fault current level determination unit that is configured to determine a predicted fault current level as a function of measured current and voltage values at the circuit interruption device before and after a variation in the current and voltage values at the circuit interruption device that result from a change of load at the back side of the circuit interruption device.