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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Inventors:
Ritwik Chowdhury, Toronto, CA;
Dale S. Finney, Little Bras D'or, CA;
Assignee:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/14 (2006.01); H02P 29/024 (2016.01); G01R 31/34 (2020.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/0241 (2016.02); G01R 31/343 (2013.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods to determine a direction to a fault of an electrical generator using sensitive current. A ground fault is determined using voltage signals from the generator installation. Incremental residual values of the sensitive current, along with the voltage, are used to determine a direction to the fault. The generator may be high-impedance grounded. The systems and methods further indicate the direction to a fault where multiple generators are connected using a common generation bus.