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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A phase control switch apparatus incorporating a phase-based break/make controller ( A, B, C) for protecting a reactive load such as a transformer ( ) from transient surge phenomena taking place upon power-supply breaking/making operation. The phase control switch apparatus includes a reference phase detecting unit ( ) for predicting phases of the phase-voltage and phases-current waveforms upon closing and opening of the breaker contacts, a residual magnetic flux detecting unit ( ) for predicting residual fluxes in each phase of the transformer ( ) on the basis of time points at which the breaker contacts of the individual phases were opened in the preceding breaking operation and polarities of the phase-currents immediately before the breakage, an operation control unit ( ) for predicting optimal closing time points for the individual phases at which the transient surge can be suppressed to a minimum on the basis of the predicted residual fluxes