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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2002
Michael Timm Sieleman, Durham, ME (US);
Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, ME (US);
Abstract
A fault protection system whose trip logic considers power magnitude and direction at first and second points on a conductor is provided. Under normal operating conditions, power flows in the same direction through first and second points on the conductor. Under faulted conditions, a differential power condition exists; that is, the power flowing at a first point on the conductor is of different magnitude and/or direction than the power flowing at a second point on the conductor. The trip logic identifies the differential power condition as the result of a fault between the first and second points on the conductor and causes a protective device on each side of the fault to trip open, thus isolating the fault.