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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited, George Town Grand Cayman, KY;
Aspin Kemp & Associates Holding Corp., Owen Sound, CA;
Edward Peter Kenneth Bourgeau, Houston, TX (US);
Jason Aspin, Charlottetown, CA;
Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited, George Town Grand, KY;
Aspin Kemp & Associates, Owen Sound (Ontario), CA;
Abstract
An autonomous breaker can apply a current through a high impedance source to a bus coupled to either end of a breaker in order to measure an impedance of the bus. The status of the bus can be determined from the measurement. Based on the determined status, a fault detection procedure can be selected and implemented to determine if a fault exists on the bus. When the fault detection procedure has been implemented and no fault has been detected, the breaker can close, and thus couple the bus to another bus.