Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for automatic high resistance ground pulse activation and detection
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Application No.: US14835163Application Date: 2015-08-25
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Publication No.: US10598715B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: David Glenn Loucks , Robert Thomas Wolfe , Steven Andrew Dimino , Daniel Edward Hrncir , Deborah Kaltwasser Mort , Alec Dane Burkle
- Applicant: Eaton Corporation
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Current Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agency: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, SC
- Main IPC: G01R31/08
- IPC: G01R31/08 ; H02H3/16 ; H02H3/17 ; H02J13/00 ; G01R31/02

Abstract:
A system for locating a ground fault in an HRG power distribution system includes an HRG pulsing system having a ground fault sensor to detect a ground fault, a pulsing contactor to introduce a pulsing current into the power distribution system, and a controller to control the pulsing contactor to introduce the pulsing current into the power distribution system in response to a ground fault detection by the ground fault sensor. Current sensors in the power distribution system monitor three-phase current signals on conductors of the power distribution system, with the current sensors positioned on distribution networks in the power distribution system and at a protection device included on each respective distribution network. A processor associated with each protection device and operably connected to the current sensors thereat receives signals from the current sensors for identifying a location of a ground fault in the power distribution system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170059641A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC HIGH RESISTANCE GROUND PULSE ACTIVATION AND DETECTION Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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