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- the present invention relates generally to circuit breaker trip units. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electronic trip unit with adjustable sensitivity to current spikes.
- Trip units can be used for, among other purposes, providing short circuit protection to an electrical distribution circuit.
- the trip unit samples current in the power lines of the distribution system to detect a short circuit. If a short is detected, the trip unit provides a trip signal to an actuating device, such as a trip solenoid, within the circuit breaker. Upon receiving the trip signal, the actuating device separates a pair of contacts within the circuit breaker to open the distribution circuit and protect the distribution circuit from damage caused by the short circuit.
- an actuating device such as a trip solenoid
- Electronic trip units typically comprise voltage and/or current sensors, which provide analog signals indicative of the power line signals. The analog signals are converted by an A/D (analog/digital) converter to digital signals, which are processed by a signal processor. Electronic trip units further include RAM (random access memory), ROM (read only memory) and may also include EEPROM (electronic erasable programmable read only memory) all of which interface with the signal processor.
- RAM random access memory
- ROM read only memory
- EEPROM electrical erasable programmable read only memory
- trip units monitor peaks in the current within the power lines. Generally, trip units compare the current in the power lines to some threshold value. For example, this threshold value may be seven times the rated current of the circuit breaker. If the current in the power lines exceeds this threshold value, indicating a short circuit, the trip unit generates the trip signal.
- this threshold value may be seven times the rated current of the circuit breaker. If the current in the power lines exceeds this threshold value, indicating a short circuit, the trip unit generates the trip signal.
- FIG. 1 shows a current waveform of fundamental frequency.
- the current peak is higher than the threshold value and, therefore, this waveform is indicative of a short in the circuit.
- a trip unit would generate a trip signal if the waveform of FIG. 1 were detected.
- FIG. 2 shows a current waveform with current spikes caused by high harmonic content or noise. Such current spikes can cause the circuit breaker to trip, even where no short circuit exists. Trips caused by these current spikes can be a nuisance.
- a method of protection in an electronic trip unit comprises selecting a limit value, sensing an electrical signal to provide corresponding first and second sensed signals, each indicative of an electrical characteristic of the electrical signal, comparing said first and second sensed signal to determine a rate of rise of said electrical characteristic, comparing said rate of rise to said limit value to detect a spike in said electrical characteristic, and withholding generation of a trip signal when said rate of rise is greater than said limit value.
- FIG. 1 is a current waveform of fundamental frequency
- FIG. 2 is a current waveform with current spikes
- FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a electric power distribution circuit
- FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a circuit breaker with an electronic trip unit of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of a short circuit protection program of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a current waveform of fundamental frequency with a plurality of samples for each half cycle
- FIG. 7 is a current waveform with current spikes and with a plurality of samples for each half cycle in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a flow diagram of an alternate method of short circuit protection of the present invention.
- Distribution circuit 10 comprises a source 12 , an upstream circuit breaker 14 , a downstream circuit breaker 16 and at least one corresponding load 18 . Any number of additional downstream circuit breakers 20 with corresponding loads 22 may be included. It will be appreciated that breakers 14 , 16 , and 20 may be of similar construction.
- Circuit breaker 20 comprises a trip unit 22 , actuating device 24 , and contacts 26 all mounted within housing 28 . Contacts 26 form part of distribution circuit 10 and are mechanically connected to actuating device 24 .
- Actuating device 24 is arranged to receive a trip signal from trip unit 22 , which is electrically connected to distribution circuit 10 . Upon receiving the trip signal, the actuating device 24 separates contacts 26 to stop the flow of current in a portion of the distribution circuit 10 .
- Trip unit 22 comprises a user-adjustable switch 30 , a current sensor 32 , an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter 34 , a microprocessor 36 , and a power supply 37 .
- Power supply 37 is typically fed from the secondary of current sensor 32 .
- Current sensor 32 is electrically connected to distribution circuit 10 by a line 33 and provides analog signals indicative of current measurements in distribution circuit 10 to AID converter 34 , via a line 35 .
- A/D converter 34 converts the analog signal to a digital line signal and presents the digital line signal, via bus 38 , to microprocessor 36 .
- Power supply 37 is electrically connected to distribution circuit 10 by line 33 for providing operating power to A/D converter 34 , switch 30 , and microprocessor 36 , via a line 41 .
- User-adjustable switch 30 is arranged to provide a signal indicative of a limit value, via bus 40 , to microprocessor 36 .
- the user-adjustable switch 30 may be a binary coded decimal (BCD) encoded switch that allows the user of the circuit breaker to alter the limit value provided to the microprocessor 36 .
- BCD binary coded decimal
- the user-adjustable switch 30 may comprise a jumper bit or a user-selectable option in non-volatile memory such as ROM (read only memory) 50 .
- Microprocessor 36 comprises a plurality of registers 42 - 48 and ROM 50 internal thereto.
- ROM 50 includes trip unit application code, e.g., main functionality firmware, including initializing parameters, boot code, and a short circuit protection algorithm.
- the plurality of registers 42 - 48 comprises a register 48 for storing the line signal provided by the A/D converter 34 , a register 42 for storing the limit value provided by switch 30 , and registers 44 and 46 for use by the microprocessor 36 in executing the short circuit protection algorithm.
- RAM random access memory
- EEPROM electro-erasable programmable read only memory
- the EEPROM would include, e.g., operational parameters for the application code. It will also be appreciated that ROM 50 may be external to the microprocessor 36 , as is well known. Further, communications within trip unit 22 can be provided through a communications I/O port 51 .
- the short circuit protection algorithm is applied to each of the phases of the power lines in distribution circuit 10 .
- the program is initiated preferably from the boot code at start-up, block 52 , and proceeds immediately to block 54 .
- the program resets a sample count value stored in register 44 to zero.
- the program continues to block 56 where a peak count value stored in register 46 is reset to zero.
- the program increments the sample count value in register 44 .
- the program then waits a predetermined sample period, block 60 , and then proceeds to block 62 where a line signal in register 48 is sampled.
- the sample period is a parameter stored in ROM 50 and is equal to a fraction of the half-cycle of the current frequency in the distribution circuit 10 .
- the sample period might be one-eighth of the half-cycle time.
- the line signal is sampled eight times per half-cycle (see, e.g., FIGS. 6 and 7).
- the program compares the line signal stored in register 48 to a threshold value (e.g., seven times the rated current) stored in ROM 50 . If the line signal, which is indicative of the current level in the distribution circuit 10 , is less than the threshold value, the program continues to block 66 .
- the program compares the sample count value in register 44 to a maximum sample value stored in ROM 50 .
- the maximum sample value is equal to the number of samples per half-cycle of the current frequency in the distribution circuit. Using the example above, the maximum sample value would be eight.
- the program loops to block 58 where it increments the value in the sample count register 44 (to continue sampling the same half-cycle). If the sample count is equal to the maximum, the program loops to block 54 where it resets the sample count value in register 44 to zero (to begin a new half-cycle).
- the program continues to block 68 where it increments the peak count value in register 46 .
- the program compares the peak count value in register 46 to the peak limit value in register 42 . If the peak count value is less than the peak limit value, the program continues to block 66 where, as described above, the same half-cycle is sampled again or sampling of a new half-cycle begins. If the peak count value is equal to the peak limit value, the program continues to block 72 , where it initiates a trip signal. The program then ends at block 74 .
- FIG. 6 represents a half-cycle with five line signals (samples) over the threshold value.
- the peak limit value stored in register 42 as set by the user-adjustable switch 30 , is five or less, the half-cycle shown in FIG. 6 would cause the breaker to trip. If set to six or higher, the breaker would not trip.
- FIG. 7 represents a half-cycle with two line signals (samples) over the threshold value. In this case, if the user set the peak limit to three or greater, the breaker would not trip. As shown in these examples, the user can adjust the sensitivity of the trip unit to current spikes by adjusting the switch 30 .
- the short circuit protection algorithm (program) shown in FIG. 8 may be applied to each of the phases of the power lines in distribution circuit 10 .
- the program is initiated preferably from the boot code at start-up, block 76 , and proceeds immediately to block 78 .
- the program samples the line signal in register 48 .
- the program then continues to block 80 where it shifts the line signal stored in register 48 to register 46 and then continues to block 82 .
- the program waits a predetermined sample period, and then proceeds to block 84 where a new line signal in register 48 is sampled.
- the sample period is a parameter stored in ROM 50 and is equal to a fraction of the half-cycle of the current frequency in the distribution circuit 10 .
- the sample period might be one-eighth of the half-cycle time, such that the line signal is sampled eight times per half-cycle.
- the program calculates the quantitative difference between the previous line signal in register 46 and the current line signal in register 48 .
- the difference is compared to the limit value provided by the user-adjustable switch 30 and stored in register 42 .
- the limit value may be equal to seven times the rated current. If the difference is greater than the limit value, the program loops back to block 80 . If the difference is less than the limit value, the program continues to block 88 where the line signal in register 48 is compared against a known threshold value (e.g., seven times the rated current) stored in ROM 50 . If the line signal in register 48 is less than the threshold value, the program loops back to block 80 . If the line signal in register 48 is greater than the threshold value, the program continues to block 90 , where it initiates a trip signal. The program then ends at block 92 .
- a known threshold value e.g., seven times the rated current
- the short circuit protection algorithm of FIG. 8 uses the rate of rise of two consecutive samples to detect current spikes. If the rate of rise is too steep (i.e., if the quantitative difference between the current and previous line signals is greater than the limit value) this indicates a current spike.
- the user can adjust the sensitivity of the trip unit to current spikes by adjusting the limit value using switch 30 . If the user desires high sensitivity, the user can adjust switch 30 to increase the limit value. Sensitivity can be reduced by decreasing the limit value.
- the short circuit protection algorithms of FIGS. 5 and 8 may further comprise a power-up feature that sets the trip unit for high sensitivity during power-up and reduces the sensitivity during running state.
- This feature for example, can be used on the portions of distribution systems that service electric drive motors.
- switch 30 may include a setting feature that would adjust the trip unit for use in a 400 Hz application, where maximum sensitivity is needed.
- the trip unit of the above-described invention allows the user of the circuit breaker to adjust the trip unit's sensitivity to current spikes. This feature allows the user to decrease sensitivity for applications such as drive systems, where current spikes are generated, and to increase sensitivity for applications such as high-frequency systems, where maximum sensitivity is needed.
- All of the aforementioned limits, settings or thresholds may be stored in any non-volatile memory or an EEPROM which can be altered by downloading desired settings via communications I/O port 51 . This would include remotely downloading such data when the unit is connected to a system computer (not shown), either directly, over telephone lines, or any other suitable connection. It may also be preferred that such EEPROM comprises a flash memory whereby such data is flashed, as is well known.
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/325,605, filed on Jun. 3, 1999, pending, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- The present invention relates generally to circuit breaker trip units. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electronic trip unit with adjustable sensitivity to current spikes.
- The use of electronic trip units in electric circuit breakers is well known. Trip units can be used for, among other purposes, providing short circuit protection to an electrical distribution circuit. In this capacity, the trip unit samples current in the power lines of the distribution system to detect a short circuit. If a short is detected, the trip unit provides a trip signal to an actuating device, such as a trip solenoid, within the circuit breaker. Upon receiving the trip signal, the actuating device separates a pair of contacts within the circuit breaker to open the distribution circuit and protect the distribution circuit from damage caused by the short circuit.
- The construction of an electronic trip unit is also known. Electronic trip units typically comprise voltage and/or current sensors, which provide analog signals indicative of the power line signals. The analog signals are converted by an A/D (analog/digital) converter to digital signals, which are processed by a signal processor. Electronic trip units further include RAM (random access memory), ROM (read only memory) and may also include EEPROM (electronic erasable programmable read only memory) all of which interface with the signal processor.
- To detect short circuits in the distribution circuit, trip units monitor peaks in the current within the power lines. Generally, trip units compare the current in the power lines to some threshold value. For example, this threshold value may be seven times the rated current of the circuit breaker. If the current in the power lines exceeds this threshold value, indicating a short circuit, the trip unit generates the trip signal.
- FIG. 1 shows a current waveform of fundamental frequency. In the waveform shown, the current peak is higher than the threshold value and, therefore, this waveform is indicative of a short in the circuit. A trip unit would generate a trip signal if the waveform of FIG. 1 were detected. FIG. 2, however, shows a current waveform with current spikes caused by high harmonic content or noise. Such current spikes can cause the circuit breaker to trip, even where no short circuit exists. Trips caused by these current spikes can be a nuisance.
- Attempts have been made to overcome this problem by using processing algorithms to filter out the current spikes. While such is well suited for certain applications, such as drive systems, where current spikes are commonly generated, it is problematic in other applications, such as high-frequency systems (e.g., 400 Hz systems or resistive load circuits), where the user desires the trip unit to trip in response to such current spikes.
- In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method of protection in an electronic trip unit comprises selecting a limit value, sensing an electrical signal to provide corresponding first and second sensed signals, each indicative of an electrical characteristic of the electrical signal, comparing said first and second sensed signal to determine a rate of rise of said electrical characteristic, comparing said rate of rise to said limit value to detect a spike in said electrical characteristic, and withholding generation of a trip signal when said rate of rise is greater than said limit value.
- The present invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:
- FIG. 1 is a current waveform of fundamental frequency;
- FIG. 2 is a current waveform with current spikes;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a electric power distribution circuit;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a circuit breaker with an electronic trip unit of the present invention;
- FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of a short circuit protection program of the present invention;
- FIG. 6 is a current waveform of fundamental frequency with a plurality of samples for each half cycle;
- FIG. 7 is a current waveform with current spikes and with a plurality of samples for each half cycle in accordance with the present invention; and
- FIG. 8 is a flow diagram of an alternate method of short circuit protection of the present invention.
- Referring to FIG. 3, an electrical power distribution circuit is generally shown at10.
Distribution circuit 10 comprises asource 12, anupstream circuit breaker 14, adownstream circuit breaker 16 and at least onecorresponding load 18. Any number of additionaldownstream circuit breakers 20 withcorresponding loads 22 may be included. It will be appreciated thatbreakers - Referring to FIG. 4, a general schematic of a circuit breaker is generally shown at20.
Circuit breaker 20 comprises atrip unit 22, actuatingdevice 24, andcontacts 26 all mounted withinhousing 28. Contacts 26 form part ofdistribution circuit 10 and are mechanically connected to actuatingdevice 24. Actuatingdevice 24 is arranged to receive a trip signal fromtrip unit 22, which is electrically connected todistribution circuit 10. Upon receiving the trip signal, the actuatingdevice 24 separatescontacts 26 to stop the flow of current in a portion of thedistribution circuit 10. -
Trip unit 22 comprises a user-adjustable switch 30, acurrent sensor 32, an analog-to-digital (A/D)converter 34, amicroprocessor 36, and apower supply 37.Power supply 37 is typically fed from the secondary ofcurrent sensor 32.Current sensor 32 is electrically connected todistribution circuit 10 by aline 33 and provides analog signals indicative of current measurements indistribution circuit 10 toAID converter 34, via aline 35. A/D converter 34 converts the analog signal to a digital line signal and presents the digital line signal, viabus 38, tomicroprocessor 36.Power supply 37 is electrically connected todistribution circuit 10 byline 33 for providing operating power to A/D converter 34,switch 30, andmicroprocessor 36, via aline 41. - User-
adjustable switch 30 is arranged to provide a signal indicative of a limit value, viabus 40, tomicroprocessor 36. The user-adjustable switch 30, for example, may be a binary coded decimal (BCD) encoded switch that allows the user of the circuit breaker to alter the limit value provided to themicroprocessor 36. Alternately, the user-adjustable switch 30 may comprise a jumper bit or a user-selectable option in non-volatile memory such as ROM (read only memory) 50. -
Microprocessor 36 comprises a plurality of registers 42-48 andROM 50 internal thereto.ROM 50 includes trip unit application code, e.g., main functionality firmware, including initializing parameters, boot code, and a short circuit protection algorithm. The plurality of registers 42-48 comprises aregister 48 for storing the line signal provided by the A/D converter 34, aregister 42 for storing the limit value provided byswitch 30, and registers 44 and 46 for use by themicroprocessor 36 in executing the short circuit protection algorithm. It will be appreciated that RAM (random access memory), EEPROM (electronic erasable programmable read only memory) or any combination thereof may be employed by themicroprocessor 36 for memory purposes, as is well known. The EEPROM would include, e.g., operational parameters for the application code. It will also be appreciated thatROM 50 may be external to themicroprocessor 36, as is well known. Further, communications withintrip unit 22 can be provided through a communications I/O port 51. - Referring to FIG. 5, the short circuit protection algorithm (program) is applied to each of the phases of the power lines in
distribution circuit 10. The program is initiated preferably from the boot code at start-up, block 52, and proceeds immediately to block 54. Atblock 54 the program resets a sample count value stored inregister 44 to zero. The program continues to block 56 where a peak count value stored inregister 46 is reset to zero. Atblock 58, the program increments the sample count value inregister 44. The program then waits a predetermined sample period, block 60, and then proceeds to block 62 where a line signal inregister 48 is sampled. The sample period is a parameter stored inROM 50 and is equal to a fraction of the half-cycle of the current frequency in thedistribution circuit 10. For example, the sample period might be one-eighth of the half-cycle time. Thus, the line signal is sampled eight times per half-cycle (see, e.g., FIGS. 6 and 7). - At
block 64, the program compares the line signal stored inregister 48 to a threshold value (e.g., seven times the rated current) stored inROM 50. If the line signal, which is indicative of the current level in thedistribution circuit 10, is less than the threshold value, the program continues to block 66. Atblock 66, the program compares the sample count value inregister 44 to a maximum sample value stored inROM 50. The maximum sample value is equal to the number of samples per half-cycle of the current frequency in the distribution circuit. Using the example above, the maximum sample value would be eight. If the sample count value inregister 44 is less than the maximum sample value, the program loops to block 58 where it increments the value in the sample count register 44 (to continue sampling the same half-cycle). If the sample count is equal to the maximum, the program loops to block 54 where it resets the sample count value inregister 44 to zero (to begin a new half-cycle). - Referring again to block64, if the line signal stored in
register 48 is greater than the threshold value stored inROM 50, the program continues to block 68 where it increments the peak count value inregister 46. At block 70, the program compares the peak count value inregister 46 to the peak limit value inregister 42. If the peak count value is less than the peak limit value, the program continues to block 66 where, as described above, the same half-cycle is sampled again or sampling of a new half-cycle begins. If the peak count value is equal to the peak limit value, the program continues to block 72, where it initiates a trip signal. The program then ends at block 74. - FIGS. 6 and 7 show examples of a current signal sampled eight times per half-cycle. FIG. 6 represents a half-cycle with five line signals (samples) over the threshold value. In the short circuit detection algorithm of FIG. 5, if the peak limit value stored in
register 42, as set by the user-adjustable switch 30, is five or less, the half-cycle shown in FIG. 6 would cause the breaker to trip. If set to six or higher, the breaker would not trip. FIG. 7 represents a half-cycle with two line signals (samples) over the threshold value. In this case, if the user set the peak limit to three or greater, the breaker would not trip. As shown in these examples, the user can adjust the sensitivity of the trip unit to current spikes by adjusting theswitch 30. - Alternately, the short circuit protection algorithm (program) shown in FIG. 8 may be applied to each of the phases of the power lines in
distribution circuit 10. The program is initiated preferably from the boot code at start-up, block 76, and proceeds immediately to block 78. Atblock 78, the program samples the line signal inregister 48. The program then continues to block 80 where it shifts the line signal stored inregister 48 to register 46 and then continues to block 82. Atblock 82, the program waits a predetermined sample period, and then proceeds to block 84 where a new line signal inregister 48 is sampled. The sample period is a parameter stored inROM 50 and is equal to a fraction of the half-cycle of the current frequency in thedistribution circuit 10. For example, the sample period might be one-eighth of the half-cycle time, such that the line signal is sampled eight times per half-cycle. - At
block 86, the program calculates the quantitative difference between the previous line signal inregister 46 and the current line signal inregister 48. The difference is compared to the limit value provided by the user-adjustable switch 30 and stored inregister 42. For example, the limit value may be equal to seven times the rated current. If the difference is greater than the limit value, the program loops back to block 80. If the difference is less than the limit value, the program continues to block 88 where the line signal inregister 48 is compared against a known threshold value (e.g., seven times the rated current) stored inROM 50. If the line signal inregister 48 is less than the threshold value, the program loops back to block 80. If the line signal inregister 48 is greater than the threshold value, the program continues to block 90, where it initiates a trip signal. The program then ends atblock 92. - The short circuit protection algorithm of FIG. 8 uses the rate of rise of two consecutive samples to detect current spikes. If the rate of rise is too steep (i.e., if the quantitative difference between the current and previous line signals is greater than the limit value) this indicates a current spike. The user can adjust the sensitivity of the trip unit to current spikes by adjusting the limit
value using switch 30. If the user desires high sensitivity, the user can adjustswitch 30 to increase the limit value. Sensitivity can be reduced by decreasing the limit value. - The short circuit protection algorithms of FIGS. 5 and 8 may further comprise a power-up feature that sets the trip unit for high sensitivity during power-up and reduces the sensitivity during running state. This feature, for example, can be used on the portions of distribution systems that service electric drive motors. Alternately, switch30 may include a setting feature that would adjust the trip unit for use in a 400 Hz application, where maximum sensitivity is needed.
- The trip unit of the above-described invention allows the user of the circuit breaker to adjust the trip unit's sensitivity to current spikes. This feature allows the user to decrease sensitivity for applications such as drive systems, where current spikes are generated, and to increase sensitivity for applications such as high-frequency systems, where maximum sensitivity is needed.
- All of the aforementioned limits, settings or thresholds may be stored in any non-volatile memory or an EEPROM which can be altered by downloading desired settings via communications I/
O port 51. This would include remotely downloading such data when the unit is connected to a system computer (not shown), either directly, over telephone lines, or any other suitable connection. It may also be preferred that such EEPROM comprises a flash memory whereby such data is flashed, as is well known. - While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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