High voltage electrical network with DC ice-melting device and current return through ground

• US 4,119,866 A
• Filed: 02/14/1977
• Issued: 10/10/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dmitry Korneevich Kovalenko, Evgeny Vasilievich Gorelin, Georgy Andreevich Genrikh, Jury Nikolaevich Belozerov, Leonid Alexeevich Nikonets, Petr Romanovich Khrusch, Valentin Ivanovich Sidorov
• Original Assignee: Dmitry Korneevich Kovalenko, Evgeny Vasilievich Gorelin, Georgy Andreevich Genrikh, Jury Nikolaevich Belozerov, Leonid Alexeevich Nikonets, Petr Romanovich Khrusch, Valentin Ivanovich Sidorov
• Inventors: Nikonets, Leonid Alexeevich, Genrikh, Georgy Andreevich, Kovalenko, Dmitry Korneevich, Gorelin, Evgeny Vasilievich, Belozerov, Jury Nikolaevich, Khrusch, Petr Romanovich, Sidorov, Valentin Ivanovich
• Primary Examiner(s): Schaefer, Robert K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ginsburg, Morris
• Application Number:
  US05/768,288
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 307/147, 307/112, 219/209, 340/234
• US Class Current: 307/147
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 7/16 Devices for removing snow or ice from lines or cables
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/02 using a single network for simultaneous distribution of power at different frequencies; using a single network for simultaneous distribution of ac power and of dc power

Abstract

A high-voltage electrical network comprises neutral conductors, at least two of them being grounded, and at least two ground circuits, at least one of them being connected to a neutral conductor and functioning as a first operational grounding means which is a part of a circuit for melting the icing by direct current on one of the lines of the high-voltage electrical network. The ice melting circuit is also provided with at least one more series-connected operational grounding means, a heated circuit of a high-voltage electrical network, a device for melting the icing by direct current on one of the lines of the high-voltage electrical network and a ground used as a return conductor. The high-voltage electrical network, additionally comprises at least one device, for preventing the direct current from flowing to the neutral conductors of the high-voltage electrical network, connected to one of the neutral conductors, coupled to one of the ground circuits used as an operational grounding means and forming a part of a circuit for melting the icing on one of the lines of the high-voltage electrical network by direct current, and to the same ground circuit.

Claims

1. A high-voltage electrical network comprising:

a plurality of lines of said high-voltage electrical network, each line having several circuits, one of said plurality of lines having a heated circuit whereon the icing is melted;

neutral conductors of said high-voltage electrical network, at least two of said neutral conductors being grounded;

at least two ground circuits, at least one of said ground circuits being connected to one of said neutral conductors and serving as a first operational grounding means and another ground circuit serving as a second operational grounding means;

a device for melting the icing on one of said lines by the use of a direct current, connected to said heated circuit of one of said lines and to one of said ground circuits,

said heated circuit of one of said lines, said two ground circuits serving as said first and second operational grounding means, said device for melting the icing on one of said lines and the ground serving as a return conductor being connected in series to one another and forming a circuit for melting the icing on one of said lines; and

a device connected to one of said neutral conductors and also connected to an associated ground circuit for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors.

2. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors of the high-voltage electrical network comprises:

a direct current limiting device connected to one of said neutral conductors and to said associated dground circuit;

a discharger connected to one of said neutral conductors and to said associated ground circuit for limiting the voltage of said one of said neutral conductors; and

a switching apparatus having a drive connected to one of said neutral conductors and to said associated ground circuit and preventing breakdown of said discharger during operation.

3. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 2, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a resistance.

4. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 2, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a capacitor.

5. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 3, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a thyristor contactor connected to one of said neutral conductors and to said associated ground circuit and limits the voltage in said resistance.

6. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 4, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a thyristor contactor connected to one of said neutral conductors and to said associated ground circuit and limits the voltage on said capacitor.

7. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 6, comprising a resistance coupled to said thyristor contactor and one of said neutral conductors and limits the discharge current of said capacitor.

8. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 3, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a fuse connected to one of said neutral conductors and to said resistance.

9. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 4, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a fuse connected to one of said neutral conductors and to said capacitor.

10. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 5, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a fuse connected to one of said neutral conductors to said resistance and to said thyristor contactor.

11. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 6, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a fuse connected to one of said neutral conductors to said capacitor and to said thyristor contactor.

12. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 7, in which said direct current limiting device comprises a fuse connected to one of said neutral conductors to said capacitor and to said resistance.

13. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 2, in which said device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors comprises a current sensor having a first primary tapping, a second primary tapping and n secondary tappings, which is connected by its first primary tapping to said discharger, by its second primary tapping to said switching apparatus and said direct current limiting device, and by its n secondary tappings to a drive of said switching apparatus for supplying a signal to turn on said switching apparatus.

14. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 3, in which the device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors comprises a current sensor having a first primary tapping, a second primary tapping and n secondary tappings, which is connected by its first primary tapping to said discharger, by its second primary tapping to said switching apparatus and said resistance, and by its n secondary tappings to a drive of said apparatus for supplying a signal to turn on said switching apparatus.

15. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 4, in which the device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors comprises a current sensor having a first primary tapping, a second primary tapping and n secondary tappings, which is connected by its first primary tapping to said discharger, by its second primary tapping to said switching apparatus and said capacitor, and by its n secondary tappings to a drive of said switching apparatus for supplying a signal to turn on said switching apparatus.

16. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 5, in which the device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors comprises a current sensor having a first primary tapping, a second primary tapping and n secondary tappings, which is connected by its first primary tapping to said discharger and said thyristor contactor, by its second primary tapping to said switching apparatus and said resistance, and by its n secondary tappings to, a drive of said switching apparatus for supplying a signal to turn on said switching apparatus.

17. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 6, in which the device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors comprises a current sensor having a first primary tapping, a second primary tapping and n secondary tappings, which is connected by its first primary tapping to said discharger and said thyristor contactor, by its second primary tapping to said switching apparatus and said capacitor, and by its n secondary tappings to a drive of said switching apparatus for supplying a signal to turn on said switching apparatus.

18. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 7, in which the device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors comprises a current sensor having a first primary tapping, a second primary tapping and n secondary tappings, which is connected by its first primary tapping to said discharger and said thyristor contactor, by its second primary tapping to said switching apparatus and said capacitor, and by its n secondary tappings to a drive of said switching apparatus for supplying a signal to turn on said switching apparatus.

19. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 8, in which the device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors comprises a current sensor having a first primary tapping, a second primary tapping and n secondary tappings, which is connected by its first primary tapping to said discharger, by its second primary tapping to said switching apparatus and said resistance, and by its n secondary tappings to a drive of said switching apparatus for supplying a signal to turn on said switching apparatus.

20. A high-voltage electrical network as claimed in claim 9, in which the device for preventing the direct current from flowing to said neutral conductors comprises a current sensor having a first primary tapping, a second primary tapping and n secondary tappings, which is connected by its first primary tapping to said discharger, by its second primary tapping to said switching apparatus and said capacitor, and by its secondary tappings to a drive of said switching apparatus for supplying a signal to turn on said switching apparatus.