Surge locating system of power transmission line and method thereof

• US 6,259,255 B1
• Filed: 12/08/1998
• Issued: 07/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Orion Corporation (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.), Tohoku Electric Power Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha, Ltd., Tohoku Electric Power Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Ozawa, Masaaki, Kojima, Toshiaki, Ohira, Sakari
• Primary Examiner(s): Metjahic, Safet
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Vincent Q.
• Application Number:
  US09/207,722
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• Field of Search: 324/512, 324/522, 324/535, 324/617, 324/618, 324/520, 361/64, 361/118, 361/115, 361/113
• US Class Current: 324/535
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/085 in power transmission or distribution lines, e.g. overhead

Abstract

A surge locating system and a method thereof which can accomplish the surge locating with high accuracy and with relatively simple structure. When the surge occurs, the voltage is generated on the neutral point of Y-connected three-phase alternating current transmission line because of losing a voltage balance on the three-phase alternating current transmission line. The surge locating can be accomplished by detecting the voltage generated in the neutral point. The neutral point is grounded, and the surge locating system according to the present invention is installed between the neutral point and the grounding point. The voltage generated in the neutral point is introduced into the surge locating system and the detecting time thereof is stored. This detecting time is stored in the respective stations, and the surge point can be located based on the detecting time difference between the stations.

Claims

1. A surge locating system of a power transmission line for locating a point where a surge occurs by receiving in at least two stations independently the surge which occurs on a power transmission line, said surge locating system of a power transmission line comprising:

surge detecting means in each station for detecting a surge which occurs on the power transmission line, said surge detecting means being connected to a neutral point of a secondary side of a wire wound grounding potential transformer (GPT) connected to said power transmission line;

said surge detecting means including surge judging means which determines a surge arrival time when a surge is detected having a voltage higher than a predetermined level;

time difference calculating means in communication with said surge judging means in said at least two stations for calculating a time difference between said surge arrival times determined by said surge judging means in respective stations; and

locating means for locating a point where the surge occurs based on said time difference.

2. A surge locating system of a power transmission line as recited in claim 1, in which said neutral point is a neutral point of Y-connection of the three-phase alternating current transmission line.

3. A surge locating system of a power transmission line as recited in claim 1, in which, when the surge from the power transmission line is received via a capacitance potential device (PD), said surge is introduced further via a wire wound transformer.

4. A surge locating system of a power transmission line as recited in claim 1, in which said surge detecting means further comprises a voltage limiting means which controls a voltage higher than said predetermined level so as not to be introduced.

5. A surge locating system of a power transmission line as recited in claim 1, in which a high-pass filter which passes a voltage waveform with a frequency higher than a predetermined level is further installed in said secondary side neutral point.

6. A surge locating system of a power transmission line as recited in claim 5, in which said surge detecting means is connected to said high-pass filter and is equipped with a low-pass filter which passes only a voltage waveform with a frequency lower than a predetermined level.

7. A surge locating system of a power transmnission line as recited in claim 1, in which said surge detecting means is equipped with a transforming means which transforms the surge voltage into other kind of physical quantity.

8. A surge locating system of a power transmission line as recited in claim 7, in which said transforming means is a photo coupler.

9. A surge locating method of a power transmission line for locating a point where a surge occurs by receiving in at least two stations independently the surge which occurs on a power transmission line, said surge locating method of a power transmission line comprising:

monitoring in each station voltage on a neutral point of a secondary side of a wire wound grounding potential transformer (GPT) connected to the power transmission line;

determining a surge arrival time when a voltage higher than a predetermined level is detected at said neutral point of the secondary side of the wire wound grounding potential transformer (GPT) connected to the power transmission line;

calculating a time difference of said surge arrival times between at least said two stations; and

locating a point where the surge occurs based on said time difference.