Revenue meter with power quality features
First Claim
1. A revenue meter for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit, said meter comprising:
- bayonet terminals disposed on said meter mateable with matching jaws of a detachable meter mounting device;
a seal connected between said meter and said detachable meter mounting device, said seal operative to prevent removal of said meter and indicate tampering with said meter;
one or more sensors coupled with said electric circuit and operative to sense one or more power parameters in said electric circuit and generate one or more analog signals indicative of said power parameters;
at least one analog to digital converter coupled with said sensors and operative to convert said analog signals to one or more digital samples; and
a detector coupled with said analog to digital converter and operative to compare each of said digital samples to a threshold and indicate a power quality event when said digital sample deviates from said threshold.
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Abstract
Power quality detection, monitoring, reporting, recording and communication in a revenue accuracy electrical power meter is disclosed. Transient events are detected by monitoring the wave shape of the electrical power and comparing deviations to a known threshold. Sags and Swells are detected by computing root mean square value over a rolling window and comparing the computed value with a known threshold. Harmonic frequencies and symmetrical components are quantified by a known algorithm and compared with a known threshold. Incoming waveforms are stored to memory. All recorded and computed data is moved to non-volatile storage via direct memory access transfer in the event that a power quality event jeopardizes the operating power of the meter. Further, the meter provides a power supply utilizing high and low capacitive storage banks to supply sufficient energy to survive short duration power quality events which jeopardize the meter'"'"'s operating power.
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62 Claims
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1. A revenue meter for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit, said meter comprising:
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bayonet terminals disposed on said meter mateable with matching jaws of a detachable meter mounting device;
a seal connected between said meter and said detachable meter mounting device, said seal operative to prevent removal of said meter and indicate tampering with said meter;
one or more sensors coupled with said electric circuit and operative to sense one or more power parameters in said electric circuit and generate one or more analog signals indicative of said power parameters;
at least one analog to digital converter coupled with said sensors and operative to convert said analog signals to one or more digital samples; and
a detector coupled with said analog to digital converter and operative to compare each of said digital samples to a threshold and indicate a power quality event when said digital sample deviates from said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A revenue meter for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit, said meter comprising:
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bayonet terminals disposed on said meter mateable with matching jaws of a detachable meter mounting device;
a seal connected between said meter and said detachable meter mounting device, said seal operative to prevent removal of said meter and indicate tampering with said meter;
a sensor coupled with said electric circuit and operative to sense a voltage in said electric circuit and generate an analog signal indicative of said voltage;
an analog to digital converter coupled with said sensor and operative to convert said analog signal to one or more digital samples; and
a detector coupled with said analog to digital converter and operative to compare each of said digital samples to a threshold and indicate a transient event when said digital sample exceeds said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A revenue meter for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit, said meter comprising:
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bayonet terminals disposed on said meter mateable with matching jaws of a detachable meter mounting device;
a seal connected between said meter and said detachable meter mounting device, said seal operative to prevent removal of said meter and indicate tampering with said meter;
a sensor coupled with said electric circuit and operative to sense the voltage in said electric circuit and generate an analog signal indicative of said voltage, said voltage having a wave shape;
an analog to digital converter coupled with said sensor and operative to convert said analog signal to one or more digital samples;
a memory coupled with said analog to digital converter and operative to receive and store at least 2 cycles worth of said one or more digital samples; and
a detector coupled with said memory and operative to compare a first of said digital samples to a second of said digital samples and calculate a difference, said second digital sample being non-consecutive with said first digital sample, said detector further operative to compare said difference to a threshold and indicate a deviation in said wave shape when said difference exceeds said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A switchboard revenue meter for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit, said meter comprising:
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a draw-out chassis coupled with said meter and operative to fit within a switchboard enclosure;
terminals disposed on said chassis for engaging matching terminals within said enclosure;
a display;
a meter cover operative to enclose said meter and said display within said enclosure;
a seal connected with said meter cover and operative to prevent removal of said meter cover and indicate tampering with said meter;
one or more sensors coupled with said electric circuit and operative to sense one or more power parameters in said electric circuit and generate one or more analog signals indicative of said power parameters;
at least one analog to digital converter coupled with said sensors and operative to convert said analog signals to one or more digital samples; and
a detector coupled with said analog to digital converter and operative to compare each of said digital samples to a threshold and indicate a power quality event when said digital sample deviates from said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A switchboard revenue meter for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit, said meter comprising:
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a draw-out chassis coupled with said meter and operative to fit within a switchboard enclosure;
terminals disposed on said chassis for engaging matching terminals within said enclosure;
a display;
a meter cover operative to enclose said meter and said display within said enclosure;
a seal connected with said meter cover and operative to prevent removal of said meter cover and indicate tampering with said meter;
a sensor coupled with said electric circuit and operative to sense a voltage in said electric circuit and generate an analog signal indicative of said voltage;
an analog to digital converter coupled with said sensor and operative to convert said analog signal to one or more digital samples; and
a detector coupled with said analog to digital converter and operative to compare each of said digital samples to a threshold and indicate a transient event when said digital sample exceeds said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60)
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57. A switchboard revenue meter for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit, said meter comprising:
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a draw-out chassis coupled with said meter and operative to fit within a switchboard enclosure;
terminals disposed on said chassis for engaging matching terminals within said enclosure;
a display;
a meter cover operative to enclose said meter and said display within said enclosure;
a seal connected with said meter cover and operative to prevent removal of said meter cover and indicate tampering with said meter;
a sensor coupled with said electric circuit and operative to sense the voltage in said electric circuit and generate an analog signal indicative of said voltage, said voltage having a wave shape;
an analog to digital converter coupled with said sensor and operative to convert said analog signal to one or more digital samples;
a memory coupled with said analog to digital converter and operative to receive and store at least 2 cycles worth of said one or more digital samples; and
a detector coupled with said memory and operative to compare a first of said digital samples to a second of said digital samples and calculate a difference, said second digital sample being non-consecutive with said first digital sample, said detector further operative to compare said difference to a threshold and indicate a deviation in said wave shape when said difference exceeds said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 61, 62)
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