Power supply arrangement

• US 6,646,859 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2002
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB Technology AG (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Talvitie, Tero, Rautiainen, Kari, Vähämäki, Olavi, Toivonen, Lassi
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichard, Dean A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ha, Nguyen T.
• Application Number:
  US10/246,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20030067736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 361/306.1, 361/323, 361/326, 361/328, 361/306.3, 363/90, 363/98, 363/132, 363/131, 363/128, 363/129
• US Class Current: 361/306.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 15/144 Measuring arrangements for voltage not covered by other subgroups of G01R15/14

Abstract

A power supply arrangement, especially in connection with a conductor (5) of a medium-voltage overhead line, which arrangement comprises a power supply (2) and a first and second element (3, 4) made of an electrically conductive material, which are connected electrically to the power supply for feeding energy to the power supply. The first element (3) of the power supply arrangement is arranged to be close to the conductor (5) and has a capacitance (Ce) to an element in a second potential, the capacitance being arranged to charge itself by effect of an electric field generated by the voltage of the medium-voltage conductor, and said second element (4) is arranged to have a galvanic or capacitive connection with the conductor (5) for feeding energy to the power supply (2) from the potential difference between said first and second elements.

Claims

1. A power supply arrangement, especially in connection with a conductor of a medium-voltage overhead line, which arrangement comprises

a power supply and a first and second element made of an electrically conductive material, which are connected electrically to the power supply for feeding energy to the power supply, wherein

said first element is arranged close to the conductor and has a capacitance to an element in a second potential, the capacitance being arranged to charge itself by effect of an electric field generated by the voltage of the medium-voltage conductor, and that

said second element is arranged to have a galvanic or capacitive connection with the conductor for feeding energy to the power supply from the potential difference between said first and second elements.

2. A power supply arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said element in a second potential is ground.

3. A power supply arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first element made of an electrically conductive material is formed by the metal-coated inner surface of a substantially cylindrical object.

4. A power supply arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second element made of an electrically conductive material is formed of a metal-coated groove, which is arranged in close proximity to the conductor.

5. A power supply arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the second element made of an electrically conductive material is formed of a metal-coated groove, which is arranged in close proximity to the conductor.

6. A power supply arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein the metal-coated groove of the second electrically conductive element comprises an insulating layer.

7. A power supply arrangement as claimed in claim 5, wherein the metal-coated groove of the second electrically conductive element comprises an insulating layer.

8. A power supply arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first element made of an electrically conductive material is formed by the metal-coated inner surface of a substantially cylindrical object.

9. A power supply arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second element made of an electrically conductive material is formed of a metal-coated groove, which is arranged in close proximity to the conductor.