Method and device for measuring voltage

• US 7,489,122 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2004
• Issued: 02/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Jurisch, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Hollington; Jermele M
• Application Number:
  US10/573,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20060232264A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,608 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 324/142
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 15/16 using capacitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 15/18 using inductive devices, e.g. transformers
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/2513 Arrangements for monitoring electric power systems, e.g. power lines or loads; Logging

Abstract

A method measures a voltage at a point of a current distribution network via a measuring circuit. The measuring circuit contains a voltage transmitter which is coupled to a current-conducting conductor of the network, and a further processing configuration which is connected to the voltage transmitter and which outputs a voltage measuring value as an output signal at the output thereof. The output signal of the measuring circuit is corrected by a correction element that has a transfer function that is inverse to the transfer function of the measuring circuit in order to obtain precise voltage measuring values that are independent from the type of the selected voltage transmitter. A measuring device is provided for carrying out the method.

Claims

1. A method for measuring a voltage at a point in a power distribution network, which comprises the steps of:

providing a measuring circuit having a voltage sensor coupled to a current-carrying conductor of the power distribution network and a further-processing configuration connected to the voltage sensor, the further-processing configuration having an output outputting a measured voltage value as an output signal;

correcting the output signal from the measuring circuit into correct measured value in a correction element having a transfer function being inverse to a transfer function of the measuring circuit, the correction element being an electronic filter; and

adjusting the transfer function of the electronic filter to match the transfer function of the measuring circuit.

2. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises providing a capacitor device as the voltage sensor of the measuring circuit.

3. The method according to claim 2, which further comprises forming the capacitor device as a coupling capacitor, formed from the current-carrying conductor of the power distribution network, and an electrode that is DC-isolated from the current-carrying conductor.

4. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises using an inductive voltage transformer having a primary side connected to the current-carrying conductor, as the voltage sensor.

5. The method according to claim 4, which further comprises providing the correction element with a switch for optionally bypassing a remainder of the correction element.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the output signal is an analog output signal, carrying out the correcting step with an analog filter having a PID characteristic as the correction element.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the output signal is a digital output signal, carrying out the correcting step with a digital filter as the correction element.

8. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises forming the digital filter with an inverse transfer function being represented by a temporally discrete transfer function.

9. The method according to claim 8, which further comprises forming the digital filter such that coefficients of the temporally discrete transfer function can be altered.

10. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises providing the further-processing configuration with a DC isolating element in an input region.

11. A measuring apparatus for measuring a voltage at a point in a power distribution network, the measuring apparatus comprising:

a measuring circuit having a voltage sensor coupled to a current-carrying conductor of the power distribution network, and a further-processing configuration connected to said voltage sensor, said further-processing configuration having an output outputting a measured voltage value as an output signal; and

an electronic filter functioning as a correction element and having an output side connected to said measuring circuit, said correction element receiving the output signal from said measuring circuit and outputting a corrected measured value, said correction element having a transfer function being inverse to a transfer function of said measuring circuit, said electronic filter functioning to adjust the transfer function of said correction element to match it to the transfer function of said measuring circuit.

12. The measuring apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said voltage sensor is a capacitor device.

13. The measuring apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said capacitor device is a coupling capacitor formed from the current-carrying conductor of the power distribution network and an electrode which is DC-isolated from said current-carrying conductor.

14. The measuring apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said electrode of said coupling capacitor is a ring electrode surrounding the current-carrying conductor.

15. The measuring apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said voltage sensor is an inductive voltage transformer having a primary side connected to the current-carrying conductor.

16. The measuring apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said correction element has a switch for optionally bypassing a remainder of said correction element.

17. The measuring apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said measuring circuit outputting an analog output signal as the output signal and said correction element is an analog filter having a PID characteristic.

18. The measuring apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said measuring circuit outputting a digital output signal as the output signal and said correction element is a digital filter.

19. The measuring apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the transfer function of said digital filter is a temporally discrete transfer function.

20. The measuring apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the temporally discrete transfer function of said digital filter has variable coefficients.

21. The measuring apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said further-processing configuration has an input region and a DC isolating element in said input region.

22. The measuring apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said DC isolating element is an inductive current transformer.

23. The measuring apparatus according to claim 22, wherein:

said further-processing configuration has a resistor with a high resistance value;

said inductive current transformer has a primary winding connected in series with said resistor defining a series circuit; and

said voltage sensor has an output side connected to said series circuit.

24. The measuring apparatus according to claim 23, wherein:

said further-processing configuration has a negative feedback operational amplifier with an internal resistance of zero ohms; and

said inductive current transformer has a secondary winding loaded by and connected to said negative feedback operational amplifier.

25. The measuring apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said further-processing configuration has an analog-to-digital converter on said output side.