Portable self powered line mountable electric power line current monitoring transmitting and receiving system

• US 9,271,563 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2014
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murray W. Davis
• Original Assignee: Murray W. Davis
• Inventors: Davis, Murray W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Koval, Melissa
• Assistant Examiner(s): MILLER, DANIEL R
• Application Number:
  US14/566,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20150091605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 446 Days
• Field of Search: 324/522
• US Class Current: 1/1
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Abstract

A method of determining a fault on a power line conductor includes the steps of determining a magnitude and a direction of a load current waveform in the power line conductor with a loop coil and determining a magnitude and a direction of a fault current waveform in the power line conductor with the loop coil. A polarity of the fault current waveform is compared with a polarity of the load current waveform to determine if a change in polarity between the fault current waveform and the load current waveform occurred to determine the direction of the fault. Data representing a fault to at least one remote location is transmitted when a predetermined trigger value is reached.

Claims

1. A method of determining a fault on a power line conductor comprising the steps of:

mounting a sensor transmitter receiver unit on the power line conductor with a jaw assembly, wherein a first end of a loop coil is rigidly fixed from movement relative to a second end of the loop coil when the jaw assembly moves between an open position for accepting the power line conductor and a closed position for engaging the power line conductor;

determining a magnitude and a direction of a load current waveform in the power line conductor with the loop coil;

determining a magnitude and a direction of a fault current waveform in the power line conductor with the loop coil;

comparing a polarity of the fault current waveform with a polarity of the load current waveform to determine if a change in polarity between the fault current waveform and the load current waveform occurred to determine the direction of the fault; and

transmitting data representing a fault to at least one remote location when a predetermined trigger value is reached.

2. The method of claim 1, including mounting a plurality of sensor transmitter receiver units on the power line conductor and determining the location of the fault by comparing the polarity of a fault current and a load current of each of the plurality of sensor transmitter receiver units.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes transfer trip data configured to disconnect a device from a power system in response to a fault.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes transfer trip data configured to connect a device to a power system.

5. The method of claim 1, including receiving the predetermined trigger value from the at least one remote location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined trigger value includes at least one of a fixed value or at least one of rate of change value of a measured parameter.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the jaw assembly is configured to insure a vertical centerline of the loop coil is aligned with a vertical centerline of the electric power line conductor.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the loop coil is wound on a rigid nonflexible non-metallic dielectric coil form.