D.C. battery plant alarm monitoring remote apparatus
First Claim
1. Apparatus for monitoring performance of a battery or system of connected batteries in a large battery plant facility, comprisingan A.C. power source located at a predetermined application site;
- a means to interrupt power from the A.C. power source;
a means to monitor D.C. battery power to equipment at said application site when said A.C. power is interrupted;
a means to automatically detect and measure a changing voltage level of said D.C. power plant capacity by applying a percentage to the difference between a calculated plateau voltage and a predetermined end of life voltage and then adding the result of applying the percentage to the difference to said predetermined end of life voltage;
a means to automatically generate an alarm message at said application site when said D.C. power is measured to be at a predetermined voltage capacity level; and
a means to determine the remaining life of said D.C. power means when said predetermined capacity level has been determined.
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Abstract
An automatic monitoring system of storage batteries housed at an application site which includes an A.C. power source at the site, a mechanism to interrupt the A.C. power from its source and generate an alarm, a battery plant to provide D.C. power when the A.C. power is interrupted, a mechanism to automatically detect and measure the voltages generated from said battery plant, a mechanism to measure the midpoint of the D.C. battery discharge voltage by measuring the rate of change of said voltage over time and halving the difference between plateau and end of life voltages, a mechanism to generate an alarm message (a) if said midpoint has been reached, (b) if a predetermined low battery cutoff voltage has been reached, (c) if the battery plant is being overcharged or undercharged, and/or (d) if A.C. power is interrupted. The alarm messages are generated while taking into consideration an environmental condition, such as temperature, which causes an adjustment to the measured voltages received from the battery plant. A computer is used to display the alarm messages for appropriate corrective action by a technician located at an operations center.
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1. Apparatus for monitoring performance of a battery or system of connected batteries in a large battery plant facility, comprising
an A.C. power source located at a predetermined application site; -
a means to interrupt power from the A.C. power source; a means to monitor D.C. battery power to equipment at said application site when said A.C. power is interrupted; a means to automatically detect and measure a changing voltage level of said D.C. power plant capacity by applying a percentage to the difference between a calculated plateau voltage and a predetermined end of life voltage and then adding the result of applying the percentage to the difference to said predetermined end of life voltage; a means to automatically generate an alarm message at said application site when said D.C. power is measured to be at a predetermined voltage capacity level; and a means to determine the remaining life of said D.C. power means when said predetermined capacity level has been determined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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