Industrial system phase sag detection

• US 9,535,133 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2013
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Sayed, Seibel, Brian J., Kerkman, Russel
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, SON T
• Application Number:
  US14/071,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20150123700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,155 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/40 Testing power supplies testing photovoltaic devices H02S50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/24 Arrangements for preventing or reducing oscillations of power in networks by control effected upon a single generator H02P9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/06 with automatic change-over , e.g. UPS systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/30 State monitoring, e.g. fault, temperature monitoring, insulator monitoring, corona discharge
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/12 Energy storage units, uninterruptible power supply [UPS] systems or standby or emergency generators, e.g. in the last power distribution stages
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/248 UPS systems or standby or emergency generators

Abstract

Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining sag in a signal. In one example, a method of tracking sag in a signal includes, when in an initial state, monitoring for when the signal transitions to a sag state based at least on an output of a tracking filter. In response to the signal transitioning to the sag state, increasing a bandwidth of the tracking filter and, when in the sag state, monitoring for when the signal transitions to a recovering state. The method further includes, in response to the signal transitioning to the recovering state, decreasing the bandwidth of the tracking filter.

Claims

1. A method of tracking sag in a power signal supplied to industrial equipment, the method comprising:

determining, via a sag detection module coupled to a cable carrying the power signal, when an amplitude of the power signal transitions to an amplitude level below a threshold value based at least on an output of a tracking filter having a first bandwidth;

indicating, via a sag state device coupled to an output of the sag detection module, a sag state of the power signal when the amplitude level of the power signal is below the threshold value;

setting, via a bandwidth determination module coupled to an output of the sag state device, a bandwidth of the tracking filter to a second bandwidth different from the first bandwidth when the sag state device indicates the sag state;

determining, via a sag recovery module coupled to the cable, when the amplitude of the power signal transitions to an amplitude level above the threshold value based at least on the output of the tracking filter having the second bandwidth; and

setting, via the bandwidth determination module, the bandwidth of the tracking filter to the first bandwidth when the amplitude level of the power signal is above the threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking filter comprises a dynamic band pass filter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the power signal comprises a sinusoidal voltage waveform.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the power signal in the sag state comprises a smaller amplitude than the signal in the initial state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking filter comprises an adaptive tracking filter.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, via the sag recovery module, a space vector magnitude for the power signal; and

identifying, via the sag recovery module, a transition of the amplitude of the power signal from an amplitude level below the threshold to an amplitude level above the threshold based on the space vector magnitude for the power signal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising indicating, via the sag state device, a recovering state of the power signal when the amplitude level of the power signal is above the threshold value.

8. An apparatus for tracking sag in a power signal, the apparatus comprising:

a sag detector coupleable to a power cable configured to supply the power signal to a device, the sag detector configured to;

when in an initial state, monitor the power signal and determine a first sag state of the power signal when an amplitude of the power signal transitions to an amplitude level below a threshold value based at least on an output of a tracking filter with an initial bandwidth;

when in the first sag state, monitor the power signal using a second bandwidth that is different from the initial bandwidth in response to determining the first sag state and determine a recovering state of the signal when the amplitude of the power signal transitions to an amplitude level above the threshold value initiate tracking of the power signal; and

when in the recovering state, monitor the power signal using the initial bandwidth in response to determining the recovering state and determine a second sag state of the power signal when the amplitude of the power signal transitions to an amplitude level below the threshold value.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second bandwidth is wider than the initial bandwidth.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the power signal comprises a sinusoidal voltage waveform.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the amplitudes of the power signal in the first and second sag states comprise a smaller amplitude than the amplitude of the signal in the initial state.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the tracking filter comprises an adaptive tracking filter.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the sag detector, when in the first sag state, is further configured to:

determine a space vector magnitude for the power signal; and

determine the recovering state based on at least the space vector magnitude.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the sag detector is further configured to:

filter distortion from the power signal using a band pass filter.

15. An apparatus for tracking sag in a plurality of phase signals, the apparatus comprising:

a sag detector coupleable to a power cable configured to supply the plurality of phase signals to a device, the sag detector configured to;

when in an initial state, monitor at least one of the plurality of phase signals and determine from the monitoring a sag state based on transition of an amplitude level of the at least one of the plurality of phase signals to an amplitude level below a threshold value and based at least on an output of at least one of a plurality of tracking filters with an initial bandwidth;

when in the sag state, monitor the at least one of the plurality of phase signals and determine from the monitoring a recovering state based on a transition of an amplitude level of the at least one of the plurality of phase signals to an amplitude level above the threshold value and based at least on an output of at least one of a plurality of tracking filters with a second bandwidth that is different from the initial bandwidth; and

when in the recovering state, monitor the at least one of the plurality of phase signals and determine from the monitoring a transition of an amplitude level of the at least one of the plurality of phase signals to an amplitude level below the threshold value and based at least on an output of at least one of a plurality of tracking filters with the initial bandwidth.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of phase signals comprise a three phase power signal.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of tracking filters comprise a plurality of dynamic band pass filters.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of tracking filters comprise a plurality of adaptive tracking filters.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the sag detector, when in the sag state, is further configured to:

determine a space vector magnitude for the plurality of phase signals and determine the recovering state based on at least the space vector magnitude.