KR101743531B1 - Apparatus for detecting serial arc using high frequency and method thereof - Google Patents
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The present technique discloses an apparatus and method for detecting a series arc. According to a specific example of the present invention, detection based on a comparison result of an output signal of a commercial power supply current sensor with an impulse-shaped arc signal having an instantaneous power peak value with respect to a current signal of a high- Counting the number of occurrences of the arc signal for each predetermined period and counting the number of occurrences of the arc signal when the number of occurrences of the arc signal reaches a predetermined reference value, determining whether an arc fault has occurred and outputting a trip signal for driving the cable- As a result, it is possible to maximize the reliability of the determination result of the arc failure, and to fundamentally prevent the electrical damage due to the arc.
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Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting a series arc, and more particularly, to a technique for detecting a series arc occurrence accurately based on a current signal of a high frequency component connected to a cable wire.
Cables in switchboards in certain areas, such as urban, industrial or commercial areas, can suffer from a variety of causes, such as thermal degradation, aging, moisture or damage by animals such as rats or squirrels.
In order to prevent fire or electric shock accidents from these causes, we use wiring breakers and earth leakage breakers at home.
However, despite the fact that such circuit breakers and earth leakage breakers are installed, many fires occur annually worldwide because arcing type faults occur more frequently. Since such an arc defect generates a current having a low current and high impedance and an average root mean square (RMS) below a thermal threshold value of the circuit breaker, the cable disconnecting device including the circuit breaker and the leakage current breaker Becomes unresponsive to defects, and thus a fire often occurs.
The causes of such arc defects vary widely, for example, aging, insulation and wiring breakdown, mechanical and electrical stresses due to excessive or overcurrent, connection defects, and excessive mechanical damage to insulation and wiring.
In addition, the arc current and arc voltage are not generally sinusoidal, and they arise from various types of voltage and current waveforms depending on the type of arc. The arc voltage and the arc current are generated by an electric motor such as a home fan or a dryer This is because it has characteristics similar to pulses generated when various electric devices such as home appliances are started.
Therefore, it is more difficult to detect the arc because the output voltage when the arc is generated and the pulse voltage generated when the electric device is started are similar.
In addition, the conventional overcurrent breaker and the leakage breaker have a limitation in that they can not perform the function of disconnecting the cable since a current lower than the operating current flows when a series arc or a contact failure occurs in a normal load.
Therefore, in the present invention, an arc fault is accurately determined by comparing an arc signal having an instantaneous power peak value detected from a current signal of a high frequency component flowing through a cable to a cable line and an output signal of a used power source current sensor, And a trip signal is generated at the time of judgment to prevent electric damage due to an arc failure.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a serial arc detection method capable of improving the reliability of a product by fundamentally improving the accuracy of an arc fault determination by performing serial arc detection from a current signal of a high frequency component flowing through a cable, Apparatus, and method.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a serial arc detecting apparatus and method that can generate a trip signal when an arc fault is determined and prevent electrical damage due to a harmful arc fault.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a series arc detecting apparatus using a high frequency, comprising: a current detecting unit connected to a cable line to detect a current signal of a high frequency component flowing in a wire; A signal processor for filtering and amplifying a noise component included in the detected current signal to output a current signal of an impulse waveform having an instantaneous power peak value; And a control unit for determining whether an arc fault has occurred based on a current signal of an impulse waveform having an instantaneous power peak value and an output signal of the power source current sensor, wherein the signal processor filters the noise component included in the detected current signal An impedance matching module for outputting a current signal of a predetermined frequency band; A first RF amplifying module for amplifying a positive component of a rectangular-wave-shaped current signal of the impedance matching module; A peak detection module for outputting an impulse-shaped current signal having an instantaneous power peak value from the amplified current signal; And a second RF amplifying module for amplifying a negative component of a current signal having passed through the peak detecting module, wherein the controller is connected to a cable line in consideration of repetitive generation of an arc signal, The number of occurrences of the arc signal and the number of occurrences of no arc signal detected based on the comparison result between the impulse type arc signal having the instantaneous power peak value for the signal and the output signal of the commercial power source current sensor are counted for a predetermined period And determining whether an arc fault has occurred when the counted number of arc signals has reached a predetermined reference value.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of detecting a series arc, comprising the steps of: (a) detecting a current signal of a high frequency component flowing in a wire by connecting a cable to a cable in a current detecting unit; (B) filtering the noise component included in the current signal detected by the signal processing unit, positively amplifying the noise component, and detecting a current signal having an instantaneous power peak value from the amplified current signal; And determining whether an arc fault has occurred based on the number of arc signal occurrences of the arc signal detected based on the comparison result between the current signal which is an impulse waveform having an instantaneous power peak value in the control section and the output signal of the commercial power source current sensor Wherein the step (b) includes filtering the noise component included in the detected current signal to output a current signal of a predetermined frequency band, and outputting a positive component of the square-wave-shaped current signal of the impedance matching module And outputting an impulse-shaped current signal having an instantaneous power peak value from the amplified current signal and amplifying a negative component of the current signal having passed through the peak detecting module, wherein the step (c) Considering the repetitive generation of the signal, it is connected to the cable wire and the high frequency component current signal Counts the number of occurrences of the detected arc signal and the number of non-occurrences of the arc signal based on the comparison result of the impulse type arc signal having the instantaneous power peak value and the output signal of the commercial power source current sensor for a predetermined period, And to determine whether an arc fault has occurred when the number of arc signal generations reaches a predetermined reference value
Preferably, the step (c) includes the steps of: (c-1) counting the number of current signals of an impulse-type waveform having an instantaneous power peak value received at a pre-stored period for a predetermined number of cycles, ; And (c-2) generating a trip signal by determining that an arc fault has occurred when the count value of the arc signal occurrence count reaches a predetermined determination reference value.
According to the present invention, an arc signal of an impulse type having an instant power peak value with respect to a current signal of a high-frequency component flowing in a wire, connected to a cable wire in consideration of repetitive generation of an arc signal, The number of occurrences of the arc signal detected and the number of occurrences of the arc signal not occurring based on the comparison result of the signals are counted for each predetermined period in a predetermined period, and when the number of occurrences of the arc signal reaches a predetermined reference value, The accuracy of the arc detection is fundamentally improved and the reliability of the product can be improved.
In addition, according to the present invention, a trip signal is generated when a harmful arc is detected, thereby preventing an accident such as a fire due to a harmful arc.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention given below, serve to further understand the technical idea of the invention. And should not be construed as limiting.
1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a tandem arc detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing a detailed configuration of a tandem arc detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a waveform diagram showing signals output from the respective units of the series arc detecting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a waveform diagram showing a trip signal output from the controller of the series arc detecting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a series arc detection process using a high frequency according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Specific features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims are to be interpreted in accordance with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that the inventor can properly define the concept of the term in order to explain his invention in the best way. It should be interpreted in terms of meaning and concept. It is to be noted that the detailed description of known functions and constructions related to the present invention is omitted when it is determined that the gist of the present invention may be unnecessarily blurred.
FIG. 1 is a view showing a configuration of a series arc detection device using high frequency according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of a series arc detection device using a high frequency shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram showing the trip signal shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram showing a signal output from each part of the serial arc detecting device using the high frequency shown in FIG.
The arc detecting apparatus according to the present invention is connected to a cable wire in consideration of repetitive generation of an arc signal and generates an arc signal of an impulse type having an instantaneous power peak value with respect to a current signal of a high- Counts the number of occurrences of the detected arc signal and the number of occurrences of no occurrence of the arc signal based on the comparison result of the output signal of the power supply current sensor for a predetermined period and counts the number of occurrences of the arc signal, A
The
The
Here, the
On the other hand, since the output value of the current signal of the
Accordingly, the output signal of the
The
The second
The impulse-type current signal having the instantaneous power peak value is transmitted to the
3 shows a waveform of a current signal measured by the
The
That is, the current signal of the high-frequency component of the
In the arc signal detection determination, the instantaneous power peak value included in the current signal of the digital form received for the predetermined number of times (32 periods) in a half cycle of a predetermined period It is determined whether or not an arc signal is generated based on the number of impulse-like waveforms.
That is, since the
4 is a waveform chart showing the arc signal measured by the
In addition, it is possible to additionally determine whether or not an arc is generated based on the average current value of the low-frequency component of the digital signal in the form of a current. Based on the average current value of the low- A detailed description thereof will be omitted.
Thus, considering the repetitive generation of the arc signal, the result of comparison between the output signal of the commercial power source current sensor and the impulse-shaped arc signal having the instantaneous power peak value for the current signal of the high frequency component flowing in the electric wire, Based on the counted number of occurrences of the arc signal, and counts the number of occurrences of the arc signal when the number of occurrences of the arc signal reaches a predetermined reference value, determines whether an arc fault has occurred, and drives the cable disconnect device based on the determination result By generating the trip signal, it is possible to fundamentally prevent electrical damage due to the arc.
Based on the comparison result between the output signal of the commercial power supply current sensor and the impulse-shaped arc signal having the instant power peak value for the current signal of the high frequency component flowing to the cable in consideration of the repetitive generation of the arc signal Counts the number of occurrences of the detected arc signal for each predetermined period and counts the number of occurrences of the arc signal to a predetermined reference value to determine whether an arc fault has occurred, Will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the serial arc detection apparatus shown in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 5, a series arc detection process according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
First, the
Then, the control unit counts the number of impulse-type current signals having the instantaneous power peak value received during the predetermined number of times (32 periods) in a half cycle of a predetermined cycle as the number of arc signal generation times and increases the number of times of no occurrence of arc signals respectively , S4).
If the count value of the arc signal occurrence count reaches the predetermined reference value, the
If it is determined in step S5 that the number of occurrences of the arc signal has not reached the determination reference value, it is determined whether the predetermined number of times of the half cycle period has elapsed. If not, the process proceeds to step S3.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, in consideration of repetitive generation of an arc signal, an impulse-shaped current signal having an instantaneous power peak value with respect to a current signal of a high frequency component flowing in a wire, Signal counting means for counting the number of occurrences of the arc signal on the basis of the comparison result of the signal for a predetermined period and counting the number of occurrences of the arc signal when the number of occurrences of the arc signal reaches a predetermined reference value, As the signal is generated, the reliability of the determination result of the arc failure can be maximized, and the electrical damage due to the arc can be fundamentally prevented.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that numerous changes and modifications may be made without departing from the invention. And all such modifications and changes as fall within the scope of the present invention are therefore to be regarded as being within the scope of the present invention.
Based on the comparison result between the output signal of the commercial power supply current sensor and the impulse type current signal having the instantaneous power peak value for the current signal of the high frequency component flowing to the cable in consideration of the repeated occurrence of the arc signal Counts the number of occurrences of the arc signal of the detected arc signal for each predetermined period and counts the number of occurrences of the arc signal when the number of occurrences of the arc signal reaches a predetermined reference value to determine that an arc fault has occurred and generates a trip signal for driving the cable disconnecting device Accordingly, it is possible to maximize the reliability of the arc fault determination result, and to improve the accuracy and reliability of the operation of the serial arc detection apparatus and method that can fundamentally prevent electrical damage due to the arc, It can make great progress, and it is possible to Is an invention that is industrially applicable because it has a sufficient possibility of business and can be practically and practically carried out.
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A signal processor for filtering and amplifying a noise component included in the detected current signal to output a current signal of an impulse waveform having an instantaneous power peak value; And
And a controller for determining whether an arc fault has occurred based on a current signal of an impulse waveform having an instantaneous power peak value and an output signal of the power source current sensor,
The signal processing unit
An impedance matching module for filtering a noise component included in the detected current signal and outputting a current signal of a predetermined frequency band;
A first RF amplifying module for amplifying a positive component of a rectangular-wave-shaped current signal of the impedance matching module;
A peak detection module for outputting an impulse-shaped current signal having an instantaneous power peak value from the amplified current signal; And
And a second RF amplification module for amplifying a negative component of the current signal passed through the peak detection module,
Wherein,
Based on the comparison result between the output signal of the commercial power supply current sensor and the impulse-shaped arc signal having the instant power peak value for the current signal of the high frequency component flowing to the cable in consideration of the repetitive generation of the arc signal And counts the number of occurrences of the detected arc signal and the number of occurrences of no occurrence of the arc signal for a predetermined period, and determines whether an arc fault has occurred when the counted number of arc signals reaches a predetermined reference value. A series arc detection device.
(B) filtering the noise component included in the current signal detected by the signal processing unit, positively amplifying the noise component, and detecting a current signal having an instantaneous power peak value from the amplified current signal; And
(C) judging whether an arc fault has occurred based on the arc frequency of the arc signal detected based on the comparison result between the current signal which is an impulse waveform having an instantaneous power peak value in the control section and the output signal of the commercial power source current sensor, ≪ / RTI >
The step (b)
A noise component included in the detected current signal is filtered to output a current signal of a predetermined frequency band, a positive component of a square wave type current signal of the impedance matching module is amplified, and an instantaneous power peak value is obtained from the amplified current signal A branch is provided for outputting a current signal in the form of an impulse and for amplifying a negative component of the current signal passed through the peak detection module,
The step (c)
Based on the comparison result between the output signal of the commercial power supply current sensor and the impulse-shaped arc signal having the instant power peak value for the current signal of the high frequency component flowing to the cable in consideration of the repetitive generation of the arc signal And counting the number of occurrences of the detected arc signal and the number of occurrences of no occurrence of the arc signal for a predetermined period, respectively, and determining whether an arc fault has occurred when the counted number of arc signal occurrences reaches a predetermined reference value. Serial arc detection method.
(C-1) counting the number of current signals of an impulse-type waveform having instantaneous power peak values received at predetermined pre-stored cycles for a predetermined number of cycles by a predetermined number of arc signal generation times; And
And (c-2) generating a trip signal by determining that an arc fault has occurred when the count value of the arc signal occurrence count reaches a predetermined determination reference value.
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