CA2286514A1 - Improvements relating to monitoring apparatus for electrical circuits - Google Patents

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CA2286514A1
CA2286514A1 CA002286514A CA2286514A CA2286514A1 CA 2286514 A1 CA2286514 A1 CA 2286514A1 CA 002286514 A CA002286514 A CA 002286514A CA 2286514 A CA2286514 A CA 2286514A CA 2286514 A1 CA2286514 A1 CA 2286514A1
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Bryon Ivan Edwards
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UK Grid Solutions Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H47/00—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular application of the relay and designed to obtain desired operating characteristics or to provide energising current
    • H01H47/002—Monitoring or fail-safe circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H1/00—Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements
    • H02H1/06—Arrangements for supplying operative power
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
    • H02H3/24—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to undervoltage or no-voltage
    • H02H3/243—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to undervoltage or no-voltage for DC systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
    • H02H3/02—Details
    • H02H3/04—Details with warning or supervision in addition to disconnection, e.g. for indicating that protective apparatus has functioned
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
    • H02H3/02—Details
    • H02H3/05—Details with means for increasing reliability, e.g. redundancy arrangements

Abstract

A trip circuit supervision circuit is disclosed for use in combination with a trip circuit comprising a circuit breaker trip coil connected in a supply line from a supply voltage and a trip relay contact connected in series with the circuit breaker trip coil. The supervision circuit is connected across the relay trip contact and includes a current sensing device.
During normal operation, the supervision circuit draws a constant current from the supply line independent of supply voltage. Thus, changes in the current measured by the current sensing device enable the integrity of the supply voltage to be checked.

Claims (11)

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1. A supervision circuit adapted for use in combination with a supervised circuit comprising at least one electrical component connected in series in a supply line from a supply voltage, said supervision circuit being connected across said electrical component and including a current sensing device, wherein during normal operation of said supervised circuit said supervision circuit is adapted to draw a substantially constant current from said supply line independent of supply voltage fluctuations, and wherein said current sensing device produces an output signal dependent upon the current drawn by the supervision circuit.
2. A trip circuit supervision circuit for use in combination with a trip circuit comprising a circuit breaker trip coil connected in series in a supply line from a supply voltage and a trip relay contact connected in series with said circuit breaker trip coil in said supply line, said trip circuit supervision circuit being connected across the relay trip contact and including a current sensing device wherein during normal operation said supervision circuit is adapted to draw a substantially constant current from said supply line independent of supply voltage fluctuations when said relay trip contact is open, and in which said current sensing device produces an output signal dependent upon the current drawn by said supervision circuit.
3. A trip circuit supervision circuit according to claim 2, wherein said supervision circuit comprises a constant current source connected in series with said current sensing device.
4. A trip circuit supervision circuit according to claim 2 wherein said output signal from said current sensing device drives a visual or audible warning device.
S. A trip circuit supervision circuit according to claim 3 wherein said constant current source comprises first and second sources connected in series with each other.
6. A trip circuit supervision circuit according to claim 3 wherein said current sensing device comprises a light emitting diode.
7. A trip circuit including a trip circuit supervision circuit, wherein said trip circuit comprises at least one circuit breaker trip coil adapted to open a circuit breaker in a supply line in response to a current flowing in the coil in excess of a threshold value and a relay trip contact connected in series with said trip coil and in which said trip circuit supervision circuit includes a current sensing device connected across said relay trip contact, said supervision circuit being adapted to draw a constant current from said supply line independent of supply voltage when said trip contact is open, said current sensing device producing an output signal indicative of current drawn by said supervision circuit.
8. A trip circuit including a trip circuit supervision circuit according to claim 7, wherein said supervision circuit comprises a constant current source and a current sensing device.
9. A trip circuit including a trip supervision circuit according to claim 7 wherein said trip circuit includes a circuit breaker auxiliary contact connected in series with said trip coil and said protection relay trip contact.
10. A trip circuit including a trip circuit supervision circuit according to claim 9 wherein a second trip circuit supervision circuit which includes a current sensing device is provided in parallel with the auxiliary contact.
11. A trip circuit including a trip circuit supervision circuit according to claim 10, wherein a further circuit breaker auxiliary contact is provided across the first auxiliary contact.
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EP (1) EP0994546B1 (en)
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