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Voltage regulator compensation in power distribution circuits

US5055766A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1990
Grant dateOct 8, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05F1/153
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic device for compensating voltage fluctuations in an electrical power distribution circuit controls operation of a transformer of the type having a TCUL voltage regulator by automatically calculating the voltage bandwidth of the transformer based upon a stored value for peak current in the distribution circuit. The peak current value is automatically updated when the actual current in the circuit exceeds the stored peak current value for a predetermined sustained period of time indicating a change in overall loading patterns in the circuit but, regardless of increases in actual current in the distribution circuit, the apparatus prevents the output voltage from exceeding a preset absolute maximum.

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