Earth protection device sensitive to arc currents, trip device and circuit breaker comprising such a device
US6437952B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02H3/52
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An earth protection device having an input for receiving a first signal representative of an earth fault current, a first signal processing module, and a module for processing protection functions connected to the first signal processing module. The device includes a second signal processing module connected between the input and the first signal processing module for processing the first signal representative of the earth fault current and for supplying to the first signal processing module a second signal representative of the earth fault current. In order to increase the value of the second signal over an RMS value when the fault current comprises pulses of short duration, the second signal has, at decreasing second signal values, a gradient lower than a preset gradient limiting value.
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