System or Method

Abstract

To provide a novel system or program for monitoring power lines.SOLUTION: A system having two or more meters for measuring inter-line voltages and phase currents of a power line is provided, the system comprising a control unit configured to perform processing for acquiring the inert-line voltages and, when a rate of reduction in an inter-line voltage stays at a threshold or higher for a set period or longer, short-circuit determination processing for determining occurrence of a short-circuit accident.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a system or method.

Background Art

[0002] There is known a device that measures the zero-phase voltage (V0) in a transmission line and detects the occurrence of a ground fault (for example, Patent Document 1).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] Conventionally, covered wires have sometimes been used in distribution lines, and only ground fault calibration has been performed.

[0005] However, in a transmission line fault point calibration system, the transmission line uses bare wires, and calibration at the time of a short circuit due to galloping between towers or the like is required. However, since V0 does not occur in the transmission line during a short circuit, a new detection method is required.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] In consideration of the above problems, the present invention provides, as one aspect, a system including one or more measuring devices that measure the line voltage and phase current of a transmission line, the system executing a process of acquiring the line voltage and a short circuit determination process of determining that a short circuit accident has occurred when a state in which the rate of decrease of the line voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold value continues for a set period or more.

[0007] Furthermore, in one aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a program for a system having two or more measuring instruments for measuring the line voltage and phase current of a power transmission line, which performs a process for acquiring the line voltage and a short-circuit determination process for determining that a short-circuit fault has occurred if the rate of decrease of the line voltage remains above a threshold for a set period or longer. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, a new system or program can be provided. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0009] [Figure 1] This is a diagram showing the configuration of the fault location system according to the embodiment. [Figure 2] This figure shows the configuration of the power transmission line and measuring instrument according to the embodiment. [Figure 3] This figure shows (a) the hardware configuration and (b) the functional configuration of the apparatus according to the embodiment. [Figure 4] This is an example of a current waveform created based on the line voltage time history acquired or stored by the device. [Figure 5] This is a short-circuit detection flow in an embodiment. [Figure 6] This is the ground fault detection flow in the embodiment. [Figure 7] This is a flowchart illustrating the details of the accident detection process. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0010] <Embodiment> (overview) Referring to Figures 1 to 7, a monitoring system 1, which is one embodiment of the present invention, will be described.

[0011] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, monitoring system 1 is a system that monitors a power transmission line 2 that transmits three-phase alternating current. Monitoring system 1 comprises measuring instruments 10 and 11, a device 20, and a network 5. Device 20 and measuring instruments 10 and 11 are communicated together by the network 5.

[0012] Network 5 is a wireless or wired communication method, such as the Internet, WAN (Wide Area Network), LAN (Local Area Network), public communication network, or dedicated line. While the monitoring system 1 according to this embodiment is composed of the above-mentioned multiple information management devices, the present invention does not limit the number of these devices. Therefore, the monitoring system 1 can be composed of one or more devices, provided they have the following functions.

[0013] The measuring instruments 10 and 11 are installed within the premises of the transmission end substation and the receiving end substation of the transmission line 2, respectively, and have the function of measuring the zero-sequence voltage of the transmission line 2 and the line voltages between the U, V, and W phases (Figures 1 and 2). The measuring instruments 10 and 11 have the function of transmitting the measured line voltages, zero-sequence voltages, phase currents, and zero-sequence currents to the device 20 via the network 5. The measuring instruments 10 and 11 communicate with GPS satellites and receive GPS time signals at regular intervals to synchronize the time used by each measuring instrument.

[0014] Device 20 acquires line voltages (between phases U and V, VW and WU), zero-sequence voltage, phase current, and zero-sequence current of the power transmission line 2 from measuring instruments 10 and 11, and monitors whether there are any abnormalities in the power transmission line 2 from a remote location.

[0015] Figure 3(a) shows an example of the hardware (referred to as the processing unit 100) used to realize the measuring instruments 10, 11, and the device 20. As shown in the figure, the processing unit 100 comprises a processor 101, a main memory 102, an auxiliary memory 103, an input device 104, an output device 105, and a communication device 106. These are connected to each other via communication means such as a bus (not shown) so that they can communicate with one another.

[0016] The processor 101 is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), MPU (Micro Processing Unit), etc. The functions of the processing device 100 are realized by the processor 101 reading and executing the programs stored in the main memory device 102.

[0017] The main memory device 102 is a device for storing programs and data, such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), non-volatile semiconductor memory (NVRAM (Non Volatile RAM)), etc. The auxiliary storage device 103 is various non-volatile memories (NVRAM: Non-volatile memory) such as SSD (Solid State Drive), SD memory card, hard disk drive, optical storage device (CD (Compact Disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), etc.), storage area of cloud server, etc.

[0018] The input device 104 is an interface for receiving input of information, such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, card reader, voice input device (microphone, etc.), voice recognition device, etc. The processing device 100 may be configured to receive input of information from other devices via the communication device 106.

[0019] The output device 105 is an interface for outputting various information, such as a screen display device (liquid crystal monitor, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), graphic card, etc.), printing device, etc.), voice output device (speaker, etc.), voice synthesis device, etc. The processing device 100 may be configured to output information to other devices via the communication device 106.

[0020] The communication device 106 is a wired or wireless communication interface that enables communication with other devices via the network 5, and is, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card), a wireless communication module, a USB (Universal Serial Interface) module, a serial communication module, etc.

[0021] [Functional Configuration] The main functional configuration of the processing unit 100 is shown in Figure 3(b). As shown in the figure, the device 20 includes a storage area 114 and a management unit 120.

[0022] The storage area 114 is formed in the main memory 102 or the auxiliary memory 103. The storage area 114 stores the time history of the acquired line voltage and zero-sequence voltage for each of the measuring instruments 10 and 11.

[0023] The functions of the management unit 120 are realized by the processor 101 reading and executing a program stored in the main memory 102 or auxiliary memory 103. The management unit 120 performs processing such as line voltage, zero-sequence voltage, phase current, and zero-sequence current analysis. Further details will be described later.

[0024] 〔process〕 An example of the processes performed in monitoring system 1 is described below using the flowcharts in Figures 5 to 7.

[0025] First, in each of the measuring instruments 10, 11 and device 20, the program stored in the main memory 102 or auxiliary memory 103 is started by the processor 101, and the monitoring system 1 is executed as follows.

[0026] The processes executed in monitoring system 1 can be broadly divided into two categories: short-circuit detection flow (Figures 5 and 7) and ground fault detection flow (Figures 6 and 7).

[0027] (Short-circuit detection flow) In the short-circuit detection flow (Figure 5), measuring instruments 10 and 11 acquire the line voltage of the transmission line 2 and confirm whether the line voltage has decreased by a set percentage for a set period (S1). Here, the set percentage and set period are preset values. The line voltage (and the zero-sequence voltage described later) is acquired at an arbitrary sampling rate, but for example, the rate is set in the range of 10 kHz to 1000 kHz (kilohertz).

[0028] For example, if the line voltage between U and V, V and W, or W and U drops by a set percentage (e.g., 10%) for a predetermined number of cycles or longer, the measuring instruments 10 and 11 proceed to S2 (S1: YES). If the conditions in S1 are not met (S1: NO), the measuring instruments 10 and 11 continue the process in step S1.

[0029] In step S2, measuring instruments 10 and 11 perform fault detection processing and save the surge waveform of the phase current up to the point in time when a decrease in line voltage is observed in their respective storage areas 114. Details of the fault detection processing in step S2 will be described later.

[0030] Furthermore, measuring instruments 10 and 11 check whether an overcurrent has been detected (S4). If an overcurrent is detected (S4: YES), a short-circuit fault is reported, and the user is notified via output device 105, communication device 106, etc. (S5). If no overcurrent is detected, no fault is reported (S6). Subsequently, device 20 continues post-processing, such as power outage determination.

[0031] (Ground fault detection flow) The measuring instruments 10, 11 and device 20 also perform ground fault detection processing independently of short-circuit fault detection (Figure 6). In the ground fault detection processing, the level detection processing S8, S10, S12, and S2 and the ground fault determination processing S13 to S18 are executed in parallel.

[0032] In step S8, measuring instruments 10 and 11 cancel the residual voltage for level detection in measuring instruments 10 and 11, acquire the change in zero-sequence voltage for each cycle, and perform the processing from step S10 onward.

[0033] In step 10, measuring instruments 10 and 11 acquire the change in zero-sequence voltage and further check whether the change in zero-sequence voltage is equal to or greater than the set percentage of the set V0 (e.g., 50%) (S10), and whether that state continues for longer than the set time (S12). Note that the set V0 is a pre-set value.

[0034] If both conditions in steps S10 and S12 are met (S10: YES and S12: YES), the fault detection process (S2) is executed. In step S2, measuring instruments 10 and 11 save the surge current waveform of the zero-sequence current up to the point when a change in the set zero-sequence voltage is detected (i.e., when the conditions in steps S10 and S12 are met).

[0035] If either step S10 or S12 is not met (S10: NO or S12: NO), the measuring instruments 10 and 11 return the process to S8.

[0036] Meanwhile, in the ground fault detection process (right side of Figure 6), measuring instruments 10 and 11 cancel the residual voltage for fault detection in measuring instruments 10 and 11 in step S13, acquire the change in zero-sequence voltage for each cycle, and perform the processing from step S15 onwards.

[0037] Measuring instruments 10 and 11 check whether the measured zero-sequence voltage is equal to or greater than the set V0 (S15) and whether that state has continued for a set number of cycles or longer (S17).

[0038] If both conditions in steps S15 and S17 are met (S15: YES and S17: YES), measuring instruments 10 and 11 determine that a ground fault has been confirmed (S18).

[0039] On the other hand, if either step S15 or S17 is not met (S15: NO or S17: NO), the measuring instruments 10 and 11 return the process to S13.

[0040] Step S19 is a process to determine whether notification or some action is necessary in the event of a ground fault. When the process proceeds through both S2 and S18 and reaches step S19, the measuring instruments 10 and 11 notify that a fault has been detected via the output device 105, the communication device 106, etc. (S19). Subsequently, the device 20 performs post-processing such as power outage determination.

[0041] If, after a certain period of time, the process does not proceed through both S2 and S18 and reach step S19, the monitoring system 1 returns the process to step S8.

[0042] Figure 7 shows a flowchart for measuring instruments 10 and 11 to determine whether the fault detection process was triggered by a short-circuit detection or a ground fault detection (S21).

[0043] In the case of short-circuit detection (S21: short circuit), measuring instruments 10 and 11 apply a low-pass filter (LPF) to the acquired surge current waveform of the phase current, store the result of the filtering in their own storage area 114, and transmit it to device 20 (S22). In step S22, the LPF reduces or cuts the time history waveform with a frequency of a first predetermined value or higher. The first predetermined value is set in advance within the range of 1 MHz or more and less than 10 MHz (megahertz). Communication between measuring instruments 10 and 11 and device 20 is performed by packet communication.

[0044] If fault detection processing is triggered by ground fault detection (S21: ground fault), measuring instruments 10 and 11 apply an LPF to the acquired surge current waveform of the zero-sequence current, store it in their storage area 114, and transmit it to device 20 (S23). In step S23, the LPF reduces or cuts the time history waveform with frequencies above a second predetermined value. The second predetermined value is set in advance within the range of 10 kHz or more and less than 1 MHz.

[0045] In step S24, the device 20 uses the surge current waveforms after LPF processing received from measuring instruments 10 and 11, and calculates the location where the accident occurred based on their time histories.

[0046] More specifically, as shown in Figure 4, the device 20 measures the time when the surge current waveform was measured, that is, the time when the surge current changed rapidly during measurement, as the time of the short circuit or ground fault for each of the measuring instruments 10 and 11. Next, the device 20 calculates at which point in the transmission line 2 the short circuit or ground fault occurred, based on the time of the short circuit or ground fault obtained by each measuring instrument 10 and 11 and the location of each measuring instrument 10 and 11.

[0047] Next, the device 20 informs the user of the calculated location of the short-circuit or ground fault by displaying it on the output device 105 or by other means (S25).

[0048] <Variation> In this embodiment, the monitoring system 1 includes two measuring instruments 10 and 11, but the number of measuring instruments can be any number of two or more. Therefore, the monitoring system 1 may be configured to include three or more measuring instruments. Also, the device 20 and the measuring instruments 10 and 11 may be integrated. The device 20 may perform some or all of the processing performed by the measuring instruments 10 and 11. Also, the measuring instruments 10 and 11 may perform some or all of the processing performed by the device 20.

[0049] <Effects> In the embodiments and modified examples, the monitoring system 1 includes two or more measuring instruments 10, 11 for measuring the line voltage and phase current of the power transmission line 2. The monitoring system 1 acquires the line voltage and performs a short-circuit determination process (S1) which determines that a short-circuit fault has occurred if the rate of decrease in the line voltage remains above a threshold for a set period or longer.

[0050] The above configuration utilizes the fact that the line voltage drops when a short circuit occurs in transmission line 2. By performing the above process to detect the drop in line voltage, a short circuit fault can be detected.

[0051] If the monitoring system 1 determines in the short-circuit detection process (S1) that a short-circuit fault has occurred, it further executes a process (S2) to store the surge waveform of the phase current up to the point in time when it was determined that a short-circuit fault had occurred in the storage unit.

[0052] In the above configuration, the amount of data stored in the memory can be reduced by not saving the phase current surge waveform after the point in time when a short-circuit fault is determined to have occurred. Therefore, the capacity of the memory can be saved, and the sampling rate when acquiring the phase current surge waveform can be set to several tens of MHz. For example, it is possible to set the length of the phase current surge waveform to be saved to 1 millisecond or less. Processing such as analysis of the saved data can be performed quickly.

[0053] The monitoring system 1 further performs filtering (S22) to reduce frequency components above a first predetermined value in the surge waveform of the phase current, and processing (S24) to determine the time at which the short-circuit fault occurred based on the surge waveform of the phase current after filtering. This first predetermined value is set in the range of 1 megahertz or more and less than 10 megahertz.

[0054] In the above configuration, noise can be removed by the LPF (low-pass filter). Therefore, the measurement time of the phase current surge waveform can be accurately obtained.

[0055] The monitoring system 1 uses the surge waveforms of the phase currents acquired from measuring instruments 10 and 11 to perform a process (S24) to calculate the location of the short-circuit fault.

[0056] In the above configuration, the location of a short-circuit fault can be accurately measured using the surge waveform of the phase current of the short-circuit fault at two measurement points. In particular, because a time history with high-frequency noise removed by an LPF is used, it is possible to determine the exact time and location of the fault.

[0057] The monitoring system 1 performs the process of detecting overcurrent in the line voltage time history (S4), and if an overcurrent is detected (S4:YES), it performs the process of notifying the occurrence of a short-circuit fault (S5).

[0058] The above configuration utilizes the fact that when a short circuit occurs, a large overcurrent flows on the power supply side from the short circuit point. By using overcurrent detection, it is possible to accurately determine the occurrence of a short circuit fault. In particular, when used in conjunction with detection based on a drop in line voltage (S1), the possibility of false detection due to noise and false alarms due to planned power outages can be eliminated with a high degree of probability.

[0059] Monitoring system 1 measures the zero-sequence voltage of the power transmission line 2. Monitoring system 1 also performs the following: acquiring the zero-sequence voltage (S10) and determining if a ground fault has occurred if the zero-sequence voltage remains above a set value for a set period of time or longer (S10, S12).

[0060] The above configuration utilizes the fact that the zero-sequence voltage increases when a ground fault occurs in transmission line 2. By performing the above process, changes in the zero-sequence voltage can be detected, and a ground fault can be detected.

[0061] If the monitoring system 1 determines in the ground fault detection process that a ground fault has occurred (S10:YES and S12:YES), it executes a process (S2) to save the surge waveform of the zero-sequence current up to the time it determined that a ground fault had occurred.

[0062] In the above configuration, the amount of data stored in the memory can be reduced by saving the surge waveform of the zero-sequence current up to the point when a ground fault is determined to have occurred. Therefore, the capacity of the memory can be saved, and the sampling rate when acquiring the zero-sequence current surge waveform can be increased to tens of MHz. For example, the length of the zero-sequence current surge waveform to be saved can be less than 1 millisecond, as shown in Figure 4. Furthermore, processing such as analysis of the saved data can be performed quickly.

[0063] The monitoring system 1 further performs filtering (S23) to reduce frequency components above a second predetermined value in the surge waveform of the zero-sequence current, and processing (S24) to measure the time at which the occurrence of a ground fault is measured based on the zero-sequence current surge waveform after filtering as the ground fault measurement time. Here, the second predetermined value is set in the range of 10 kilohertz or more and less than 1 megahertz.

[0064] In the above configuration, noise can be removed by the LPF (low-pass filter). Therefore, the point of change in the surge current waveform (surge arrival time) can be accurately measured.

[0065] The monitoring system 1 performs a process to calculate the location of the ground fault from the ground fault measurement time measured by measuring instruments 10 and 11, respectively (S24).

[0066] In the above configuration, the location of a ground fault can be accurately determined based on the measurement times of ground faults at two measurement points. In particular, because a surge waveform of zero-sequence current, which has been de-noised with high-frequency noise by an LPF, is used, it is possible to determine the exact time and location of the ground fault.

[0067] The monitoring system 1 performs a ground fault determination process (S15 to S18, equivalent to additional processing) if the zero-sequence voltage remains above a set voltage for a predetermined period or longer (S15:YES and S17:YES) and determines that a ground fault has occurred. Furthermore, if both level detection (an example of ground fault determination processing) and ground fault determination determine that a ground fault has occurred, the system executes a process (S19) to notify the system of the occurrence of a ground fault.

[0068] In the above configuration, by adding the additional processing (S18), it is possible to accurately determine the occurrence of a ground fault. In particular, when used in conjunction with determination based on the rise in zero-sequence voltage (S2, S10, S12), the possibility of false alarms due to noise misdetection can be eliminated with a high degree of probability. Furthermore, it is possible to filter out conditions that do not require notification, such as minor ground faults. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0069] Monitoring System 1 Power transmission line 2 Measuring instruments 10, 11 equipment 20

Claims

1. A system equipped with a measuring instrument for measuring the zero-sequence voltage of a power transmission line, The process of acquiring the zero-sequence voltage, If the change in the zero-sequence voltage exceeds a set value, the ground fault determination process determines that a ground fault has occurred if this condition persists for a set time or longer. If the zero-sequence voltage remains above a set voltage for a predetermined period or longer, an additional process is performed to determine that a ground fault has occurred. If both the ground fault detection process and the additional processing determine that a ground fault has occurred, a process to notify the occurrence of the ground fault is performed. A system that executes this process.

2. The measuring instrument further measures the line voltage and phase current of the power transmission line, The process of obtaining the line voltage, The system according to claim 1, further comprising: a short-circuit determination process that determines that a short-circuit fault has occurred if the rate of decrease of the line voltage remains above a threshold for a set period or longer.

3. If the short-circuit detection process determines that a short-circuit fault has occurred, The system according to claim 2, further comprising the process of saving the surge current waveform of the phase current up to the point in time when it is determined that a short-circuit fault has occurred.

4. A first filter process that reduces frequency components above a first predetermined value in the surge waveform of the phase current, Further, the process is performed to measure the time at which the occurrence of a short-circuit fault is measured based on the surge waveform of the phase current after the first filtering process, and to measure this time as the short-circuit measurement time. The system according to claim 3, wherein the first predetermined value is set in the range of 1 megahertz or more and less than 10 megahertz.

5. The measuring instrument includes a first measuring instrument and a second measuring instrument. The system according to claim 4, further comprising the process of calculating the location of a short-circuit fault using the surge waveform of the phase current measured by the first measuring instrument and the second measuring instrument, respectively.

6. A process for detecting overcurrent in the time history of the line voltage, The system according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising the process of notifying of the occurrence of a short-circuit fault when the aforementioned overcurrent is detected.

7. If the ground fault determination process determines that a ground fault has occurred, The system according to claim 1, further comprising the process of saving the surge waveform of the zero-sequence current up to the point in time when it is determined that a ground fault has occurred.

8. A second filtering process that reduces frequency components above a second predetermined value in the surge waveform of the zero-sequence current, The process further involves measuring the time at which the occurrence of a ground fault is measured based on the surge waveform of the zero-sequence current after the second filtering process, and using this time as the ground fault measurement time. The system according to claim 7, wherein the second predetermined value is set in the range of 10 kilohertz or more and less than 1 megahertz.

9. The measuring instrument includes a first measuring instrument and a second measuring instrument. The system according to claim 8, further comprising the process of calculating the location of a ground fault from the ground fault measurement time measured by the first measuring instrument and the second measuring instrument, respectively.

10. For a system equipped with a measuring instrument for measuring the zero-sequence voltage of a power transmission line, The process of acquiring the zero-sequence voltage, If the change in the zero-sequence voltage exceeds a set value, the ground fault determination process determines that a ground fault has occurred if this condition persists for a set time or longer. If the zero-sequence voltage remains above a set voltage for a predetermined period or longer, an additional process is performed to determine that a ground fault has occurred. If both the ground fault detection process and the additional processing determine that a ground fault has occurred, a process to notify the occurrence of the ground fault is performed. A program that executes the command.

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