Background technology
(Surge Protective Device is in order to a kind of equipment of restriction transient overvoltage and guiding surge current SPD) to surge protector, which comprises at least a kind of non-linear element.Because it not only possesses the function that lightning protection is arranged, but also have the superpotential effect of inhibition, so SPD is widely used in a lot of fields, such as the meteorological disaster field.When surge occurring, the characteristic of SPD by self limiting transient overvoltage and dividing to walk the surge electric current will will be limited in below the withstand voltage of equipment from the transient overvoltage that circuit is come in, thus the purpose of the equipment that is protected.But when surge voltage surpassed the maximum bearing ability of SPD design and capacity discharge current, SPD may lose efficacy or be damaged, and therefore need replace the SPD of inefficacy before next surge arrives.Yet, when SPD is in open loop failure mode, be to be difficult to find that SPD lost efficacy, the no longer shielded consequence of protected equipment appears thus; What is more, when SPD was in short circuit or low-impedance failure mode, normal working power can cause the SPD heating of losing efficacy by the SPD that had lost efficacy, if untimely cutting off the electricity supply causes that fire etc. causes the incident of heavy losses to take place to people's life and property.Therefore, in the use of SPD, need monitor,, and when SPD lost efficacy, can in time handle so that understand the operating state of SPD to SPD.
At present, the method for supervising that SPD is commonly used mainly contains following several:
First kind of method for supervising be by professional monitor staff to on-the-spot, dismounting SPD measures, to determine whether SPD needs to change.This method for supervising needs SPD to quit work to cut off the power supply measurement, not only waste time and energy and also efficient very low, the most important thing is, in the outage measuring process, bring disadvantageous consequence then can for protected setting if surge occurs.
Second kind of method for supervising be by the attendant to on-the-spot, check by visual or special-purpose monitoring equipment whether SPD exists damage.Special-purpose monitoring equipment is very expensive, and the cost of monitoring is very high, and therefore, whether most of attendants can only exist visible damage by the visual SPD of inspection, can not understand the operating state of SPD more, are easy to occur checking the situation of makeing mistakes.
Above-mentioned two kinds of methods if the gap periods of monitoring is long, then occurs SPD easily and damage and not timely situation about finding, if the monitoring gap periods is short, the human cost that need drop into will increase, and then increase the monitoring cost of SPD.
The third method for supervising is to check that by special laying circuit monitors SPD, when taking place as the thread off module indication window that causes of SPD is jumped redly when waiting mechanical destruction, checks that link tester crosses the warning device that activates in the control room and reach the purpose of monitoring SPD.This method for supervising needs special the laying to check circuit, and cost is expensive and construction is complicated, and many control rooms are the machine rooms of unattended duty, and this method for supervising just can not be suitable for.
China Intellectual Property Office on July 20th, 2005 disclose that application number is 200510006002.2, the applying date is a kind of surge protector with prior-warning device on January 2nd, 2005.This SPD comprises the SPD body, and SPD body end of incoming cables is every to be provided with a zero-sequence transformer mutually, and zero-sequence transformer connects integrated circuit, and integrated circuit connects LCD, and integrated circuit also connects the circuit breaker tripping device.It can inform which phase piezo-resistance of user is damaged and the thunderbolt number of times.The attendant also can reach the purpose of monitoring SPD by the SPD that uses foregoing invention.
In sum, there is following defective in existing SPD:
At first, can't accomplish SPD is monitored in real time, understand the operating state of SPD in real time.Such as, when SPD thread off wait until the self-protection mechanism action after, can only arrive and find just now in making regular check on next time, if surge occurred before making regular check on next time, the accident of the damage equipment that causes easily being struck by lightning.
Secondly, can't predict and understand the operating state of SPD, whether SPD has damaged etc. and to have had no way of also can't understanding when arriving for surges such as a certain thunderbolts, insurance company does not have reliable foundation for the compensation of this type of insurance kind, at present only can be qualitative the understanding accident whether information such as thunderbolt took place the same day, and can not recognize the state of SPD when thunderbolt takes place, and for example whether online, whether thread off etc.
At last, taking place when unusual even monitor SPD, also is to need the special messenger to on-the-spot it to be changed or in time cut off the power supply of SPD.This (is not easy to change or have little time replacing as SPD) under some emergencies or special state, SPD initiatively cutoff circuit avoid fire to take place.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of surge protector with automatic monitoring function; to solve the operating state that to monitor and to store SPD in real time in the prior art; so that when SPD lost efficacy or lost efficacy, in time cut off the power supply of SPD; and then protect protected equipment; thereby avoid the technical problem of major event generations such as fire, and the lightning damage insurance benefits that takes place for contingency provides basis for estimation accurately.
In order to achieve the above object, a kind of surge protector with automatic monitoring function comprises surge protector SPD body, also comprises signal picker, processor and memory cell, wherein,
Be arranged on the memory cell that processor is inner or add, the canonical parameter that is used to preserve the SPD body;
Connect the signal picker of SPD body, be used to gather the operating state data that shows the SPD bulk state;
Processor, be used for of the sampling of processing signals collector to the SPD bulk state, obtain operating state data, described operating state data and described canonical parameter or preset value are compared, and make the action of reminding the user and/or controlling this body running of SPD according to comparing result.
Described SPD also comprises the signal converter that is arranged between signal picker and the processor, becomes the processor can recognition data in order to the conversion of signals that will collect.
Described SPD also comprises and is used for active tripper that is arranged on electric power loop or the signal circuit and the control device that opens circuit that is connected active tripper and processor under the control of processor SPD being disconnected from electric power loop or signal circuit.
Described signal picker is one or more in voltage signal acquisition device, current signal collector, time collector and the Temperature sampler.
SPD also comprises and is used for the instruction of user's input monitoring and revises the input unit of canonical parameter and the output device that output comprises SPD operating state and canonical parameter data.The warning device that also comprises the connection processing device.Also comprise and be used for the communication interface that is connected with external equipment.
The self-monitoring method of a kind of surge protector is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
(1) gathers the operating state data that shows SPD body operating state in real time;
(2) operating state data and canonical parameter or the preset value preserved are in advance compared, and make output alarm or/and the action of this body running of control SPD according to comparing result.
Step (2) further comprises:
Comparing result shows when SPD enters unusual condition, preserves the operating state data that shows current SPD bulk state, and sends warning message or export warning message to external equipment by output device output or communication interface by warning device.
Step (2) further comprises:
Comparing result shows that SPD has entered fatal type when unusual, according to active tripper enable decision be set whether carry out ACTIVE CONTROL, if do not allow to carry out ACTIVE CONTROL, then send danger warning, otherwise control SPD disconnects from electric power loop or signal circuit.
The present invention implements surge protector SPD self-monitoring by embedding chip; removing from manually reaches the spot monitors; what is more important can be by carrying out self-monitoring timely to SPD; immediately understand and grasp the operating state of SPD; and the timely power supply of cut-out SPD can or lose efficacy before SPD lost efficacy the time; with the SPD cutoff circuit, stop the generation of fire.Cun Chu SPD operational data simultaneously, particularly operating state data such as lightning surge record, to help to analyze the better lightning Protection scheme that obtains, and the effect of similar aircraft black box is played in the possible lightning strike accident analysis of causes, auxiliary insurance company makes Claims Resolution and judges.
Surge protector embeds chip and gathers operating state datas such as the voltage of surge protector, electric current, temperature, time in real time,, is used for operating state is implemented to judge at chip internal or the storage area that adds through the record of coding back.Comprise unique identification id in the surge protector coding, convenient following long-range connection input/output unit.
Analysis and judgement is also carried out in the canonical parameter data-in storehouse of surge protector monitoring in real time, when operation irregularity occurring, reports to the police or according to parameter the operating state of intervening surge protector is set, and takes precautions against the disaster hidden-trouble that lost efficacy and cause because of surge protector.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, specify the present invention.
See also Fig. 1, it is for the structural principle schematic diagram of SPD of the present invention.SPD of the present invention comprises SPD body 21, signal picker 22, connects signal converter 23, processor 24, memory cell 25, input unit 26, output device 27 and the warning device 28 of signal picker 22.
SPD body 21 is existing SPD, and it comprises at least one nonlinear device.Nonlinear device generally is made up of varistor, air gap, the anti-fulgurite of gas, multilayer graphite gap, transient state diode, the anti-fulgurite of solid etc. at present, relates to the current techique of SPD herein.SPD body 21 is in off state in normal operation, and when thunderbolt or other surges generation, SPD body 21 is in the situation that can occur big electric current on the low resistive state while circuit.Because it is a prior art, does not repeat them here.
Signal picker 22 is used to gather every data of every sign spd state of SPD body 21, as temperature, voltage, electric current, time etc.Signal picker 22 can be in voltage signal acquisition device, current signal collector, time collector and the Temperature sampler one or more.But in order to understand the state of SPD more comprehensively, best implementation is that SPD comprises voltage signal acquisition device, current signal collector and Temperature sampler, respectively in order to obtain real-time parameters such as operating voltage, starting resistor, leakage current.Time can be obtained by the clock of processor.The frequency that signal picker 22 is gathered, the parameter of sampling are all by processor 24 controls.
Signal converter 23, the analog signal conversion that is used for that signal picker 22 is collected is the digital signal that processor 24 can be handled.SPD body 21 is in off state in normal operation, and the voltage signal acquisition device is gathered supply voltage, is input to processor 24 after being converted to digital signal by the voltage signal transducer; Current signal collector collecting work electric current (as leakage current), after being converted to digital signal, the current signal transducer is input to processor 24, temperature signal collection device collecting work temperature, be input to processor 24 after the temperature signal transducer is converted to digital signal, every operating state data that processor 24 will collect is stored in the memory cell 25.
When collecting the data that processors 24 such as switching signal can directly handle when signal picker 22, signal picker 22 can directly be sent to processor 24 with those data.When signal picker 22 collects the analogue data that processor 24 can not directly handle, can only be converted into the numerical data that processor 24 can directly be handled by signal converter 23.When thunderbolt took place, signal picker 22 also can the undesired signal transducer 23 be changed data.For example in some cases, do not need to know actual temp numerical value that two temperature switches are set, and first is the alarm temperature switch, second is the dangerous temperature switch, and then the signal that collects of first switch need not be changed and can be sent to processor.Second signal that switch collects need not the contrast with the standard operation parameter, and controller can be judged to be abnormality.
That is to say three kinds of structure example situations of SPD.First kind of situation: SPD includes only signal picker, does not comprise signal converter, the direct connection processing device of signal picker; Second kind of situation: SPD comprises signal picker and signal converter, and signal picker and signal converter be the connection processing device respectively, and signal picker also connects signal converter; The third situation: SPD comprises signal picker and signal converter, the not direct connection processing device of signal picker, and signal picker is connected to processor by signal converter.
Be arranged on the memory cell 25 that processor is inner or add, be used to preserve the operating state data that shows SPD body 21 states and show that SPD is in abnormality and the unusual canonical parameter of fatal type.When SPD is connected with external equipment, also can preserve the unique identification id that characterizes the SPD identity on the memory cell 25.Memory cell 25 can also can be the memory cell that adds for the memory cell in the processor.The memory cell that adds can be set in SPD inside, also can be arranged on the SPD outside.
Processor 24, connect signal converter 23, in order to signal picker 22 is collected in real time and preserves through the operating state data of signal converter 23 conversions, the sampling of 22 pairs of SPD body 21 states of processing signals collector, obtain operating state data, described operating state data and described canonical parameter or preset value are compared, and make the action of reminding user and/or this body running of control SPD according to comparing result.Processor 24 is subdivided into operating state data processing unit, abnormal data processing unit, Interrupt Process unit and the processing unit that initiatively opens circuit by function with it, wherein:
The operating state data processing unit is used for signal converter sampling is handled, such as, the time cycle of sampling, the kind of sampling etc.The operating state data processing unit also is used to receive and preserve the operating state data that signal converter 23 sends, and judges according to operating state data whether SPD body 21 is in abnormality.As operating voltage and operating current whether at predefined rated range, if not, show that then SPD body 21 is in abnormality, whether exceed predefined temperature as working temperature, if show that then SPD body 21 is in abnormality.The operating state data that the operating state data processing unit is preserved comprises timeliness parameter, electrical quantity, temperature parameter, statistical parameter and controlled parameter etc.Processor can determine as the case may be operating state data be with canonical parameter relatively or and the preset value of input relatively, judge whether SPD is in abnormality.
The abnormal data processing unit, be used for abnormal data is handled according in advance setting: by warning device 28 report to the police or by communication interface abnormal data is sent to external equipment or by the internal or external output device 27 of local terminal (as display screen, printer) output abnormality data or as described in further judging abnormal data whether be that fatal type is unusual, if fatal type is unusual and this SPD has the authority that initiatively opens circuit, then control the processing of opening circuit of active tripper by the control control device that opens circuit.Such processing setting can reach high critical value in temperature, when electric current reaches capacity current value, in time SPD be disconnected from electric power loop or signal circuit, avoids the generation of event of fire.
It below is an example of parameter
1〉canonical parameter
Control Parameter is made up of all or part of of following parameter:
The enabling of active tripper is provided with: illustrate that by flag bit active tripper enables or do not enable;
The alarm temperature threshold value is provided with: judge that SPD enters the foundation of abnormality
The limiting temperature threshold value is provided with: the limiting temperature threshold value judges that more than or equal to the alarm temperature threshold value SPD enters the unusual foundation of fatal type
Warning leakage current threshold value is provided with: judge that SPD enters the foundation of abnormality
Limit leakage current threshold value is provided with: warning leakage current threshold value is provided with more than or equal to warning leakage current threshold value, judges that SPD enters the unusual foundation of fatal type
Warning operating voltage threshold value is provided with: judge that SPD enters the foundation of abnormality
The maximal work voltage threshold is provided with: the maximal work voltage threshold is provided with more than or equal to warning operating voltage threshold value, judges that SPD enters the unusual foundation of fatal type
Time of fire alarming/interval is provided with: parameters such as the duration of transmission of setting alarm signal or onsite alarming and interval time of fire alarming.
Random code: the coding of shaking hands when can be used for Long-distance Control, random code+ID can be used for the authentication to external equipment
Other functional setting: can or reduce with version of code number increase.Running parameter:
Running parameter is made up of all or part of of following parameter:
Automatic record when powering up time: SPD for the first time and using first.
Work online the time: use net cycle time when measuring first from SPD.
Below be surge or the record of thunderbolt state
The surge time of origin: contain the time that thunderbolt takes place, and and surge amplitude record hook
Surge current amplitude: the electric current when containing the thunderbolt generation, and and surge time of origin hook
Surge voltage amplitude: the voltage when containing the thunderbolt generation, and and surge time of origin hook
Surge occurrence temperature: the temperature when containing the thunderbolt generation, and and surge time of origin hook
Surge frequency: use total surge frequency when measuring first from SPD.
Below be the record of abnormal work state
The temperature alarming time: the time that exceeds the alarm temperature threshold value generation of setting
The temperature alarming value: when exceeding the alarm temperature threshold value generation of setting, the temperature of nonlinear device
Temperature alarming number of times: use the total moisture content alarm times that takes place when measuring first from SPD.
Leakage current time of fire alarming: the time that exceeds the leakage current threshold value generation of setting
Leakage current warning amplitude:
Leakage current alarm times: use the total leakage current alarm times that takes place when measuring first from SPD.
The voltage alarm time:: the time that exceeds the voltage threshold generation of setting
The voltage alarm amplitude:
Voltage alarm number of times: use the total voltage alarm times that takes place when measuring first from SPD.
Other canonical parameter: can or reduce with version of code number increase.
Interrupt Process unit: be used to handle the interrupt requests of input unit or external equipment, as the various parameters of revising SPD, the operating state data of the current collection of output etc.Also be used for handle taking place burst such as the thunderbolt part of making trouble.Such as, processor receives interrupt requests, at first judges whether to interrupt for surge, in this way, then note down the operating state data of corresponding surge or thunderbolt, interrupt if not surge, then judge whether it is the interrupt requests that receives input unit, if, carry out corresponding handling process, otherwise when having communication interface, SPD further judges whether to receive the control command of external equipment by communication interface, if, by carrying out corresponding handling process after the authentication.
The processing unit that initiatively opens circuit is used for fatal type taking place when unusual at the SPD body, controls the follow-up active tripper of mentioning 31, and SPD is disconnected from electric power loop or signal circuit.
Input unit 26 can be keyboard, button etc., and it can be built-in or external that keyboard is set, be used for setting or change various Control Parameter, the alarm condition that resets and adjust real-time time.It is current techique that button or keyboard are provided with parameter, does not do herein and gives unnecessary details.
Warning device 28 can be built-in or external, output alarm signal when being used to unusual condition takes place, for example control the led flicker or drive alarm generation alarm sound, so that remind attending personnel or help the rapid fault location point of attendant, reporting to the police drives to current techique, does not do herein and gives unnecessary details.
Output device 27 comprises display module etc., display module can adopt built-in or external display unit, can adopt led, liquid crystal or other display unit, be mainly used in demonstration and the setting of auxiliary criteria parameter and the demonstration of some standard operation states, data are shown as current techique, do not do herein and give unnecessary details.
See also Fig. 2, it is for another structural principle schematic diagram of SPD of the present invention.This SPD also comprises electric power loop or the active tripper on the signal circuit 31 and the control device 32 that opens circuit that is arranged on the SPD body, open circuit control device 32 connection processing devices and active tripper 31 are used under the control of processor SPD being disconnected from electric power loop or signal circuit.
Off condition of the present invention results from active tripper outside, and after the open command that receives processor, the control device that opens circuit sends control to active tripper, from electric power loop SPD is disconnected.
See also Fig. 3, it is for another structural principle schematic diagram of SPD of the present invention.This SPD also comprises communication interface 29.Communication mould interface can adopt multiple connected mode, for example wired or wireless mode connects external equipment, setting to the demonstration of operating state data or canonical parameter is more convenient, can play the expanded function of keyboard and display unit, and convenient long-range setting.
There are very many common communication technique to adopt, the for example wireless bluetooth of the USB of wire transmission, RS232, RS485, power carrier, industrial bus, telephone wire, video monitoring circuit .. or the like, RFID, GSM, CDMA or the like, these are current techique, do not do herein and give unnecessary details.
Below the working condition of SPD when just introducing signal picker respectively and adopting temperature sensor, current monitor and voltage monitor.
1) about temperature sensor, signal converter and active tripper:
Prior art is not done monitoring or is adopted the low temperature welding, changes by the fusing point temperature sensor of welding with scolding tin, finishes the solder joint action of cutting off the electricity supply by mechanical devices such as springs.Its shortcoming is 1〉fusing point of scolding tin and unstable, delay of response; 2〉the mechanical mechanism easy deformation is aging, and the thunderbolt energy is very huge, sees mechanical destruction more, in case mechanical destruction such as deform, the solder joint release mechanism just performs practically no function; 3〉influenced by environmental temperature; 4〉heat generating spot needs heat-transfer device to bump, can not really respond to the actual state of nonlinear device body.
Processor real-time is gathered the scene temperature of nonlinear device heating part among the present invention by temperature sensor, preserve by storing in the memory cell after the signal converter conversion, do contrast with default temperature threshold simultaneously, surpass alarm points in case find temperature, then control field alert and report to the police, and alarm signal is delivered to communication interface; Cause at the unattended duty state or because of other reasons under the situation that temperature continue to raise, may cause the limit of igniting in case temperature is elevated to, processor is controlled active tripper and is cut off the electricity supply, and the situation that prevents further worsens.
2) current monitor, signal converter and active tripper:
Prior art is not done real-time monitoring, generally is during by every year or season routine inspection, by special test equipment SPD is lifted down from circuit and carries out static test, and whether perhaps monitor by induction coil has lightning current to pass through.Shortcoming: 1〉can't understand the operating state of nonlinear device in real time, particularly at the tours of inspection device, the nonlinear device incident that is damaged probably, and cause that the front describes possible disaster (referring to that lightning protection function lost efficacy or disaster hidden-trouble); 2〉SPD is lifted down test from circuit, can not really understand the online dynamical state of SPD, may take place just to monitor qualified product, approaching inefficacy the under the dynamic operating condition of connection line through static state; 3〉to enough auxiliary improvement lightning protection scheme and supports that follow-up insurance responsibility is screened of the record of lightning current number of times.
The present invention crosses the leakage current or the thunder-strike current of nonlinear device by the current sensor acquisition stream by middle processor real-time, preserve by storing in the memory cell after the signal converter analog-to-digital conversion, do contrast with default leakage current threshold value simultaneously, surpass alarm points in case find leakage current, then control field alert and report to the police, and alarm signal is delivered to communication interface; Cause leakage current to continue under the situation of rising at the unattended duty state or because of other reasons; in case leakage current is elevated to the limit that may cause surge protector to lose efficacy and ignite; the active tripper of processor may command is cut off the electricity supply, and the situation that prevents further worsens.
3) voltage monitor, signal converter and active tripper:
Prior art is not done monitoring.
The present invention is applied to the voltage (normal working voltage or surge voltage) at nonlinear device two ends by the voltage sensor collection by middle processor real-time, preserve by storing in the memory cell after the signal converter analog-to-digital conversion, allow operating voltage Uc threshold value to do contrast with default maximum simultaneously, surpass Uc in case find voltage, then control field alert and report to the police, and alarm signal is delivered to communication interface.Voltage indexes is as the parameter of active tripper action generally speaking, can be used as analysiss protection such as insurance company and loses efficacy that to come from that voltage exceeds standard still be the foundation of surge voltage.But under some specific situations, also can be set by the user an absolute rating and control active tripper by processor and cut off the electricity supply, the situation that prevents further worsens.
See also Fig. 4, it is the flow chart of the self-monitoring method of a kind of surge protector.It may further comprise the steps:
S110: gather the operating state data that shows surge protector body operating state in real time; When thunderbolt or other surges generation, the SPD body is in low resistive state and big electric current occurs on the circuit simultaneously, and big electric current triggers processor and interrupts counting after the overcoupling transformation; At this moment, can look different requirements, can write down real-time time, lightning surge size of current or above-mentioned whole state parameter and store in the memory cell.
S120: operating state data and canonical parameter or the preset value preserved are in advance compared, and make the action of output alarm and/or this body running of control SPD according to comparing result.
Step S120 further comprises:
Comparing result shows when surge protector enters unusual condition; preservation shows the operating state data of current surge protector bulk state, and sends warning message or export warning message to external equipment by output device output or communication interface by warning device.
Step S120 further comprises:
Comparing result shows that surge protector has entered fatal type when unusual; according to active tripper enable decision be set whether carry out ACTIVE CONTROL; if do not allow to carry out ACTIVE CONTROL, then send danger warning, otherwise control SPD disconnects from electric power loop or signal circuit.
Below just the present invention is described with an example.
After surge protector powers up beginning, at first judge whether be power up first (step 11), if, time of powering up for the first time of record (step 12), and carry out step 14, otherwise record powers up number of times, and (step 13) carry out step 14 then;
Step 14, the canonical parameter in the reading cells is finished the initialization setting of various functions.
Step 15, under the control of processor, sampling shows the operating state data of SPD body operating state, and the record operating time;
Step 16: the various threshold values of operating state data with storage are in advance compared respectively, judge whether SPD enters abnormality, otherwise, then enter step 18, otherwise normal show (step 17) enters step 15;
Step 18: note down unusual operating state data, and output alarm information is to display and communication interface (step 19).Detecting the SPD body when unusual, also can adopt repeatedly repeated authentication result's method to avoid false alarm;
Step 20: judge further whether exceptional value goes beyond the limit of setting, unusually whether promptly described is that fatal type is unusual, if then enter step 22, otherwise dangerous show (step 21) closed in alarm indication;
Step 22: judge whether to allow ACTIVE CONTROL, if then send danger warning, otherwise control SPD disconnects (step 24) from electric power loop or signal circuit; Otherwise, send hydropac.
In this process, processor also needs to receive the interruption that accident takes place, such as, thunderbolt etc. also have to take place and interrupts in the interruption controls of keyboard interrupt, external equipment, when processor receives interrupt requests, at first judge whether to interrupt, in this way, then note down surge or thunderbolt operating state data for surge.If not, then will carry out the control command of keyboard or external equipment.
More than disclosed only be several specific embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto, any variation of having carried out no creative work on basis of the present invention all should drop in protection scope of the present invention.