CN214313089U - Circuit breaker - Google Patents

Abstract

A circuit breaker comprises a measuring circuit and electrifying loops, wherein each phase of electrifying loop comprises a group of contact mechanisms, the measuring circuit comprises a controller, a current sensor and a voltage measuring circuit, the current sensor and the voltage measuring circuit are respectively connected with the controller and used for transmitting a current signal and a voltage signal to the controller, and the controller calculates the impedance of the contact mechanisms according to the current and the voltage of the contact mechanisms; the current sensor is connected with the contact mechanism in series, the voltage measuring circuit is connected with two ends of the contact mechanism in parallel, and the voltage measuring circuit comprises a voltage sensor and an on-off device used for controlling the voltage measuring circuit to be switched on or switched off. The utility model discloses a control break-make device makes voltage measurement circuit switch on or break off, and then makes measurement circuit can not form the electric current return circuit when contact mechanism separating brake, avoids forming the electric leakage hidden danger of circuit breaker.

Description

Circuit breaker

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a low-voltage apparatus, concretely relates to circuit breaker.

Background

The circuit breaker is also called automatic air switch or automatic air breaker, it is a kind of electric apparatus which not only has the function of manual switch, but also can automatically carry on the protection of voltage loss, undervoltage, overload and short circuit. It can be used to distribute electric energy, start asynchronous motor infrequently, protect power supply circuit and motor, and automatically cut off circuit when they have serious overload or short circuit and undervoltage faults, and its function is equivalent to the combination of fuse switch and over-and-under-heat relay.

The contact mechanism is an important component of the circuit breaker, and the circuit is electrified or powered off by switching on or switching off, but each switching on and switching off of the contact mechanism can cause the attenuation of the contact mechanism, so that the increase of the circuit impedance of the circuit breaker is caused, the power consumption is increased, the power transmission efficiency is reduced, and the circuit breaker finally fails along with the continuous increase of the power consumption. At present, the on-resistance of the current circuit breaker can not be measured in real time, the main reason is that the circuit of the measuring circuit and the circuit breaker can not be isolated, a small current generated by the measuring circuit in the working process can flow through a load, the leakage risk is easily caused, and the potential safety hazard exists.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the utility model is to overcome prior art's defect, provide a simple structure, can accurate reliable measure the circuit breaker of contact mechanism impedance.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

a circuit breaker comprises a measuring circuit and at least one communicating electric loop, wherein each communicating electric loop comprises a group of contact mechanisms for controlling the on-off of the electrified loop, the measuring circuit comprises a controller, a current sensor and a voltage measuring circuit, the current sensor and the voltage measuring circuit are respectively connected with the controller and used for transmitting a current signal and a voltage signal to the controller, and the controller calculates the impedance of the contact mechanisms according to the current and the voltage flowing through the contact mechanisms;

the current sensor is connected with the contact mechanism in series, the voltage measuring circuit is connected with two ends of the contact mechanism in parallel, the voltage measuring circuit comprises a voltage sensor and an on-off device used for controlling the voltage measuring circuit to be switched on or switched off, when the on-off device is closed, the voltage sensor acquires voltages at two ends of the contact mechanism and transmits voltage signals to the controller, and when the on-off device is switched off, no current passes through the voltage measuring circuit.

Further, the on-off device comprises a switch connected with the voltage sensor in series and a driving structure for driving the switch to be switched on or off.

Further, the switch is a semiconductor power switch, the driving structure comprises a driving unit connected with the controller, and the driving unit enables the switch to be closed or opened under the control of the controller.

Further, the switch is a mechanical switch, the driving structure comprises a driving unit and a motor, the driving unit is connected with the controller and enables the motor to rotate under the control of the controller, and the motor rotates to operate the on-off of the switch.

Further, the driving unit enables the motor to rotate under the control of the controller, and the motor rotates to operate the opening and closing of the contact mechanism and the opening or closing of the switch; or the motor rotates to operate the contact mechanism to switch on and off, and the switch is switched off or switched on by the switching-on and off action of the contact mechanism.

Further, the switch is a mechanical switch, the driving structure is an operating mechanism of the circuit breaker, and the operating mechanism drives the switch to be opened or closed when the driving contact mechanism performs opening and closing actions.

Further, the on-off device can disconnect the voltage measuring circuit before the opening action of the contact mechanism; or the on-off device can synchronously act with the contact mechanism to realize the control of the on-off of the voltage measuring circuit; alternatively, the switching device can switch off the voltage measuring circuit after the switching-off of the contact mechanism.

Further, the controller comprises two differential ADC modules, wherein one differential ADC module acquires a current value through a current sensor, and the other differential ADC module acquires a voltage value of the contact mechanism through a voltage measuring circuit; the voltage measuring circuit is not provided with a voltage sensor, one end of the on-off device is connected with one wiring end of the contact mechanism, and the other end of the on-off device and the other wiring end of the contact mechanism are connected to the same differential ADC module of the controller.

Furthermore, the measuring circuit also comprises a controllable current source driven by the controller, the controllable current source is connected in each phase of the current loop, and the current of the current loop can be increased under the driving of the controller.

Further, the controllable current source comprises an isolation driving controller and a controllable circuit controlled by the isolation driving controller, two ends of the controllable circuit are respectively connected to a live wire and a zero wire of the power-on loop, the controllable circuit comprises a first conduction element, a resistor and a second conduction element which are sequentially connected, the first conduction element and the second conduction element are conducted under the driving of the isolation driving controller, and the isolation driving controller adjusts the current in the controllable circuit according to the voltage at two ends of the resistor.

Further, the measuring circuit also comprises one or more power supply sources for providing working power supply for the measuring circuit; the current sensor is a Hall sensor or a transformer, the voltage sensor is a resistor, and the controller is a singlechip.

The utility model discloses a circuit breaker can detect the impedance of contact mechanism in each looks circular telegram return circuit through measuring circuit, and wherein voltage measurement circuit has the on-off device, realizes voltage measurement circuit's control through the closure of on-off device or disconnection, when not needing to measure contact mechanism voltage, breaks off voltage measurement circuit, therefore makes measuring circuit can not form the electric current return circuit when contact mechanism separating brake, avoids measuring circuit to produce the electric current of the load of flowing through, forms the electric leakage hidden danger of circuit breaker.

In addition, the on-off device comprises a switch and a driving structure matched with the switch, wherein the switch is connected in series in the voltage measuring circuit, the switch is driven through the driving structure, and the on-off device has strong applicability due to the fact that the switch and the driving structure are various in selectable forms.

In addition, the driving structure for driving the switch to be switched on or switched off is various in form, and the driving structure can be an actuating mechanism of a driving circuit, a motor and a circuit breaker according to the type of the switch, so that the voltage measuring circuit has more optional schemes, and has strong advantages in the aspects of applicability, cost, assembly and the like.

In addition, the measuring circuit is also provided with a controllable current source, and controllable current is output under the driving of the controller so as to increase the current flowing through the contact mechanism and improve the measuring precision; in addition, the measuring circuit is also provided with a power supply for providing a working power supply.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a circuit breaker of the present invention (second voltage probe is movable);

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a circuit breaker of the present invention (the first voltage probe is movable);

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of the circuit breaker of the present invention (the second probe is a metal rod);

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a circuit breaker of the present invention (three-phase four-wire circuit breaker);

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the circuit breaker of the present invention (only the switch is actuated);

fig. 6 is a circuit diagram of a second embodiment of the circuit breaker of the present invention (only the switch is actuated);

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a circuit breaker according to the present invention (drive switch and contact mechanism);

fig. 8 is a circuit diagram (drive switch and contact mechanism) of a second embodiment of a circuit breaker according to the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a circuit breaker of the present invention (operating mechanism driving switch);

fig. 10 is a circuit diagram of a second embodiment of a circuit breaker according to the present invention (operating mechanism driven switch);

fig. 11 is a waveform diagram (pulse type) of the current generated by the controllable current source and the current generated by the power-on loop in the circuit breaker of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a waveform diagram (continuous type) of the current generated by the controllable current source and the current generated by the power-on loop in the circuit breaker according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following describes a circuit breaker according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to fig. 1 to 12. The present invention is not limited to the description of the following embodiments.

A circuit breaker comprises a measuring circuit and at least one communicating electric loop, wherein each communicating electric loop comprises a group of contact mechanisms for controlling the on-off of the communicating electric loop, the measuring circuit is respectively connected with each communicating electric loop, the measuring circuit comprises a controller, a current sensor and a voltage measuring circuit, the current sensor and the contact mechanisms are in series connection, the current sensor is used for measuring current flowing when the contact mechanisms are switched on, and the current sensor transmits obtained current signals to the controller; the voltage measuring circuit is connected in parallel at two ends of the contact mechanism, when the contact mechanism is switched on, the voltage measuring circuit is switched on and used for measuring the voltage at two ends of the contact mechanism and transmitting an obtained voltage signal to the controller, when the contact mechanism is switched off, the voltage measuring circuit is switched off, so that no current flows through the voltage measuring circuit and the whole measuring circuit, and the controller calculates the impedance of the contact mechanism according to the obtained current and voltage.

The utility model discloses a circuit breaker can detect contact mechanism's impedance in each looks circular telegram return circuit through measuring circuit, and the controllable quilt of voltage measurement circuit that wherein is used for measuring contact mechanism voltage is broken off or is switched on, makes voltage measurement circuit and measuring circuit not have the electric current to flow through when contact mechanism separating brake, avoids measuring circuit to produce the electric current of the load of flowing through, forms the electric leakage hidden danger of circuit breaker.

In the application, the voltage measuring circuit comprises a voltage sensor and an on-off device used for controlling the on-off of the voltage measuring circuit, when the on-off device is closed, the voltage measuring circuit is connected, the voltage sensor acquires the voltage at two ends of the contact mechanism and transmits a voltage signal to the controller, and when the on-off device is disconnected, no current passes through the voltage measuring circuit. Preferably, the action of the on-off device is driven by the controller, and the on-off device can be a mechanism with a stroke function, and can also be a switch combination connected in series in the voltage measuring circuit, wherein the switch combination comprises a switch and a driving structure for driving the switch, specifically can be a combination of a semiconductor power switch and a driving unit, or a combination of a mechanical switch capable of being driven to act and an action mechanism of the circuit breaker, or a combination of the mechanical switch and a driving structure arranged additionally.

Furthermore, the on-off device breaks the voltage measuring circuit synchronously with the opening action of the contact mechanism, or before the opening action of the contact mechanism, or immediately breaks within a short time after the opening action of the contact mechanism.

Preferably, the measuring circuit further comprises a controllable current source driven by the controller, when the controller obtains a smaller current in the energized loop through the current sensor, the smaller current is not favorable for accurately measuring the impedance of the contact mechanism, and the controller drives the controllable current source to output a current to increase the current in the energized loop, so that the requirement on the sensitivity of the current sensor can be reduced, and the measuring result is more accurate.

Furthermore, the measuring circuit also comprises a power supply, the power supply is used for providing a working power supply for the measuring circuit, one or more power supplies can be arranged according to actual needs, the power supply can directly get electricity from the electrifying circuit and convert the electricity into voltage suitable for supplying power to the measuring circuit, and the measuring circuit can also be a battery.

In the application, the controller is an integrated circuit with certain logic operation capability and storage capability, the controller is preferably a single chip microcomputer, the current sensor is a Hall sensor, a transformer or a resistor, and the voltage sensor is a resistor.

In the first embodiment of the circuit breaker, an embodiment of the circuit breaker is provided with reference to fig. 1 to 4, and in this embodiment, the switching device is a mechanism with a stroke function driven by a controller, and under the action of the controller, the switching device generates a displacement for closing or opening the voltage measuring circuit.

In connection with fig. 1-3, a structure of a single-phase circuit breaker is provided, in which a power circuit of the circuit breaker includes a live wire and a neutral wire, and a contact mechanism of the power circuit is connected to the live wire, but a set of contact mechanisms may also be provided on the neutral wire. In this embodiment, the contact mechanism is connected to the live wire, two ends of the measuring circuit are respectively connected to the first terminal and the second terminal of the contact mechanism, in this embodiment, the first terminal of the contact mechanism is an incoming line terminal of the circuit breaker, in the figure, the first terminal is connected to the side of the live wire marked as the a terminal, the second terminal of the contact mechanism is an outgoing line terminal of the circuit breaker, that is, the load side of the circuit breaker, in the figure, the second terminal is connected to the side of the live wire marked as the B terminal, wherein a current sensor of the measuring circuit is connected in series to the first terminal of the contact mechanism for obtaining the current flowing through the contact mechanism, a voltage measuring circuit is connected in parallel to the contact mechanism for obtaining the voltage of the contact mechanism, and the current sensor and the voltage measuring circuit are respectively connected to the controller for transmitting a current signal and a voltage signal to the controller, the controller calculates the impedance of the contact means from the current and voltage flowing through the contact means.

In this embodiment, the controller is a microprocessor, the controller includes at least one differential ADC module, and preferably the controller has two differential ADC modules, one of the differential ADC modules can directly read the current value output by the current sensor, and the other differential ADC module can directly read the voltage value across the contact mechanism through the voltage measurement circuit, and can convert the analog signals of the current and the voltage into digital signals for calculation. Of course, a separate analog-to-digital conversion circuit separate from the controller is also possible.

The voltage measuring circuit comprises a voltage sensor and an on-off device driven by a controller, the on-off device is driven by the controller to control the on-off of the voltage measuring circuit, the on-off device can disconnect the voltage measuring circuit before the contact mechanism is opened, can also synchronously act with the contact mechanism to disconnect the voltage measuring circuit, and can be disconnected within a short time after the contact mechanism is opened, preferably within 60 seconds after the contact mechanism is opened, so that the potential leakage hazard of the circuit breaker caused by long-time connection is avoided.

In this embodiment, the voltage measurement circuit includes a voltage sensor, two voltage probes and a transmission mechanism, wherein the voltage sensor is connected with the controller for signal transmission, the connection ends of the two voltage probes are respectively connected with the two ends of the voltage sensor, the sensing ends of the two voltage probes are respectively used for being in contact connection with the first terminal and the second terminal of the contact mechanism (or being connected with the live wires near the first terminal and the second terminal), the transmission mechanism is connected with at least one voltage probe to form a mechanism with a stroke function, and the transmission mechanism is driven by the controller to act so that the voltage probe connected with the transmission mechanism generates displacement and drives the sensing end to be separated from or contacted with the terminal of the contact mechanism, thereby realizing the control of the on-off of the voltage measurement circuit. It should be noted that the voltage probe may be any conductive material, and is not limited to its material and shape, or may be a filter circuit with signal amplification and attenuation, when the voltage probe is connected with the terminal of the contact mechanism in a non-physical contact manner, the transmission mechanism drives the voltage probe, so that the voltage measurement circuit is disconnected when the sensing end and the terminal of the contact mechanism are out of the sensing range.

A specific connection mode of the voltage measurement circuit is provided with reference to fig. 1 and 3, the two voltage probes are a first voltage probe and a second voltage probe respectively, the voltage sensor performs signal transmission with the controller, two ends of the voltage sensor are connected with connection ends of the first voltage probe and the second voltage probe respectively, wherein an induction end of the first voltage contact is kept connected with a first terminal of the contact mechanism, the second voltage probe is connected with the transmission mechanism and generates displacement under the driving of the transmission mechanism, so that an induction end of the second voltage probe is contacted with or separated from a second terminal of the contact mechanism. Of course, it is also possible that the first voltage probe is connected to the transmission mechanism such that the sensing end of the first voltage probe is in contact with or separated from the first terminal of the contact mechanism (see fig. 2); or the first voltage probe and the second voltage probe are driven by the transmission mechanism (not shown), and the sensing ends of the first voltage probe and the second voltage probe are respectively contacted with or separated from the first terminal and the second terminal of the contact mechanism.

As shown in fig. 3, the sensing end of the first voltage probe is directly connected to the first terminal (or a live wire near the first terminal) of the contact mechanism, the connection end of the first voltage probe is connected to the differential ADC module of the controller, the second voltage probe is a metal rod, preferably, the metal rod can simultaneously serve as a resistor to function as a voltage sensor, one end of the metal rod is connected to the same differential ADC module of the controller through a wire and the first probe, certainly, a voltage sensor can be additionally provided, an external thread is provided on the outer side wall of the metal rod, the transmission mechanism includes a motor driven by the controller and a gear set engaged with the motor, the gear set at least includes a gear engaged with the metal rod, the motor rotates forward or backward under the driving of the controller, and the gear set drives the other end of the metal rod to move as the sensing end toward or away from the second terminal, when the metal rod is contacted with the second terminal, the voltage measuring circuit is conducted, the voltage sensor can obtain the voltage at two ends of the contact mechanism, when the metal rod is separated from the second terminal, the voltage measuring circuit is disconnected, the voltage sensor does not work, and no current passes through the voltage measuring circuit. Preferably, the motor is started when the controller detects that the contact mechanism is opened, so that the metal rod is separated from the first terminal. The structure of the sensing end of the second voltage probe is not limited to the metal bar structure, and other types of movable voltage probes are also applicable, and the transmission mechanism having the stroke structure is not limited to the combination of the motor and the gear train, and may be an electromagnetic structure having a stroke mechanism, such as an electromagnet.

In this embodiment, a controllable current source is preferably provided, which generates a controllable additional current driven by the controller, wherein the additional current may be a pulsed current or a continuous current, the controllable current source is activated when the controller detects a low current through the current sensor, and the controllable current source is provided at the second terminal of the contact mechanism. Therefore, when the current flowing in the electrifying loop is small, the controller drives the controllable current source to generate extra current, the requirement on the sensitivity of the current sensor is reduced in sequence, and the measurement precision is improved. The additional current generated by the controllable current source may be pulsed (see fig. 11) or continuous (see fig. 12).

Specifically, the controllable current source comprises an isolation drive controller and a controllable circuit controlled by the isolation drive controller, two ends of the controllable circuit are respectively connected with the second wiring end of the contact mechanism and the zero line of the power-on loop, the controllable circuit comprises a first conductive element, a resistor and a second conductive element which are connected in sequence, under the drive of the isolation drive controller, the first conduction element and the second conduction element are conducted to make current flow in the controllable circuit, the isolation drive controller adjusts the current in the controllable circuit according to the voltage at two ends of the resistor, the first conduction element and the second conduction element are preferably field effect transistors, G poles of the first conduction element and the second conduction element are connected with the isolation driving controller, S poles of the first conduction element and the second conduction element are respectively connected with two ends of the resistor, and D poles of the first conduction element and the second conduction element are respectively connected to a live wire and a zero wire of the power-on loop.

Furthermore, the measuring circuit is also provided with one or more power supplies, the power supplies are used for providing working power supplies for the controller, the current sensor, the voltage sensor, the transmission mechanism and the controllable current source, and the power supplies can directly get electricity from the electrifying loop or can be batteries.

The embodiment provided in conjunction with fig. 4 is applied to a three-phase four-wire circuit breaker, where the circuit breaker includes three-phase power-on loops, that is, an a-phase power-on loop, a B-phase power-on loop and a C-phase power-on loop, a set of contact mechanisms is disposed on a live wire of each phase-on power-on loop, a current transformer is connected to a first terminal of each phase contact mechanism, and all the current transformers are connected to a same controller for providing current signals flowing through each phase contact mechanism to the controller; the three voltage measuring circuits are connected with the same controller and used for providing voltage signals of each phase contact mechanism for the controller, and the on-off of each voltage measuring circuit is also driven and controlled by the controller; each voltage measuring circuit comprises a voltage sensor, two voltage probes and a transmission mechanism, wherein two ends of the voltage sensor are respectively connected with a connecting end of one voltage probe, an induction end of each voltage probe is used for being connected with wiring ends at two ends of the contact mechanism, at least one voltage probe is connected with the transmission mechanism and is driven by the transmission mechanism to enable the induction end of each voltage probe to be in contact with or separated from the wiring end of the contact mechanism, in the figure 4, the induction end of one voltage probe is connected with one wiring end of the contact mechanism, preferably the first wiring end of the contact mechanism, namely the wire inlet end of the circuit breaker, and the induction end of the other voltage probe can be in contact with or separated from the second wiring end of the contact mechanism under the driving of the transmission mechanism, so that the on-off control of the voltage measuring circuit is realized.

In addition, each phase circuit breaker is connected with a controllable current source, the specific structure of the controllable current source is the same as the connection and working principle of the single-phase circuit breaker in the embodiment, and meanwhile, a power supply is further arranged in the three-phase four-wire circuit breaker and used for providing working power for all the current sensors, the voltage sensors, the controller and the controllable current sources.

In connection with fig. 5-10, an embodiment of a second circuit breaker is provided, in which the switching device is a switch combination for controlling the voltage measurement circuit, and the switching device includes a switch and a driving structure for driving the switch, and the driving structure may be a driving unit, a combination of the driving unit and a motor, a combination of the driving unit, the motor and a contact mechanism, or an actuating mechanism of the circuit breaker. Due to the fact that the switch combination has various forms, the on-off device has strong advantages in the aspects of applicability, cost, assembly and the like.

As shown in fig. 5 to 10, the single-phase circuit breaker is exemplified, but the present invention is also applicable to a three-phase four-wire circuit breaker, a three-phase three-wire circuit breaker, and the like, and as with the first embodiment, the energizing circuit of the circuit breaker includes a live wire and a neutral wire, and the contact mechanism of the energizing circuit is connected to the live wire, but a set of contact mechanisms may be provided on the neutral wire. In this embodiment, the contact mechanism is connected to the live wire. The two ends of the measuring circuit are respectively connected with two terminals of the contact mechanism, namely a first terminal and a second terminal of the contact mechanism, in this embodiment, the first terminal of the contact mechanism is the incoming terminal of the circuit breaker, and is connected to the side of the live line labeled as the a terminal in the figure, the second terminal of the contact mechanism is the outgoing terminal of the circuit breaker, i.e. the load side of the circuit breaker, and is connected to the side of the live line labeled as the B terminal in the figure, wherein the current sensor of the measuring circuit is connected in series with the first terminal of the contact mechanism for acquiring the current flowing through the contact mechanism, the voltage measuring circuit is connected in parallel with the contact mechanism, the current sensor and the voltage measuring circuit are respectively connected with the controller and used for transmitting a current signal and a voltage signal to the controller, and the controller calculates the impedance of the contact mechanism according to the current and the voltage flowing through the contact mechanism.

The voltage measuring circuit comprises a voltage sensor and an on-off device used for controlling the on-off of the voltage measuring circuit, and is different from the first embodiment in that the on-off device can be controlled by a controller or not, and can be used for disconnecting the voltage measuring circuit before the contact mechanism is opened, namely the on-off device completes the disconnection action before the contact mechanism is completely disconnected, the on-off device can be disconnected immediately after acquiring a voltage value at the moment of connection, and can also be synchronously operated with the contact mechanism to disconnect the voltage measuring circuit, and of course, the on-off device can be disconnected within a short time after the contact mechanism is opened, and the voltage measuring circuit can be disconnected within 60 seconds after the contact mechanism is opened, so that the potential leakage hazard of the circuit breaker caused by long-time connection can be avoided. In addition, in some intelligent circuit breakers, both the contact mechanism and the on-off device are controlled by the controller, and the on-off device and the contact mechanism can be disconnected step by step through control at the moment.

As shown in fig. 6, 8 and 10, in the present embodiment, the controller is a microprocessor (marked as MCU), the controller includes at least one differential ADC module, preferably two differential ADC modules, one differential ADC module can directly read the current value output by the current sensor, the other differential ADC module can directly read the voltage value across the contact mechanism through a voltage measurement circuit, and the differential ADC module can convert the analog signals of current and voltage into digital signals for calculation. In addition, the voltage measuring circuit may not be provided with a voltage sensor, and at this time, one end of the switch and one terminal of the contact mechanism are connected to the same differential ADC module, and the other end of the switch is connected to the other terminal of the contact mechanism.

Preferably, the controller is further capable of acquiring the switching on/off condition of the contact mechanism and controlling the on/off of the voltage measuring circuit in the measuring circuit according to the switching on/off condition of the contact mechanism, and the controller may acquire the switching on/off condition of the contact mechanism through a current sensor or may acquire the switching on/off condition of the contact mechanism through other detecting devices.

The voltage measuring circuit comprises a voltage sensor and an on-off device, wherein the on-off device comprises a switch and a driving structure; the voltage sensor is connected with the controller for signal transmission, and different from the first embodiment, one end of the voltage sensor is directly connected with the first terminal (or live wire near the first terminal) of the contact mechanism, the other end of the voltage sensor is connected with one end of the switch, the other end of the switch is also directly connected with the second terminal (or live wire near the second terminal) of the contact mechanism, the on-off of the voltage measuring circuit is controlled by the on-off of the switch, and the driving structure for driving the switch to be switched on or off has various forms.

A first driving structure of this embodiment is provided in conjunction with fig. 5 and 6, and the driving structure is connected to the controller, and the switch is closed or opened under the driving of the controller, so as to implement the control of the voltage measurement circuit. The driving structure comprises a driving unit and/or a motor, when the switch is a semiconductor power switch, the driving unit can be only a driving circuit, and the driving circuit enables the switch to be closed or opened under the control of the controller; when the switch is a mechanical switch, the driving structure may only include a motor, and the motor is driven by the controller to rotate so as to drive the switch to be turned on or turned off.

A second driving structure of this embodiment is provided with reference to fig. 7 and 8, and the driving structure can drive the opening and closing of the contact mechanism in addition to the closing or opening of the switch, and specifically, the driving structure includes a driving unit, a motor, and a contact mechanism.

The controller drives the motor to rotate through the driving unit, the rotation of the motor enables the contact mechanism to perform opening and closing actions, the driving unit is used for synchronously driving the switch serving as the on-off device to be opened or closed while the motor drives the contact mechanism to perform the opening and closing actions, and the switch is preferably a semiconductor power switch; secondly, the controller drives the motor to rotate through the driving unit, the rotation of the motor drives the contact mechanism to perform opening and closing actions and the switch to be opened or closed, and the switch is preferably a mechanical switch; and thirdly, the controller drives the motor to rotate through the driving unit, the contact mechanism performs opening and closing actions under the action of the motor, and the contact mechanism drives the switch to be opened or closed during the opening and closing actions of the contact mechanism.

It is preferable that the driving unit in the above driving configuration is a driving circuit controlled by a controller.

A third driving structure of this embodiment is provided with reference to fig. 9 and 10, where the driving structure is an operating mechanism of a circuit breaker, and the operating mechanism of the circuit breaker can also drive a switch to perform an opening or closing operation when the movable contact mechanism performs an opening and closing operation, and preferably, the switch is a mechanical switch, so that when the contact mechanism is closed, the voltage measuring circuit is turned on, and when the contact mechanism is opened, the voltage measuring circuit is turned off. In addition, in the structure, the operating mechanism of the circuit breaker can not be controlled by the controller of the measuring circuit.

In this embodiment, the same controllable current source as that in the first embodiment is also provided, and the controllable current source is connected to the second terminal of the contact mechanism, that is, the load side of the circuit breaker, and when the current obtained by the controller through the current sensor is small, the controller drives the controllable current source to output the controllable current to the energized loop, so as to increase the current in the energized loop, thereby reducing the requirement on the sensitivity of the current sensor and improving the measurement accuracy. The controllable current source can be a controllable power switch or a variable resistor, and the current is changed by adjusting the size of the variable resistor.

As shown in fig. 6, 8 and 10, the controllable current source includes an isolation driving controller and a controllable circuit controlled by the isolation driving controller, two ends of the controllable circuit are respectively connected to the second terminal of the contact mechanism and the zero line of the power-on loop, the controllable circuit includes a first conducting element, a resistor and a second conducting element which are connected in sequence, under the driving of the isolation driving controller, the first conducting element and the second conducting element are conducted to make current flow in the controllable circuit, the isolation driving controller adjusts the current in the controllable circuit according to the voltage at two ends of the resistor, wherein the first conducting element and the second conducting element are preferably field effect transistors, G poles of the first conducting element and the second conducting element are connected to the isolation driving controller, S poles of the first conducting element and the second conducting element are connected to two ends of the resistor respectively, d poles of the first conduction element and the second conduction element are respectively connected to a live wire and a zero wire of the power-on loop, and the first conduction element and the second conduction element are preferably field effect transistors.

In the present application, the current sensor is a hall sensor, a transformer or a resistor, and the voltage sensor is a resistor.

When the contact mechanism is switched on, the controller obtains current I flowing through the contact mechanism through the current sensor, the controller obtains voltage V of the contact mechanism through the voltage measuring circuit, and the controller calculates and stores an impedance value of the contact mechanism according to impedance Z of the contact mechanism, namely V/I.

Further, the controller obtains the impedance change of the contact mechanism by comparing the impedance values of the contact mechanism in the nth closing and the n-1 closing, and accordingly judges the working condition of the contact mechanism and predicts the service life of the contact mechanism; wherein n is an integer of 1 or more.

The foregoing is a more detailed description of the present invention, taken in conjunction with the specific preferred embodiments thereof, and it is not intended that the invention be limited to the specific embodiments shown and described. To the utility model belongs to the technical field of ordinary technical personnel, do not deviate from the utility model discloses under the prerequisite of design, can also make a plurality of simple deductions or replacement, all should regard as belonging to the utility model discloses a protection scope.

Claims (11)

1. A circuit breaker comprises a measuring circuit and at least one communicating electric loop, wherein each communicating electric loop comprises a group of contact mechanisms for controlling the on-off of the electrified loop, the measuring circuit comprises a controller, a current sensor and a voltage measuring circuit, the current sensor and the voltage measuring circuit are respectively connected with the controller and used for transmitting a current signal and a voltage signal to the controller, and the controller calculates the impedance of the contact mechanisms according to the current and the voltage flowing through the contact mechanisms;

the current sensor is connected with the contact mechanism in series, and the voltage measuring circuit is connected with two ends of the contact mechanism in parallel, and the device is characterized in that: the voltage measuring circuit comprises a voltage sensor and an on-off device used for controlling the voltage measuring circuit to be switched on or switched off, when the on-off device is closed, the voltage sensor acquires voltages at two ends of the contact mechanism and transmits voltage signals to the controller, and when the on-off device is switched off, no current passes through the voltage measuring circuit.

2. A circuit breaker according to claim 1, wherein: the on-off device comprises a switch connected with the voltage sensor in series and a driving structure for driving the switch to be switched on or off.

3. A circuit breaker according to claim 2, wherein: the switch is a semiconductor power switch, the driving structure comprises a driving unit connected with the controller, and the driving unit enables the switch to be closed or opened under the control of the controller.

4. A circuit breaker according to claim 2, wherein: the switch is a mechanical switch, the driving structure comprises a driving unit and a motor, the driving unit is connected with the controller and enables the motor to rotate under the control of the controller, and the motor rotates to operate the on-off of the switch.

5. A circuit breaker according to claim 4, wherein: the driving unit enables the motor to rotate under the control of the controller, and the motor rotates to operate the opening and closing of the contact mechanism and the opening or closing of the switch; or the motor rotates to operate the contact mechanism to switch on and off, and the switch is switched off or switched on by the switching-on and off action of the contact mechanism.

6. A circuit breaker according to claim 2, wherein: the switch is a mechanical switch, the driving structure is an operating mechanism of the circuit breaker, and the operating mechanism drives the switch to be switched off or switched on when the moving contact mechanism carries out switching-on and switching-off actions.

7. A circuit breaker according to claim 1, wherein: the on-off device can disconnect the voltage measuring circuit before the opening action of the contact mechanism; or the on-off device can synchronously act with the contact mechanism to realize the control of the on-off of the voltage measuring circuit; alternatively, the switching device can switch off the voltage measuring circuit after the switching-off of the contact mechanism.

8. A circuit breaker according to claim 1, wherein: the controller comprises two differential ADC modules, wherein one differential ADC module acquires a current value through a current sensor, and the other differential ADC module acquires a voltage value of the contact mechanism through a voltage measuring circuit; the voltage measuring circuit is not provided with a voltage sensor, one end of the on-off device is connected with one wiring end of the contact mechanism, and the other end of the on-off device and the other wiring end of the contact mechanism are connected to the same differential ADC module of the controller.

9. A circuit breaker according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: the measuring circuit also comprises a controllable current source driven by the controller, the controllable current source is connected in each phase of the electric loop, and the current of the electric loop can be increased under the driving of the controller.

10. A circuit breaker according to claim 9, wherein: the controllable current source comprises an isolation drive controller and a controllable circuit controlled by the isolation drive controller, two ends of the controllable circuit are respectively connected to a live wire and a zero wire of the power-on loop, the controllable circuit comprises a first conduction element, a resistor and a second conduction element which are sequentially connected, the first conduction element and the second conduction element are conducted under the drive of the isolation drive controller, and the isolation drive controller adjusts the current in the controllable circuit according to the voltage at two ends of the resistor.

11. A circuit breaker according to claim 1, wherein: the measuring circuit also comprises one or more power supply sources for providing working power supply for the measuring circuit; the current sensor is a Hall sensor or a transformer, the voltage sensor is a resistor, and the controller is a singlechip.

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