EP1128411B1 - Dispositif et procédé de surveillance d'appareil de coupure électrique et tableau électrique comportant un tel dispositif - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de surveillance d'appareil de coupure électrique et tableau électrique comportant un tel dispositif Download PDF

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EP1128411B1
EP1128411B1 EP01410011A EP01410011A EP1128411B1 EP 1128411 B1 EP1128411 B1 EP 1128411B1 EP 01410011 A EP01410011 A EP 01410011A EP 01410011 A EP01410011 A EP 01410011A EP 1128411 B1 EP1128411 B1 EP 1128411B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
    • H01H71/04—Means for indicating condition of the switching device
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/16—Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off"
    • H01H9/168—Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off" making use of an electromagnetic wave communication

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  • the invention relates to a device and a method for monitoring an electric switchgear device comprising means for providing a state of at least one switching device, as well as an electrical switchboard comprising an electrical switchgear support, at least one electrical switching device provided with an operating member, and such a device.
  • Known surveillance devices are generally in the form of auxiliary modules intended to be fixed on electrical switching devices such as circuit breakers, switches, contactors or relays. These devices are in connection with the mechanisms of said devices and provide outputs in the form of contacts representative of the open states, closed, or triggered according to the type of devices.
  • each monitoring device must be individually connected to the display device or status report.
  • an alarm system for a plurality of circuit breakers includes a light beam for detecting the state of the circuit breakers.
  • a system does not make it possible to determine the causes of opening of a device.
  • the object of the invention is a device and a method for monitoring an electrical device avoiding mechanical associations and electrical connections with devices. electrical and to indicate the causes of opening of said devices, and an electrical panel comprising such a device.
  • a device according to the invention is described in claim 1.
  • the first light beam is modulated by a first signal having a first carrier frequency.
  • the second light beam is modulated by a second signal having a second carrier frequency.
  • control means connected to the second reception means comprise detection means for detecting a passage time of the actuating member in front of the second beam to differentiate an internal control of the actuating member. an external control of the operating member, an internal control being detected if a passage time is less than a predetermined time.
  • the transmission means comprise third transmission means for emitting a third light beam intended to detect an external control of an operating member of said electrical apparatus
  • the reception means comprise third reception means intended to receive said third light beam
  • the third light beam is modulated by the first signal having a first carrier frequency, the control means controlling the alternating transmission of the first and third light beams according to a signal having a predetermined third frequency and a duty cycle.
  • the transmission means and the reception means comprise at least one polarization filter.
  • the monitoring device comprises light beam reflection means arranged in front of the transmitting means and receiving means.
  • the monitoring device comprises light beam absorption means arranged opposite the transmitting means and receiving means, and at least one actuating member of said electrical apparatus comprises a reflecting surface for reflecting on the less a light beam.
  • the monitoring device comprises signaling means connected to the control means for signaling an open state if at least one actuating member is in front of the first beam and if at least one actuating member is passed in front of the second beam during a time greater than a predetermined time or if a element was present in front of the third beam before the change of position of said operating member.
  • the monitoring device comprises signaling means connected to the control means for signaling a trip state if at least one operating member is in front of the first beam and if at least one operating member is passed in front of the second beam during a time less than a predetermined time.
  • the transmitting means, the receiving means, and the control means are arranged in at least one modular switchgear module intended to be installed on a support in the form of a rail.
  • An electrical panel according to one embodiment of the invention comprising a support of electrical equipment and at least one electrical switching device provided with an operating member comprises at least one monitoring device as defined above.
  • the operating phase comprises a third step of detecting an opening of an electrical apparatus by an external command detected when an operating member passes the second beam for a time greater than one. predetermined time and if said member remains in front of the first beam, and a fourth step of signaling an opening when the third step is performed.
  • the operation phase comprises a fifth step of signaling a trigger and an opening if a third step is followed by a second step.
  • the operation phase comprises a sixth acknowledgment step to go from the second or the fifth step to the fourth opening signaling step.
  • Modular electrical devices 1, 2, 3, 4 represented on the figure 1 comprise known monitoring devices such as auxiliary blocks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
  • the devices and the auxiliary units are installed on a rail 11 forming a support.
  • the auxiliary units are mechanically associated with modular electrical appliances.
  • these auxiliary blocks comprise electrical contacts whose states are representative of the states of the devices, for example of the open or closed state, or the triggered state if the devices have triggering means.
  • an electrical switchgear monitoring device comprises means for emitting light radiation intended to be directed towards a light source.
  • operating member of at least one electrical switching device means for receiving a light radiation intended to be directed towards said operating member, and control means connected to the transmitting means and the receiving means for determining the state of said at least one electrical breaking device.
  • a monitoring device is represented on the figure 2 .
  • the monitoring device comprises a first module 12 comprising a first transmission device 13 of a first light beam 14 directed towards an open position 15 of at least one operating member of a switchgear electric.
  • the first light beam 14 is intended to detect a position of the operating member representative of an open position of said electrical breaking device.
  • the monitoring device comprises a second module 17 comprising a first receiving device 18 intended to receive said first light beam 14.
  • the apparatuses 1 to 4 and the modules 12 and 17 are arranged on a rail 11 and aligned. If all the devices are closed, the actuators of said apparatus are in a closed position representative of closed apparatus and the beams 14 and 22 are not interrupted. In this case, the first receiving device 18 receives the first beam 14 and control means of the module 17 can provide on terminals 20 a signal representative of closed electrical devices. If at least one apparatus is open, an operating member moves to the open position, the first beam 14 is interrupted and the first receiving device 18 detects the interruption of the light beam and control means of the module 17 provide a signal representative of an open device.
  • the first module 12 comprises a second emitting device 21 of a second light beam 22 intended to detect a change of position of an operating member representative of an opening following a command of said electrical apparatus
  • the second module 17 comprises a second receiving device 23.
  • Control means of the second module connected to the second receiving device 23 detect a time of passage of the actuating member in front of the second beam to differentiate an internal control of the actuating member. an external control of the operating member, an internal control being detected if a passage time is less than a predetermined time.
  • the control means can signal a trigger state of an apparatus. If the passage time is not less than a predetermined time the control means signal an opening of the device, including manual opening.
  • the predetermined time to differentiate the internal commands from the external commands is preferably between 4 and 20 ms.
  • the devices and the monitoring device are arranged on a rail-shaped support 11 and integrated into an electrical panel 24.
  • the first light beam is modulated by a first signal having a first carrier frequency
  • the second light beam is modulated by a second signal having a second carrier frequency
  • a monitoring device is represented on the figure 3 .
  • the monitoring device comprises a first module 12 comprising the first transmission device 13 of the first light beam 14 and the second reception device 23 of the second light beam 22, and a second module 17 comprising the second device transmission 21 of the second light beam 22 and the first receiving device 18 of the first light beam 14.
  • the module 12 includes a third transmission device for emitting a third light beam 25 intended to detect an external control of an organ.
  • operating said electrical apparatus and the module 17 comprises a third receiving device for receiving said third light beam.
  • the third beam passes through a gripping zone 26 of an operating member 16.
  • the figure 4 shows an apparatus 2 with an operating member 16, a module 12 and the arrangement of the three light beams with respect to said operating member.
  • FIGs 5, 6 and 7 show the passage of an operating member 16 of a position 19 representative of a closed apparatus at a position representative of an open apparatus.
  • an operating member 16 starts to be actuated by a finger or a tool 27 which passes in front of the third light beam 25.
  • the operating member 16 passes in front of the second beam 22, and reaches the position 15 representative of an open device represented on the figure 7 .
  • the first beam is interrupted by the operating member 16. Since in this case the operating member 16 is moved manually, the passage time in front of the second beam is greater than a predetermined passage time and the control means detect an open position by a external maneuver.
  • the figure 8 represents an electronic block diagram of a monitoring device according to the embodiment of the figure 3 .
  • the first module 12 comprises the first transmitting device 13, the second receiving device 23, and a third transmitting device 28 for emitting the third light beam 25.
  • the second module 17 comprises the second device of FIG. emission 21, the first receiving device 18, and a third receiving device 29 for receiving said third light beam 25.
  • the control means comprise a circuit 30 generating a first signal 31 having a first carrier frequency. This signal 31 is applied to the first transmission device 13 through a first control circuit 32, and to the third transmission device 28 through a third control circuit 33.
  • the control means comprise a circuit 34 generating a second signal 35 having a second carrier frequency. This signal is applied to the second transmission device 21 through a second control circuit 36.
  • the first carrier frequency is substantially 40 kHz and the second carrier frequency is substantially 30 kHz.
  • the first module 12 comprises a third circuit 37 generating a third signal 38 having a modulation frequency.
  • a control circuit 39 receives the modulation signal 38 and controls the control circuits 32 and 33 to emit the first and third beams alternately.
  • the modulation frequency is of the order of 5 kHz. It is also possible to predetermine the duty cycle of the third signal 38.
  • the receiving devices 18 and 29 connected to a control circuit 40 of the second module 17 provide representative signals of received light signals.
  • the control circuits 39 and 40 comprise synchronization means.
  • the transmission device 13 transmits the beam 14 the signals supplied by the reception device 18 are taken into account by the circuit 40 and the signals received by the device 29 are ignored.
  • the transmission device 28 transmits the beam 25 the signals supplied by the reception device 29 are taken into account by the circuit 40 and the signals received by the device 18 are ignored.
  • the synchronization can be achieved by a connection between the two control circuits 39 and 40.
  • the module 17 includes a first signaling device 41 connected to the control circuit 40 to signal a state of opening of an apparatus. The signaling occurs if at least one operating member is in front of the first beam 14 and if at least one operating member is passed in front of the second beam 22 for a time greater than a predetermined time or if an element has been present in front of the third beam before the change of position of said operating member.
  • a second signaling device 42 is connected to the control circuit 40 to signal a tripping state if at least one actuating member is in front of the first beam and if at least one operating member has passed in front of the second beam for a time less than a predetermined time.
  • a second signaling circuit 43 connected to the control circuit 40 makes it possible to signal that the monitoring device is in a state of service and is operating correctly.
  • the reception device 23 is connected to the circuit 39 and the said circuit 39 can be connected to the control circuit 40.
  • the Figures 9A to 9C represent signals representative of light beam signals used in a monitoring device according to the invention.
  • the signal 14 is modulated at a modulation frequency identical to that of the signal 25 of the Figure 9C .
  • the modulation of said signals is alternative and complementary.
  • the frequency of the modulation signal is substantially 1 kHz and the duty cycle is about one-third for the signal 14 and two-thirds for the signal 25.
  • the signal 22 of the Figure 9B is continuous.
  • signals represent light beams respectively 14, 22 and 25 during a trigger and an opening of an apparatus.
  • the beam 22 is interrupted for a time TC less than a predetermined time.
  • the beam 14 is interrupted and the signaling device 42 is actuated to indicate an internal opening or a trigger.
  • the apparatus is closed, the signaling is acknowledged and the monitoring device returns to its initial state.
  • an operating member is manually actuated and the beam 25 is interrupted.
  • the beam 22 is interrupted for a time TL greater than a predetermined time.
  • the beam 14 is interrupted and the signaling device 41 is actuated to indicate an opening by an external or manual control.
  • the signaling devices 41, 42 and 43 may be local on the modules and / or remotely reported in particular by electrical links or communication buses.
  • the figure 11 represents an operating flowchart of a monitoring device according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the flowchart represents a method of monitoring an electrical switchgear to provide a status of at least one switchgear.
  • the method comprises, in an operating phase, the emission of a first light beam for detecting a position of an actuating member of at least one electrical breaking device, and the emission of a second light beam for detecting the movement of an actuating member of at least one electrical breaking device.
  • a monitoring loop can detect various events.
  • a step 45 makes it possible to detect a manual opening. If the manual opening is detected, a step 46 checks whether the triggered state is already detected to signal a triggered device at a signaling step 47, or to signal an open device at a signaling step 48 if the triggered state is not verified.
  • detection of an opening of an electrical apparatus by an external command is detected when an operating member passes the second beam for a time greater than a predetermined time and if said member remains in front of the first beam.
  • a step 49 makes it possible to detect an internal trigger. If a trigger is detected, a step 50 checks whether the open state is already detected to signal an open device and a device triggered at a signaling step 51, or to signal a device triggered at the signaling step 47 if the open state is not detected. In step 49, a detection of a triggering of an electrical device by an internal control is detected when an operating member passes the second beam for a time less than a predetermined time and if said member remains in front of the first beam. Thus, if a triggering step 49 performed follows a manual opening step 45 performed, a step 51 signals the two events opening and tripping.
  • a step 52 makes it possible to detect a trip fault acknowledgment command, in which case the open device signaling is controlled (step 48) if a previous signaling indicated a triggered device (step 47 or 51).
  • a step 53 makes it possible to detect a manual closure, especially when the first beam is no longer interrupted. If the closure is detected, a standby step 54 cancels previous signaling.
  • the light beams are polarized to avoid interference.
  • the first beam has a first polarization and the third beam has a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization.
  • the polarization of the second beam may be identical to the polarization of the first beam.
  • the treatment of the polarization of the light beams can be achieved by polarizing filters arranged in front of the light beam emission and reception devices.
  • the first light beam 14 may be the second light beam reflected by a reflector 58.
  • the light beam reflector is preferably arranged in front of the transmitting devices and receiving devices located, for example, in the same module.
  • the light beams are absorbed by an absorption device 59 arranged in front of the transmitting devices and receiving devices located, for example, in the same module.
  • the actuators have a reflecting face for reflecting the light beams to receiving devices.
  • the transmitting devices and the receiving devices are preferably arranged in two modules arranged on a support in the form of a rail.
  • the modules are preferably located on each side of an electrical appliance or a group of several aligned electrical appliances. It is also possible to arrange the transmitting and receiving devices in a single module disposed on one side of a device or group of devices.
  • modules of the monitoring device can be arranged on each support to monitor different groups of devices. In other embodiments, modules can also monitor devices on multiple media. In a table the status of the devices can be signaled by device, by group of devices and / or for all the devices in the table.
  • the signaling can be done locally on monitoring modules in the form of LEDs, outputs of relay contacts and / or in a form reported by means of communication with a central display or report states.

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