PARALLEL ARC DETECTION USING DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM

• Main Authors: HALL SCOTT JEFFREY, CHANGALI SRIRAM, GRIGORYAN KONSTANTIN V, HOOKER JOHN KENNETH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.07.2010
• Subjects: CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS; GENERATION; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PHYSICS; TESTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus that performs parallel arc fault current interruption (AFCI). SOLUTION: The apparatus includes a current sensing device, disposed in an electrical circuit to sense an electrical load and generate an output signal, indicating a load current passing throug...