This invention relates to switching circuits. More specifically, effectively switching on and off a capacitor or capacitor bank within a closed system. This invention is applicable to various applications such as arc welding, magnetizing materials, and switching capacitors.
Traditionally electronic switches have been unable to switch high-energy loads effectively resulting in damage to the switch, the capacitor, and the devices to which power is being provided. Effective resolution of this problem has been too costly and, without a switch that could effectively switch high-energy capacitors in and out of a circuit, the state of the art has been unable to provide suitable avenues of controlling the power imbalance issues and other related problems. The state of the art today, and for the past several decades, has been to use switch circuits that require a certain amount of current to bias their base and this current is typically used to induce the line voltage. Consequently, it was impossible not to cause damage to switches, capacitors and even motors simply because there was no way to effectively switch capacitance in and out of high power circuits in such a way to efficiently resolve imbalance and harmonics issues.
Currently there are no high-energy power line capacitor switching systems that match the voltage across a capacitor to the line voltage at the time the switch contact is made. In addition, there is no practical way that a capacitor can be discharged rapidly so that it can to switched on and rapidly charged, or that guarantees that the capacitor is kept in its discharge state in the event of a power loss.
The ever-increasing demand for electrical energy has triggered greater efforts to attain higher efficiency in every aspect of energy switching in the electrical power industry. Many providers and regulators have sought to address the ever-increasing demand and rising cost by looking at power factor correction (reactive power) and more importantly, load imbalance correction and harmonic distortion remedies. As we have experienced there have been many efforts to increase efficiency, reduce power consumption, and mitigate power delivery costs but these efforts have not effectively addressed the growing problem described above.
Thus, there is a need in the art for a novel, high-energy switching circuit that reduces energy consumption by high power loads.
The present invention provides a novel switching circuit that can safely transfer energy from e an electrical power source to a load while overcoming the above described and other deficiencies of conventional circuit protection devices and power switching devices.
The invention comprises a resister along with a high-energy triac switch, which in combination together, achieve the desired means of releasing capacitance when required to correct for imbalance and harmonic distortion.
This invention allows for use in a variety of electrical systems where high-energy capacitance is utilized. Thus the scope of the disclosed invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents, rather than the examples given.
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The present invention provides a novel capacitor switching system that can safely transfer energy from a source to a load while overcoming the deficiencies of conventional circuit protection devices and switching devices.
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While what has been described herein is a preferred embodiment of the invention those skilled in the art will understand that numerous changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
This application claims priority to U.S. Ser. No. ______ entitled “Dynamic High Energy Power Line Capacitor Switching System”, filed on Feb. 11, 2012, naming Hamid Pishdadian of Warwick, R. I. as inventor, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.