This application also claims priority to Taiwan Patent Application No. 104123588 filed in the Taiwan Patent Office on Jul. 21, 2015, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a power cable measurement device, in particular to a non-contact type power cable measurement device. The present disclosure further relates to the measurement method of the power cable measurement device.
In response to the trend of the global energy depletion, people pay more attention to energy-saving; thus, people usually need to measure the electricity information of power cables so as to understand the electricity consumption information and save cost.
The most frequently-used power cable in the industry is three-phase three-wire power cable; if the user wants to use a power cable measurement device to measure the electricity information of the three-phase three-wire power cable of a machine in order to monitor the operation status of the machine, the user should turn off the power supply of the machine in advance; therefore, the machine cannot operate normally during the monitoring process.
Currently, many power cable measurement devices are developed to measure the electricity information of power cables. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,373,238 provides a three-phase electrical power measurement system for measuring the electricity information of a three-phase electrical power cable; US patent publication No. 20110074328 provides a whole structure contactless power consumption sensor for measuring the current and the power of a power cable; U.S. Pat. No. 9,007,077 provides a flexible current and voltage sensor for measuring the voltage and the current of a power cable; US patent publication No. 20050156587 provides a current sensor for measuring the current of a power cable. However, the above power cable measurement devices still have many shortcomings to be overcome.
The present disclosure is related to a power cable measurement device. In one preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the power cable measurement device may include a casing, a plurality current sensing modules and a plurality of voltage sensing modules. The casing may be used to envelope a three-phase three-wire power cable. The voltage sensing modules and the current sensing modules may be disposed on the casing and spaced at regular intervals; any two adjacent current sensing modules may be divided by one voltage sensing module. The power cable measurement device can accurately estimate the input voltage and the input current of the three-phase three-wire power cable according to a characteristic curve database constructed by pre-measurement, the induced voltages of the voltage sensing modules and the induced voltages of the current sensing modules.
The present disclosure is also related to a power cable measurement method. In one preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the power cable measurement method may include the following steps: measuring the induced voltages of a voltage sensing module induced by different voltages, and measuring the induced voltage of a current sensing module induced by different voltages and different currents to construct a characteristic curve database; using the voltage sensing module to sense the input voltage of a three-phase three-wire power cable to generate a first induced voltage; using the current sensing module to sense the input voltage and the input current of the three-phase three-wire power cable to generate a second induced voltage; and calculating an estimation voltage and an estimation current according to the first induced voltage, the second induced voltage and the characteristic curve database.
Further scope of applicability of the present application will become more apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
The present disclosure will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present disclosure and wherein:
In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawing.
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In the embodiment, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device 1 may include three current sensing modules 11a, 11b, 11c and three voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c respectively. The included angle between the adjacent current sensing modules is about 120°; similarly, the included angle between the adjacent voltage sensing modules is about 120°. The voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c and the current sensing modules 11a, 11b, 11c are spaced at regular intervals, and any two adjacent voltage sensing modules are divided by one current sensing module, so the included angle between any one of the voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c and the adjacent current sensing module is about 60°. The current sensing modules 11a, 11b, 11c may be disposed at the left half side of the casing 10; the voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c are disposed at the right half side of the casing 10. However, in another preferred embodiment, the current sensing modules 11a, 11b, 11c and the voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c may be spaced at regular intervals and simultaneously disposed at the center of the casing 10. However, the above structure is just for example instead of limitation; the present invention will not be limited by the above structure design.
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Besides, the current sensing modules 11a, 11b, 11c and the voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c may be further connected to a processing module (not shown in the drawings); thus, the processing module may estimate the input voltage and input current of the three-phase three-wire power cable 2 according to the three first induced voltages of the voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c, the three second induced voltages of the current sensing modules 11a, 11b, 11c and a characteristic curve database so as to generate three estimation voltages and three estimation currents. In addition, the processing module may be further connected to a display module 13, which may display the three estimation voltages and the three estimation currents respectively. In this way, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device 1 can precisely estimate the input voltage and the input current of the three-phase three-wire power cable 2 without contacting the three-phase three-wire power cable 2. Therefore, it is not necessary to remove the PVC skin of the three-phase three-wire power cable or pull out the three-phase three-wire power cable from the distribution box.
It is worthy to point out that if the user needs to use a conventional power cable measurement device to measure the electricity information of the three-phase three-wire power cable of a machine, the user should remove the PVC skin of the three-phase three-wire power cable or pull out the three-phase three-wire power cable from the distribution box in advance; therefore, the power supply of the machine should be turned off, which is very inconvenient for the user and cannot satisfy the requirements of the industry. On the contrary, in one embodiment of the present invention, the user can use the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device to directly envelope the three-phase three-wire power cable of a machine so as to measure its electricity information; in this way, the user does not have to remove the PVC skin of the three-phase three-wire power cable and does not have to turn off the power supply of the machine, which is more convenient for the user and can satisfy the requirements of the industry.
Moreover, the user may need to connect the conventional power cable measurement device to a breaker box or other devices before using the conventional power cable measurement device to measure the electricity information of the three-phase three-wire power cable, which will increase the cost of the conventional power cable measurement device. On the contrary, in one embodiment of the present invention, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device can be independently installed on the three-phase three-wire power cable without connecting to a breaker box or other devices; thus, the cost of the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device can be reduced.
Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present invention, the current sensing modules and the voltage sensing modules of the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device have special structure design, which can effectively better the accuracy of the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device; accordingly, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device can achieve higher performance. As described above, the present invention definitely has an inventive step.
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The processing module may calculate the estimation voltages and the estimation currents of the three-phase three-wire power cable 2 according to the three first induced voltages o the voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c, the three second induced voltages of the current sensing modules 11a, 11b, 11c and a characteristic curve database; then, the display screen 131 of the display module 13 may display the estimation currents and the estimation voltages.
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For the purpose of precisely estimating the input voltage Vin and the input current Iin, the tester may measure the characteristic curves of the induced voltages of all current sensing modules 11a, 11b, 11c and voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c induced by different voltages and different currents within a certain distance via a pre-measurement process so as to construct the characteristic curve database.
For example, the tester may use the voltage sensing module 12a to sense the three-phase three-wire power cable 2 with different input voltages Vin and record the induced voltages Vv1 of the voltage sensing module 12a to construct a first characteristic curve formula F11, which may be “Vin=F11(Vv1)”. Similarly, the tester may construct the first characteristic curve formulas of the voltage sensing module 12b, 12c by the same process, which may be “Vin=F12(Vv2)” and “Vin=F13(Vv3)” respectively, as shown in
Next, the tester may use the current sensing module 11a to sense the three-phase three-wire power cable 2 with different input voltages Vin and record the induced voltages VIV1 of the current sensing module 11a to construct a second characteristic curve formula F21, which may be “VIV1=F21(Vin)”. Similarly, the tester may construct the second characteristic curve formulas of the current sensing module 11b, 11c by the same process, which may be “VIV2=F22(Vin)” and “VIV3=F23(Vin)” respectively, as shown in
Afterward, the tester may use the current sensing module 11a to sense the three-phase three-wire power cable 2 with different input current Iin and record the induced voltages VII1 of the current sensing module 11a to construct a third characteristic curve formula F31, which may be “Iin=F31(VII1)”. Similarly, the tester may construct the third characteristic curve formulas of the current sensing module 11b, 11c by the same process, which may be “Iin=F32(VII2)” and “Iin=F33(VII3)” respectively, as shown in
Finally, the characteristic curve database may be constructed by integrating the aforementioned characteristic curve formulas. Thus, when actually measuring the three-phase three-wire power cable 2, the processing module may estimate the input voltage Vin and input current Iin of the three-phase three-wire power cable 2 to generate estimation voltages VE1, VE2, VE3 and estimation currents IE1, IE2, IE3 according to the three first induced voltages Vv1, Vv2, Vv3 of the voltage sensing modules 12a, 12b, 12c, the second induced voltages VI1, VI2, VI3 of the current sensing module 11a, 11b, 11c and the characteristic curve database.
For example, when actually measuring the input voltage Vin and input current Iin of the three-phase three-wire power cable 2, the processing module may calculate the estimation value (i.e. estimation voltage VE1) of the input voltage Vin according to the induced voltage Vv1 of the voltage sensing module 12a and the first characteristic curve formula “Vin=F11(Vv1)”. Next, the processing module may calculate the induced voltage VIV1 of the current sensing module 11a induced by the input voltage Vin according to the estimation voltage VE1 and the second characteristic curve “VIV1=F21(Vin)”. Afterward, the processing module may deduct the induced voltage VIV1 of the current sensing module 11a induced by the input voltage Vin from the second induced voltage VI1 of the current sensing module 11a so as to obtain the induced voltage VII1 of the current sensing module 11a induced by the input current Iin (the second induced voltage VI1 of the current sensing module 11a is the sum of the induced voltage VIV1 of the current sensing module 11a induced by the input voltage Vin and the induced voltage VII1 of the current sensing module 11a induced by the input current Iin). Finally, the processing module calculate the estimation value (i.e. estimation current IE1) of the input current Iin according to the induced voltage VII1 of the current sensing module 11a induced by the input current Iin and the third characteristic curve formula “Iin=F31(VII1)”.
Similarly, the processing module may also calculate the estimation voltages VE2, VE3 of the input voltage Vin and the estimation currents IE2, IE3 of the input current Iin according to the first induced voltage VIV2, VIV3 of the voltage sensing module 12b, 12c, the second induced voltage VI2, VI3 of the current sensing module 11b, 11c and the characteristic curve database. As described above, the characteristic curve database constructed by the pre-measurement can accurately estimate the input voltage Vin and input current Iin of the three-phase three-wire power cable 2. However, the above method is just for example instead of limitation; the present invention will not be limited by the above method.
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In Step S101: measuring the induced voltages of a voltage sensing module induced by different voltages to construct a first characteristic curve formula.
In Step S102: measuring the induced voltages of a current sensing module induced by different voltages to construct a second characteristic curve formula.
In Step S103: measuring the induced voltages of the current sensing module induced by different currents to construct a third characteristic curve formula.
In Step S104: constructing a characteristic curve database according to the first characteristic curve formula, the second characteristic curve formula and the third characteristic curve formula.
In Step S105: using the voltage sensing module to sense the input voltage of a three-phase three-wire power cable to generate a first induced voltage.
In Step S106: using the current sensing module to sense the input voltage and the input current of the three-phase three-wire power cable to generate a second induced voltage.
In Step S107: calculating an estimation voltage and an estimation current according to the first induced voltage, the second induced voltage and the characteristic curve database.
In summation of the description above, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device and the measurement method thereof in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention may have the following advantages:
(1) In one embodiment of the present invention, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device is applicable to three-phase three-wire power cable; thus, its application range is more comprehensive.
(2) In one embodiment of the present invention, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device can directly envelope a three-phase three-wire power cable to measure the electricity information of the three-phase three-wire power cable without contacting the three-phase three-wire power cable; therefore, the user does not have to remove the PVC skin of the three-phase three-wire power cable, does not have to pull out the three-phase three-wire power cable from the distribution box or turns off the power supply of the machine, which is more convenient in use.
(3) In one embodiment of the present invention, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device can directly and contactlessly measure the electricity information of the three-phase three-wire power cable of a machine; thus, it is not necessary for the user to turn off the power supply of the machine when measuring its electricity information. In this way, the user can monitor the real-time operation status of the machine without influencing the operation of the machine, which can satisfy the requirements of the industry.
(4) In one embodiment of the present invention, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device can independently be installed at a three-phase three-wire power cable without connected to a breaker box or other devices; thus, the cost of the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device can be further decreased.
(5) In one embodiment of the present invention, the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device has special structure design, which can effectively enhance the accuracy of the non-contact type three-phase three-wire power cable measurement device to batter its performance.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodiments. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims and their equivalents.
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