Process and apparatus for parallel control of tapped transformers

Claim 1

A process for parallel control in selected switched combinations of tap changers of a plurality of mutually parallel transformers switchable under load, said transformers having breaker and section switches in a two bus bar system with configurations representing respective settings of the transformers, each transformer further having a motor for driving the respective tap changer and a respective voltage regulator individual to the respective transformer and responsive to an output of the respective transformer and operatively coupled with the respective motor, said process comprising the steps of: (a) detecting in a parallel processor the respective configurations of said breaker and section switches from indication contacts thereof, thereby determining the respective settings of the tap changers of said transformers; (b) measuring in said voltage regulators actual values of amplitude and phase angle of voltage and current outputs of the respective transformer and supplying said values by serial data lines to said parallel processor; (c) automatically calculating in said parallel processor from said values and said settings of the respective transformers, a partial load current and a circulating reactive current for each transformer and, from the partial load currents and circulating reactive currents, an interference variable for each voltage regulator; (d) transmitting each partial load current and the respective interference variable to the respective voltage regulator from the parallel processor by said serial data lines; (e) from the partial load current and respective interference variable transmitted to each voltage regulator by said serial data lines from said parallel processor, automatically calculating in each voltage regulator an LDC variable for load-drop compensation; and (f) summing in each voltage regulator the respective measured voltage, interference variable and LDC variable to produce a controlled variable and regulating the respective transformer therewith.

Claim 4

A system for parallel control in selected switched combinations of tap changers of a plurality of mutually parallel transformers switchable under load, said transformers being breaker and section switches in a two bus-bar system with configurations representing respective settings of the transformers, each transformer further having a motor for driving the respective tap changer, said system comprising: a respective voltage regulator individual to the respective transformer and responsive to an output of the respective transformer and operatively coupled with the respective motor; a single parallel processor receiving inputs representing respective configurations of said breaker and section switches from indication contacts thereof, thereby determining respective settings of the tap changers of said transformer; and data lines serially connecting said parallel processor with all of said voltage regulators whereby actual values of amplitude and phase angle of voltage and current outputs of a respective transformer measured in said voltage regulators are supplied by serial data lines to said parallel processor and a partial load current and a circulating reactive current are calculated in said parallel processor and an interference variable is generated in said parallel processor for each voltage regulator and is transmitted to the respective voltage regulator by said serial data lines, each of said voltage regulators being constructed and arranged for calculating an LDC variable for load drop compensation from a respective partial load current and respective interference variable, and each transformer is controlled by the respective voltage regulator with a controlled variable formed by summing in the respective voltage regulator the voltage amplitude measured thereby, the interference variable transmitted thereto by said serial data lines and the LDC variable calculated therein.

Claim 5

A system for parallel control in selected switched combinations of tap changers of a plurality of mutually parallel transformers switchable under load, said transformers being breaker and section switches in a two bus-bar system with configurations representing respective settings of the transformers, each transformer further having a motor for driving the respective tap changer, said system comprising: a respective voltage regulator individual to the respective transformer and responsive to an output of the respective transformer and operatively coupled with the respective motor; a single parallel processor receiving inputs representing respective configurations of said breaker and section switches from indication contacts thereof, thereby determining respective settings of the tap changers of said transformer; and data lines serially connecting said parallel processor with all of said voltage regulators whereby actual values of amplitude and phase angle of voltage and current outputs of a respective transformer measured in said voltage regulators are supplied by serial data lines to said parallel processor and a partial load current and a circulating reactive current are calculated in said parallel processor and an interference variable is generated in said parallel processor for each voltage regulator and is transmitted to the respective voltage regulator by said serial data lines, each of said voltage regulators being constructed and arranged for calculating an LDC variable for load drop compensation from a respective partial load current and respective interference variable, and each transformer is controlled by the respective voltage regulator with a controlled variable formed by summing in the respective voltage regulator the voltage amplitude measured thereby, the interference variable transmitted thereto by said serial data lines and the LDC variable calculated therein.