Device for detecting imminent failure of high-dielectric stress capacitors. [Patent application]
Abstract
A device is described for detecting imminent failure of a high-dielectric stress capacitor utilizing circuitry for detecting pulse width variations and pulse magnitude variations. Inexpensive microprocessor circuitry is utilized to make numerical calculations of digital data supplied by detection circuitry for comparison of pulse width data and magnitude data to determine if preselected ranges have been exceeded, thereby indicating imminent failure of a capacitor. Detection circuitry may be incorporated in transmission lines, pulse power circuitry, including laser pulse circuitry or any circuitry where capacitors or capacitor banks are utilized.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6292366
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; CAPACITORS; FAILURES; TESTING; DESIGN; HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATORS; LASERS; MICROPROCESSORS; POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; PULSE CIRCUITS; COMPUTERS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FUNCTION GENERATORS; MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; PULSE GENERATORS; 420800* - Engineering- Electronic Circuits & Devices- (-1989); 200300 - Electric Power Engineering- Power Transmission & Distribution- (-1989); 420300 - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)
Citation Formats
McDuff, G G. Device for detecting imminent failure of high-dielectric stress capacitors. [Patent application]. United States: N. p., 1980.
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McDuff, G G. Device for detecting imminent failure of high-dielectric stress capacitors. [Patent application]. United States.
McDuff, G G. Wed .
"Device for detecting imminent failure of high-dielectric stress capacitors. [Patent application]". United States.
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author = {McDuff, G G},
abstractNote = {A device is described for detecting imminent failure of a high-dielectric stress capacitor utilizing circuitry for detecting pulse width variations and pulse magnitude variations. Inexpensive microprocessor circuitry is utilized to make numerical calculations of digital data supplied by detection circuitry for comparison of pulse width data and magnitude data to determine if preselected ranges have been exceeded, thereby indicating imminent failure of a capacitor. Detection circuitry may be incorporated in transmission lines, pulse power circuitry, including laser pulse circuitry or any circuitry where capacitors or capacitor banks are utilized.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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