Patent ID: 9653918
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H02J

Claim:
1. An autonomous thermal event control and monitoring system for a number of network vaults including a first medium voltage feeder and a second medium voltage feeder of a network bus, the first medium voltage feeder including: a first network protector having a first thermal sensor outputting a first thermal sensor signal, the first network protector having a first network protector status and inputting a first network protector command, a first network transformer having a first sudden pressure sensor outputting a first sudden pressure signal, and a first medium voltage interrupter outputting a first medium voltage interrupter status and inputting a first medium voltage interrupter command, the second medium voltage feeder including: a second network protector having a second thermal sensor outputting a first thermal sensor signal, the second network protector outputting a second network protector status and inputting a second network protector command, a second network transformer having a second sudden pressure sensor outputting a first sudden pressure signal, and a second medium voltage interrupter outputting a second medium voltage interrupter status and inputting a second medium voltage interrupter command, said system comprising: a processor component comprising an enclosure, a processor within the enclosure, the processor including a routine, the processor having a first network protector status input, a second network protector status input, a first thermal sensor input, a second thermal sensor input, a first sudden pressure sensor input, a second sudden pressure sensor input, a first medium voltage interrupter status input, a second medium voltage interrupter status input, a first network protector command output, a second network protector command output, a first medium voltage interrupter command output and a second medium voltage interrupter command output; and a human machine interface communicating with said processor, wherein said processor component further comprises an input module associated with the first medium voltage feeder and the second medium voltage feeder, the input module being connected to the first network protector status input, the second network protector status input, the first thermal sensor input, the second thermal sensor input, the first sudden pressure sensor input, the second pressure sensor input, the first medium voltage interrupter status input, and the second medium voltage interrupter status input, and an output module associated with the first medium voltage feeder and the second medium voltage feeder, the output module being connected to the first network protector command output, the second network protector command output, the first medium voltage interrupter command output and the second medium voltage interrupter command output, and wherein said enclosure includes a first connector corresponding to the first network protector and the first network transformer, a second connector corresponding to the first medium voltage interrupter, a third connector corresponding to the second network protector and the second network transformer, and the fourth connector corresponding to the second medium voltage interrupter, each of said first, second, third and fourth connectors having a first portion internal to said enclosure and a second portion external to said enclosure, wherein the second portion of the first connector receives first cables connected to the first network protector and the first network transformer, the second portion of the second connector receives second cables connected to the first medium voltage interrupter, the second portion of the third connector receives third cables connected to the second network protector and the second network transformer, and the second portion of the fourth connector receives fourth cables connected to the second medium voltage interrupter, and wherein the first portion of the first connector, the first portion of the second connector, the first portion of the third connector and the first portion of fourth connector are connected to the input module and the output module in a manner such that the first and second thermal sensor signals, the first and second network protector statuses, the first and second sudden pressure signals and the first and second medium voltage interrupter statuses are provided to the processor through the input module, and the first network protector command is provided to the first network protector, the second network protector command is provided to the second network protector, the first medium voltage interrupter command is provided to the first medium voltage interrupter and the first medium voltage interrupter command is provided to the first medium voltage interrupter through the output module.