Patent ID: 7667353
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G01R,H02J,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A capacitor bank status monitoring, control and reporting system for use with a capacitor bank with “wye”-connected capacitors having a common neutral confluence and that can be switched in and out of a multi-phase high-voltage power distribution system, the system comprising: a first sensor that detects the current flowing between the common neutral confluence of the capacitors and a common neutral wire of the distribution system; a second sensor that detects the voltage of at least one sensed phase of the distribution system; an electrical device that controls the switched state of at least one of the capacitors; a controller, responsive to the first and second sensors, for providing reporting information concerning the status of the capacitor bank and concerning the determined voltage; and a wireless communications system for transmitting the reporting information to a remote location, and receiving information from the remote location and providing it to the controller.