Patent ID: 8190387

Claim:
A frequency measurement apparatus configured to protect a power system using a breaker, comprising: a reception unit configured to receive analog time-series data of an alternating current (AC) voltage signal; a converter configured to convert the analog time-series data to digital time-series data of the AC voltage signal; a calculating unit configured to calculate at least: an amplitude, a chord length and a rotation phase angle of a voltage rotation vector of the received AC voltage signal from the digital time-series data, the chord length and rotation phase angle being calculated by an integration method, a rotation phase angle increment based on an increment between a rotation phase angle of the AC voltage signal one step before and a current rotation phase angle of the AC voltage signal, and a dynamic frequency which is based on: (1) the calculated rotation phase angle increment and a previously calculated frequency in response to a frequency change rate not equaling or exceeding a predetermined threshold value, and (2) a previously calculated frequency in response to the frequency change rate equaling or exceeding the predetermined threshold value; and a transmitter configured to transmit a breaker trip command, responsive to the calculated dynamic frequency exceeding a second threshold value, to trip the breaker wherein the calculating unit is configured to calculate the dynamic frequency based on introducing a variable acceleration coefficient having a value that changes in accordance with the frequency change rate and, in an event that the frequency change rate is higher than or equal to the predetermined threshold value, the calculating unit is configured to determine the frequency change rate to be voltage fluctuation data, and latch the current frequency while, in an event that the frequency change rate is lower than the predetermined threshold value, reduces the variable acceleration coefficient at an initial cycle of an acceleration or a deceleration.