VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR GLEICHMÄSSIGEN VERTEILUNG EINER ELEKTRISCHEN LAST IN EINEM DREIPHASEN-ENERGIEVERSORGUNGSNETZ

摘要

An apparatus for and method of evenly distributing an electrical load across a three phase power distribution network. The current in each incoming phase and in each branch circuit is measured by a plurality of current sensors. The output of the current sensors are monitored by a processor. Associated with each branch circuit is a multi-pole switch and a conventional circuit breaker. Each switch is able to connect its corresponding branch circuit to any incoming phase or to disconnect the branch circuit from all three phases. The processor periodically monitors the current flowing through each incoming phase and based on branch circuit load conditions, reprograms the switches to keep the branch circuit loads evenly distributed across all three incoming phases. In another embodiment, a summing circuit combines the current capacities of all three incoming phases into a single summed output. This output is subsequently rectified and used to generate a single phase AC voltage which feeds all branch circuits in the system.