DAVID W FUGATE
Engineers in Cabot, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE051482E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Cabot, PA 16023
Professional information
Net Current Control Device
US Patent:
5536978, Jul 16, 1996
Filed:
Nov 1, 1994
Appl. No.:
8/332914
Inventors:
John H. Cooper - Murrysville PA
David W. Fugate - Cabot PA
Fred M. Dietrich - Saxonburg PA
David W. Fugate - Cabot PA
Fred M. Dietrich - Saxonburg PA
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
H04B 330
US Classification:
307 89
Abstract:
In an electrical power system for a residential building, a multi-conductor cable supplies power to loads in the residential building from a power supply. A net current returning from loads to the power supply via alternative conductive paths different from the neutral conductor in the cable creates a magnetic field in the vicinity of and inside of the residential building. A net current control device, including a ferromagnetic core, is attached to the multi-conductor cable in order to increase the impedance of the alternate conductive paths to the net current and to increase the net current flowing along the neutral conductor. Various modifications of the net current control device are disclosed.