ROBERT LEE, LMT
Medical Practice at 13 St, Gainesville, FL

5525898, Jun 11, 1996

Dec 16, 1994

8/357600

Robert E. Lee - Ocala FL
Gregory P. Lavoie - Lee NH

General Electric Company - New York NY

G01R 700, G01R 1132

324142

A programmable multi-channel load profile recorder includes a plurality of memory-based tables, such as a load profile configuration table, a plurality of channel and display configuration tables and an operations table, which can be updated when the recorder is reprogrammed in the field to record additional channels of metering quantities or reconfigured with new formulas. The load profile configuration table containing entries therein for each of a plurality of user-selected metering quantities to be recorded. The plurality of channel and display configuration tables contain parameter data and the operations table contains pointers therein to respective memory-based operation modules, each of which contains executable instructions therein. The metering quantities can be quantities such as watt-hours (Wh), var-hours (Vh), volt-ampere-hours (VAh), volt. sup. 2 -hours (V. sup.

5546318, Aug 13, 1996

Dec 16, 1994

8/357583

Robert E. Lee - Ocala FL

General Electric Company - New York NY

G01R 1154

364483

A method of generating electrical energy metering quantities in a multi-channel load profile recorder includes the steps of sensing a line quantity such as a line current and/or a line voltage, during a load profile time interval. Non-derived electrical energy metering quantities such as watt-hours, var-hours, volt. sup. 2 -hours, ampere. sup. 2 -hours, etc. , are then generated upon completion of the load profile time interval. The non-derived quantities are determined from the sensed line quantities and are preferably stored in non-volatile programmable read-only memory (PROM) in the recorder. These steps are then repeated for each of the subsequent consecutive time intervals so that a load profile record or "database" of non-derived metering quantities can be established in the memory. This record can then be retrieved on a periodic basis by a utility field operator, preferably using a hand-held or portable programming unit such as a computer. At the time of retrieval, the internal load profile record is supplemented by the generation and transfer of derived electrical energy metering quantities, such as volt-ampere-hours (VAh) and power factor (PF).