| abstract |
The invention relates to a device (EMU) for emulating a bimetallic strip, the emulating device (EMU) comprising a current sensor (CC) able to measure a line current (I P ) flowing through the emulating device (EMU), the emulating device (EMU) being able to deliver a value representative of a time-cumulative thermal state (Eth_n) reached at the time t, which value is called the cumulative thermal state (Eth_n), by recurrently adding a value representative of an initial thermal state (Eth_i), which value is called the initial thermal state (Eth_i), and a value representative of a current thermal state (Eth_on, Eth_off), which value is called the current thermal state (Eth_on, Eth_off), said state being determined depending on the line current (I P ). |