Inverter power cabinet

• US 10,462,938 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2018
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wan, Rubin, Wang, Xiaohu, Tan, Jun, Zhu, Qiyao, Zheng, Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): Buttar, Mandeep S
• Application Number:
  US15/987,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20180352685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: 361695
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20154 Heat dissipaters coupled to components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20172 Fan mounting or fan specifications
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20181 Filters; Louvers
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20572 within cabinets for removing heat from sub-racks, e.g. plenum
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/206 Air circulating in closed loop within cabinets wherein heat is removed through air-to-air heat-exchanger
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20909 Forced ventilation, e.g. on heat dissipaters coupled to components

Abstract

An inverter power cabinet includes a cabinet body and power devices arranged in the cabinet body. The cabinet body includes a low-protection grade installation cavity and an airtight high-protection grade installation cavity hermetically isolated from each other; the power devices include high protection grade power devices arranged in the low-protection grade installation cavity and low-protection grade power devices arranged in the high-protection grade installation cavity; the low-protection grade installation cavity has an outer cold air inlet and an inner hot air outlet in communication with outside world, and a first fan is provided in the low-protection grade installation cavity; and the inverter power cabinet includes a heat exchanger configured to dissipate heat of the high-protection grade installation cavity. The inverter power cabinet can avoid direct contact of the low-protection grade power devices with a harsh environment, thereby preventing the contaminated cold air from damaging the low-protection grade power devices.

Claims

1. An inverter power cabinet, comprising a cabinet body and power devices arranged in the cabinet body, wherein the cabinet body has a low-protection grade installation cavity and a high-protection grade installation cavity, the high-protection grade installation cavity is an airtight cavity;

the power devices comprise high protection grade power devices arranged in the low-protection grade installation cavity and low-protection grade power devices arranged in the high-protection grade installation cavity, wherein;

the low-protection grade installation cavity has an outer cold air inlet and an inner hot air outlet which are in communication with outside world, and a first fan is further provided in the low-protection grade installation cavity; and

the inverter power cabinet further comprises a heat exchanger configured to dissipate heat of the high-protection grade installation cavity; and

wherein at least one second fan is further arranged in the high-protection grade installation cavity; and

the cabinet body comprises a DC cabinet and an AC cabinet, wherein;

the DC cabinet has the low-protection grade installation cavity and a first high-protection grade installation cavity, and the low-protection grade installation cavity is hermetically separated from the first high-protection grade installation cavity;

the AC cabinet has a second high-protection grade installation cavity; and

the high-protection grade installation cavity comprises the first high-protection grade installation cavity and the second high-protection grade installation cavity.

2. The inverter power cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the first high-protection grade installation cavity and the second high-protection grade installation cavity are partitioned by a partition plate, and the partition plate is provided with an inner circulation air inlet and an inner circulation air outlet via which the first high-protection grade installation cavity is in communication with the second high-protection grade installation cavity;

and

the number of the heat exchanger is one, and the one heat exchanger is arranged on an AC cabinet door plate of the AC cabinet, and a heat dissipation passage of the heat exchanger is in communication with the second high-protection grade installation cavity.

3. The inverter power cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the first fan is a centrifugal fan;

and

the number of the at least one second fan is two, and the two second fans are respectively an inner circulation axial flow fan arranged in the first high-protection grade installation cavity and an inner circulation centrifugal fan arranged in the second high-protection grade installation cavity.

4. The inverter power cabinet according to claim 3, wherein the inner circulation centrifugal fan is arranged on the AC cabinet door plate, and the AC cabinet door plate is further provided with an inner circulation air duct via which an air outlet of the inner circulation centrifugal fan is in communication with an air inlet of the heat dissipation passage.

5. The inverter power cabinet according to claim 4, wherein the heat exchanger is an aluminum foil air-air heat exchanger;

and

the AC cabinet door plate is further provided with an outer circulation air duct configured to introduce cold air to fins of the aluminum foil air-air heat exchanger, and the outer circulation air duct has an outer circulation air inlet and an outer circulation air outlet which are in communication with the outside world, and an outer circulation centrifugal fan is arranged in the outer circulation air duct.

6. The inverter power cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the high-protection grade power devices comprise a reactor, a resistor, and a heat sink;

and

the low-protection grade power devices comprise;

an inverter module, a capacitor and a DC air switch component arranged in the first high-protection grade installation cavity, and

an AC capacitor, an AC breaker and an AC contactor arranged in the second high-protection grade installation cavity.

7. The inverter power cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the number of the DC cabinet is two and the two DC cabinets are respectively located at two sides of the AC cabinet.

8. The inverter power cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the outer cold air inlet is located at a bottom of a side wall of the low-protection grade installation cavity, and the inner hot air outlet is located at a top wall of the low-protection grade installation cavity;

an air-in louvered component is provided at the outer cold air inlet; and

a top air-out component is provided at the inner hot air outlet, and comprises an air-out louvered component and a labyrinthine passage arranged at an inside of the air-out louvered component.