UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES, SOLAR POWER KITS FOR UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES AND RELATED METHODS
First Claim
1. An uninterruptible power supply comprising:
- a power bus;
mains circuitry configured to rectify electrical energy received from a mains supply system into rectified electrical energy and to provide the rectified electrical energy to the power bus;
photovoltaic circuitry configured to convert solar energy into converted electrical energy and to provide the converted electrical energy to the power bus;
a battery system configured to receive electrical energy from the power bus to charge a battery of the battery system and to discharge electrical energy to the power bus;
an inverter configured to provide electrical energy from the power bus to a load; and
a controller configured to monitor the photovoltaic circuitry and to implement at least one operation of the uninterruptible power supply using the monitoring.
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Abstract
Uninterruptible power supplies, solar power kits for uninterruptible power supplies and related methods are described. According to one aspect, an uninterruptible power supply includes a power bus, mains circuitry configured to rectify electrical energy received from a mains supply system into rectified electrical energy and to provide the rectified electrical energy to a power bus of the uninterruptible power supply, photovoltaic circuitry configured to convert solar energy into converted electrical energy and to provide the converted electrical energy to the power bus, a battery system configured to receive electrical energy from the power bus to charge a battery of the battery system and to discharge electrical energy to the power bus, an inverter configured to provide electrical energy from the power bus to the load, and a controller configured to monitor the photovoltaic circuitry and to implement at least one operation of the uninterruptible power supply using the monitoring.
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27 Claims
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1. An uninterruptible power supply comprising:
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a power bus; mains circuitry configured to rectify electrical energy received from a mains supply system into rectified electrical energy and to provide the rectified electrical energy to the power bus; photovoltaic circuitry configured to convert solar energy into converted electrical energy and to provide the converted electrical energy to the power bus; a battery system configured to receive electrical energy from the power bus to charge a battery of the battery system and to discharge electrical energy to the power bus; an inverter configured to provide electrical energy from the power bus to a load; and a controller configured to monitor the photovoltaic circuitry and to implement at least one operation of the uninterruptible power supply using the monitoring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An uninterruptible power supply comprising:
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mains circuitry configured to rectify electrical energy received from a mains supply system into rectified electrical energy and to provide the rectified electrical energy to supply circuitry of the uninterruptible power supply; photovoltaic circuitry configured to convert solar energy into converted electrical energy and to provide the converted electrical energy to the supply circuitry; a battery system configured to receive electrical energy from the supply circuitry to charge a battery of the battery system and to discharge electrical energy to the supply circuitry; an inverter configured to provide electrical energy from the supply circuitry to a load during periods of time when the rectifier is providing the rectified electrical energy and during periods of time when the rectifier is not providing the rectified electrical energy; and a controller configured to monitor the photovoltaic circuitry and to implement at least one operation of the uninterruptible power supply using the monitoring.
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20. An uninterruptible power supply comprising:
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a power bus; a rectifier configured to rectify electrical energy from a mains supply system into rectified electrical energy and to provide the rectified electrical energy to the power bus; photovoltaic circuitry configured to convert solar energy into converted electrical energy and to provide the converted electrical energy to the power bus; a battery system configured to receive electrical energy from the power bus to charge a battery of the battery system and to discharge electrical energy to the power bus; an inverter configured to provide electrical energy from the power bus to a load; and a controller configured to monitor the uninterruptible power supply and to control an amount of the converted electrical energy provided by the photovoltaic circuitry to the power bus using the monitoring. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A solar power kit for an uninterruptible power supply comprising:
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at least one photovoltaic panel configured to convert solar energy into electrical energy; a dc-to-dc converter coupled with the photovoltaic panel and configured to convert a voltage of the electrical energy from the photovoltaic panel to a different voltage to provide converted electrical energy; and interface circuitry configured to couple with a power bus of an uninterruptible power supply and to provide the converted electrical energy to the power bus of the uninterruptible power supply. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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