UNINTERRUPTIBLE COOLING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS

• US 20110203779A1
• Filed: 08/20/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Warwick Graham Andrew Dawes
• Original Assignee: Warwick Graham Andrew Dawes
• Inventors: Dawes, Warwick Graham Andrew
• Application Number:
  US12/860,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20110203779A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 165/121
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 2500/06 Damage
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 49/005 of safety devices F25B49/02 and F25B49/04 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads

Abstract

A cooling system and power control apparatus provides an uninterruptible power supply. In one embodiment, the uninterruptible power supply provides power to an air conditioning system for cooling telecommunications equipment in the case of an AC power failure. Embodiments of the present invention include a first port configured for coupling with a primary power supply; a second port configured for coupling with a secondary power supply, wherein the secondary power supply is a backup power source that allows the cooling system to operate when the primary power supply exceeds predetermined operating conditions. A power circuit including a DC bus delivers power from the first port and the second port to a plurality of switches for controlling cooling equipment. A control circuit is configured to control power flow from the first port and power flow from the second port to the DC bus and the first plurality of switches.

Claims

1. A cooling system comprising a compressor motor and a compressor operated by the compressor motor and a fan motor and fan operated by the fan motor, the cooling system comprising:

a first port configured for coupling with a primary AC power supply;

a second port configured for coupling with a DC secondary power supply, wherein the DC secondary power supply is a backup power source that allows the cooling system to operate when the AC primary power supply exceeds predetermined operating conditions;

a power circuit including a DC bus coupled to the first port and the second port via a boost input current shaping circuit, the power circuit configured to deliver power from the first port and the second port to the DC bus, the power circuit further including two pluralities of switches, the first plurality of switches configured to receive power from the DC bus and provide a first AC voltage to power the compressor motor, the second plurality of switches configured to receive power from the DC bus and provide a second AC voltage to power the fan motor.

a DC/DC converter configured to galvanically isolate the DC secondary power supply at the second port from the primary AC power supply at the first port and convert the voltage at the second port to a level suitable for input to the boost input current shaping circuit

at least one control circuit configured to control the first plurality of switches such that the voltage and frequency of the first AC voltage provided controls the speed of the compressor motor, the at least one control circuit further configured to control the second plurality of switches such that the voltage and frequency of the second AC voltage provided controls the speed of the fan motor, the at least one control circuit further configured to control power flow from the first port and power flow from the second port to the DC bus, the at least one control circuit further configured to control the boost input current shaping circuit to maintain input current proportional to input voltage and control the DC bus voltage.

2. The cooling system of claim 1, wherein the power circuit further includes an input rectification circuit and a changeover relay that alternately connects to the AC supply from the first port and the DC supply from the second port, wherein the changeover relay connects between the first port and the input rectification circuit when the cooling system operates from the AC primary power supply and the changeover relay connects between the output of the DC/DC converter and the input rectification circuit when the cooling system operates from the secondary power supply.

3. The cooling system of claim 2, further including a second input rectification circuit and second DC bus powering a third plurality of switches, the third plurality of switches configured to receive power from the second DC bus and provide a third AC voltage to power a second fan motor, and whereby the input to the second input rectification circuit is connected in parallel with the input to the first input rectification circuit

4. The cooling system of claim 2, where the DC/DC converter is shut down before the changeover relay is operated such that the DC voltage and DC current that the relay contacts is required to break is reduced.

5. The cooling system of claim 1, wherein the power circuit further includes an input rectification circuit and a changeover relay that alternately connects to the AC supply from the first port and the DC supply from the second port, wherein the changeover relay connects between the output of the rectification circuit and the boost input current shaping circuit when the cooling system operates from the AC primary power supply and the changeover relay connects between the output of the DC/DC converter and the boost input current shaping circuit when the cooling system operates from the secondary power supply.

6. The cooling system of claim 1, wherein the at least one control circuit includes a circuit to adjust the speed of the compressor motor and the capacity of the compressor to control the temperature of the environment to be cooled.

7. The cooling system of claim 6 where the at least one control circuit further includes two indoor temperature setpoints which are selected based on the power source from which the cooling system is operating.

8. The cooling system of claim 1, wherein the at least one control circuit controls the boost input current shaping circuit such that the input current is proportional to the input voltage and the input current THD is reduced when operating from the first port coupled to the primary AC power supply.

9. The cooling system of claim 1, wherein the at least one control circuit controls the boost input current shaping circuit such that the input current is proportional to the input voltage and the low frequency input current is reduced when operating from the second port coupled to the DC secondary power supply.

10. The cooling system of claim 1, wherein the at least one control circuit further controls the speeds of the compressor motor and fan motor based on inputs including indoor temperature and outdoor temperature and indoor humidity.

11. The cooling system of claim 1 whereby the compressor motor is a DC brushless motor.

12. The cooling system of claim 1 whereby the fan motor is a DC brushless motor.

13. The cooling system of claim 1, wherein the at least one control circuit includes a source selector circuit to select operation of the cooling system from the first port or the second port based on operating conditions of the first port and the second port.

14. The cooling system of claim 1, where the DC/DC converter is operated with a fixed pulse width.

15. The cooling system of claim 14, where the boost input current shaping circuit controls the input current to the DC/DC converter by controlling the output current from the DC/DC converter.

16. A power control apparatus for delivering electrical power from a first power supply and a second power supply to an air conditioning system including a compressor and a fan, the power control apparatus comprising:

a first input port to receive power from the first power supply;

a second input port to receive power from the second power supply;

a DC/DC converter to provide power from the second power supply while providing galvanic isolation of the second power supply from the first power supply and voltage transformation of the second power supply;

a boost input current shaping circuit coupled to the first input port and the second input port, the boost input current shaping circuit having a DC bus;

a plurality of switches coupled to the first port and the second port by the boost input current shaping circuit, the plurality of switches configured to operate one or more cooling system devices; and

a control circuit configured to monitor power received from the first input, the control circuit further configured to monitor power received from the second input and selectively deliver power from either the first input or the second input based on predetermined operating conditions.

17. The power control apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a changeover relay coupling the input of the boost input current shaping circuit alternately to the first input port when the first power supply meets predetermined conditions and to the output of the DC/DC converter when the first power supply exceeds predetermined operating conditions.

18. The power control apparatus of claim 16, whereby the control circuit is further configured to control the boost input current shaping circuit to provide input current proportional to the input voltage with reduced input current THD while controlling the DC bus voltage to the desired level when operating from the first port and input current proportional to input voltage with reduced low frequency input current while controlling the DC bus voltage to the desired level when operating from the second port.

19. The power control apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a second input rectification circuit coupled to the first port and the second port, the second input rectification circuit having a second DC bus and a second plurality of switches connected to the DC bus and configured to operate one or more cooling system devices.

20. The cooling system of claim 19 where the fixed pulse width is close to 50%.