ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AN INSTALLATION WITH ALTERNATING CURRENT

• US 20110215647A1
• Filed: 03/02/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Le Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
• Original Assignee: Bull Sas (Atos SE)
• Inventors: LECOURTIER, George, Cargemel, Laurent
• Granted Patent: US 8,704,404 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/66
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/061 for DC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads

Abstract

An electrical assembly including an installation having an alternating current power supply port and at least one electrical system, and a device for supplying without interruption with alternating current the power supply port. The uninterruptible power supply device includes a first circuit for electrically connecting the power supply port to an alternating current power supply network, and a back up device including a rectifier, means for charging, storing and discharging electrical energy, and an inverter, connectable to the power supply port. The back up device is arranged in a second alternating current power supply circuit connectable to the power supply port in a by-pass of the first circuit. The uninterruptible power supply device includes a switch to connect selectively the first or the second circuit to the power supply port as a function of a state of the power supply of the electrical system in the installation.

Claims

1. An electrical assembly comprising an installation comprising an alternating current power supply port and at least one electrical system, and a device for supplying without interruption with alternating current the power supply port, the uninterruptible power supply device comprising:

a first circuit for electrically connecting the alternating current power supply port of the installation to an alternating current power supply network; and

a back up device comprising a rectifier means for charging, storing and discharging electrical energy, and an inverter connectable to the alternating current power supply port of the installation,

wherein the back up device is arranged in a second alternating current supply circuit connectable to the alternating current power supply port in a by-pass of the first circuit,

wherein the uninterruptible power supply device comprises a switch arranged and commanded to connect selectively the first or the second circuit to the alternating current power supply port as a function of a state of the power supply of the electrical system in the installation,

wherein each electrical system of the installation consumes direct current and is electrically connected to the alternating current power supply port through a direct current power supply device with AC/DC conversion,

wherein the switch is commanded to connect selectively the first or the second circuit to the alternating current power supply port as a function of a state of the supply with direct current of the electrical system in the installation, and

wherein the installation further comprises at least one module for managing the power supply of the electrical system designed to transmit an information message on the state of the direct current power supply of the electrical system to a controller of the switch.

2. The electrical assembly according to claim 1, further comprising an alternating current circuit breaker arranged electrically at the output of the first and second circuits.

3. The electrical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the installation further comprises at least one additional back up device, comprising means for charging, storing and discharging electrical energy, and electrically by-pass connected between the direct current power supply device and the electrical system supplied by said power supply device with direct current, the additional back up device being designed to transmit a warning signal in situation of discharge to the management module, said warning signal participating in a definition of a state of the direct current power supply of the electrical system in the installation.

4. The electrical assembly according to claim 3, wherein the management module is connected, by means of a numerical data transmission bus, to the direct current power supply device to the additional back up device to the electrical system and to the controller so as to receive and transmit information or command data from and to said direct current power supply device, said additional back up device, said electrical system, and said controller.

5. The electrical assembly according to claim 3, wherein the electrical energy storage means of the additional back up device comprises at least one electrochemical double layer supercapacitor.

6. The electrical assembly according to claim 5, wherein the electrical energy storage means of the additional back up device comprises at least one circuit of supercapacitors arranged in series.

7. The electrical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the installation comprises a computing centre and the electrical system comprises an information processing system with at least one computer supplied with extra-low voltage of said computing centre.

8. A method of supplying without interruption an electrical supply port of an installation with alternating current comprising at least one electrical system connected to the power supply port, comprising the steps of:

supplying the installation with alternating current by default by means of a first circuit for which electrically connect the electrical power supply port to an alternating current power supply network;

supplying the installation with alternating current by means of a back up device comprising a rectifier means for charging, storing and discharging electrical energy, and an inverter electrically arranged between the alternating current power supply network and the power supply port of the installation in the event of malfunction of the power supply by default,

wherein the back up device is arranged in a second alternating current power supply circuit connected to the power supply port in a by-pass of the first circuit,

wherein the method further comprises a step of commutation by a switch between a power supply by the first or the second circuit as a function of a state of the power supply of the electrical system in the installation, each electrical system consuming direct current and being electrically connected to the power supply port through a direct current power supply device with AC/DC conversion,

wherein the method further comprises a step of transmitting, by a management module of the installation, an information message on the state of a direct current power supply of the electrical system to a controller of the switch, and

wherein the state of power supply of the electrical system in the installation is the state of direct current power supply of the electrical system in the installation.