No-break power supply

• US 5,949,662 A
• Filed: 09/14/1998
• Issued: 09/07/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Masterguard GmbH (Vertiv Holdings Co.)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Humpfner, Roland, Buttner, Karl-Heinz, Fleisch, Karl, Boldin, Detlef
• Primary Examiner(s): BERHANE, ADOLF D
• Application Number:
  US09/078,000
• Time in Patent Office: 358 Days
• Field of Search: 363/34, 363/37, 363/39, 363/50, 363/51, 363/9, 363/157, 307/66
• US Class Current: 363/37
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads

Abstract

An uninterruptable power supply device includes a mains commutation conductor, a voltage intermediate circuit converter having an associated control device, an output filter comprising a transformer with high leakage inductance and filter capacitors, a mains reset device having an associated control device, and a manual bypass switch. A frequency converter (32) from drive technology is used as the converter, an input filter is connected upstream of this frequency converter, and a battery coupling apparatus is connected to its DC busbar connections. In this way, it is possible an uninterruptable power supply device may be provided which uses the technical and economic synergies from drive technology using commercially available components from drive technology and using UPS-specific components.

Claims

1. An uninterruptable power supply device, comprising:

a mains commutation inductor coupled to a first mains system;

a voltage intermediate circuit converter coupled downstream from the mains commutation inductor and including a frequency converter drive device and a voltage busbar connection;

a first control device coupled to the voltage intermediate circuit converter;

an output filter coupled to the voltage intermediate circuit converter and including a first transformer, the first transformer including filter capacitors;

a mains reset device coupled to a second mains system and including a second control device;

a manual bypass switch switching the second mains system to a load arrangement;

a battery conductively coupled to the voltage busbar connection;

an input filter coupled to the frequency converter drive device and being upstream from the frequency converter drive device; and

a voltage-smoothing battery coupling apparatus arranged between the direct voltage busbar connection and the battery.

2. The uninterruptable power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the output filter includes a harmonic filter coupled to a second transformer, the second transformer being downstream from the harmonic filter and having a low leakage inductance.

3. The uninterruptable power supply device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a compensation capacitor coupled to the second transformer and being downstream from the second transformer.

4. The uninterruptable power supply device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an overvoltage protection arrangement coupled an input switch and the second mains system, the overvoltage protection arrangement being coupled downstream from the input switch and the second mains system.

5. The uninterruptable power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the uninterruptable power supply device has an input side and an output side, further comprising:

a first EMC filter coupled to the input side; and

a second EMC filter coupled to the output side.

6. The uninterruptable power supply device according to claim 4, wherein the overvoltage protection arrangement includes a varistor.

7. The uninterruptable power supply device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a further inductor coupled to the mains commutation inductor and the frequency converter drive device, the further inductor being coupled downstream from the mains commutation inductor and upstream from the frequency converter drive device.

8. The uninterruptable power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the frequency converter drive device includes the input filter and a harmonic filter.

9. The uninterruptable power supply device according to claim 4, wherein the frequency converter device includes an EMC filter.