Uninterruptible power supply apparatus

• US 7,579,714 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2005
• Issued: 08/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Denki Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Denki Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Okui, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ullah; Akm E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ramadan; Ramy
• Application Number:
  US11/032,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20060125448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,687 Days
• Field of Search: 320/138, 307/66, 307/64, 363/34, 363/37, 363/84, 363/95
• US Class Current: 307/64
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads

Abstract

An uninterruptible power supply apparatus, enabling to detect an interruption on a commercial power supply, with certainty, to be turned into a battery operation, but not due to a momentary voltage-drop, unnecessarily, comprises: a rectifier (REC) 210 for converting an AD power inputted from a commercial power supply 100 into a AC power; an inverter (INV) 220 for converting the DC electric power into a desired AC power, to be supplied to a load 300; a battery 230 connected between those; a controller circuit 250 for controlling those power converters; and further, an interruption detection circuit 260 made from a frequency detection circuit, as a means for detecting an abnormality on the AC power inputted from the commercial power supply, whereby detecting the interruption, without responding to the momentary voltage-drop, while the controller circuit has a limiter 253 for protecting the rectifier from overload when the momentary voltage-drop occurs.

Claims

1. An uninterruptible power supply apparatus, comprising:

a first power converter for converting an AC electric power inputted from a commercial power source into a DC electric power;

a second power converter for converting said DC electric power into a desired AC electric power, to be supplied to a load;

a storage means connected between said first power converter and said second power converter;

a means including a potential transformer, for detecting an abnormality on said AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source, wherein said means for detecting determines said abnormality to be a complete power interruption or a temporary voltage drop based on a comparison of an input frequency of said AC electric power to a threshold frequency;

a controller portion including a PWM circuit for controlling said first power converter, and for controlling said second power converter, wherein

said abnormality detecting means inputs a frequency of the AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source through said potential transformer, whereby detecting an interruption if the frequency of the AC electric power deviates from a predetermined value,

said controller portion continues to control said PWM circuit to let said first power converter supply current to said load based on an available input current from the commercial power source if said abnormality is determined to be the temporary voltage drop, and

said controller portion stops said PWM circuit from controlling said second power converter thereby supplying current from said storage means to said load if said abnormality is determined to be the complete power interruption.

2. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 1, wherein said controller portion comprises a means for limiting an increase of current within said first power converter accompanying with lowering of voltage of the AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source.

3. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 2, wherein said first power converter comprises a rectifier, said controller portion comprises a PWM circuit for controlling said rectifier, and further said limiting means limits a value of an instruction signal inputted into said PWM circuit.

4. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 1, wherein said abnormality detecting means detects the interruption when the AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source down to about 80-90% in the frequency thereof.

5. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 1, wherein said storage means comprises a battery.

6. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 1, wherein said storage means comprises a capacitor.

7. An uninterruptible power supply apparatus, comprising:

a first power converter for converting an AC electric power inputted from a commercial power source into a DC electric power;

a second power converter for converting said DC electric power into a desired AC electric power, to be supplied to a load;

a storage means connected between said first power converter and said second power converter;

a means including a potential transformer, for detecting an abnormality on said AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source and determining if said abnormality is a complete power interruption or temporary voltage drop based on only a frequency of the AC electric power; and

a controller portion, including a PWM circuit, for controlling said first power converter, and for controlling said second power converter,

wherein said controller portion continues to control said PWM circuit to let said first power converter supply current based on an available input current from the commercial power source if said abnormality is determined to be the temporary voltage drop

wherein said controller portion stops said PWM circuit from controlling said second power converter thereby supplying current from said storage means to said load if said abnormality is determined to be the complete power interruption, and

wherein said controller portion further comprises a means for limiting an increase of current within said first power converter accompanying with lowering of voltage of the AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source.

8. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 7, wherein said current limiting means of said controller portion limits the current within a range of capacity of a rectifier, which builds up said first power converter for converting the AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source into the DC electric power.

9. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 8, wherein said first power converter comprises a rectifier, said controller portion comprises a PWM circuit for controlling said rectifier, and further said limiting means limits a value of an instruction signal inputted into said PWM circuit.

10. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 7, wherein said abnormality detecting means detects the interruption when the AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source down to about 80-90% in the frequency thereof.

11. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 7, wherein said storage means comprises a battery.

12. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 7, wherein said storage means comprises a capacitor.

13. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 11, wherein said abnormality detecting means comprises a frequency detection circuit.

14. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 11, wherein said abnormality detecting means comprises a potential transformer.

15. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus, as described in the claim 11, wherein said abnormality detecting means detects the interruption when the AC electric power inputted from said commercial power source down to about 80-90% in the frequency thereof.