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;
a controller configured to monitor the photovoltaic circuitry and to implement at least one operation of the uninterruptible power supply using the monitoring;
wherein the controller is configured to implement the at least one operation comprising calculating a remaining period of time the uninterruptible power supply can provide the electrical energy from the power bus to the load during an emergency mode of operation when electrical energy is unavailable from the mains supply system; and
a sensor configured to provide information regarding an amount of light present at the photovoltaic circuitry, and wherein the controller is configured to use the information regarding an amount of light present at the photovoltaic circuitry to determine the remaining period of time.
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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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23 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; a controller configured to monitor the photovoltaic circuitry and to implement at least one operation of the uninterruptible power supply using the monitoring; wherein the controller is configured to implement the at least one operation comprising calculating a remaining period of time the uninterruptible power supply can provide the electrical energy from the power bus to the load during an emergency mode of operation when electrical energy is unavailable from the mains supply system; and a sensor configured to provide information regarding an amount of light present at the photovoltaic circuitry, and wherein the controller is configured to use the information regarding an amount of light present at the photovoltaic circuitry to determine the remaining period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22)
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16. 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; a controller configured to monitor the uninterruptible power supply and to vary an amount of the converted electrical energy provided by the photovoltaic circuitry to the power bus as a result of the monitoring of the uninterruptible power supply; and wherein the controller is configured to monitor the power bus and to vary the amount of the converted electrical energy provided by the photovoltaic circuitry to the power bus as a result of the monitoring of the power bus. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 23)
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20. 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; 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; and a controller configured to access information regarding an electrical characteristic of the power bus and to control an amount of the converted electrical energy provided by the at least one photovoltaic panel to the power bus using the information regarding the electrical characteristic of the power bus. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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