Arrangement for an uninterruptible power supply

• US 9,124,128 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2012
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AEG Power Solutions BV (3W Power Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: AEG Power Solutions BV (3W Power Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Martin, Xavier, Noack, Hendrik, Winkler, Detlef
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO
• Application Number:
  US13/439,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20130140898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,245 Days
• Field of Search: 307 64- 66
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/0073 for providing alternative feeding paths between load and source when the main path fails, e.g. transformers, busbars
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/4585 having a rectifier with controlled elements

Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for an uninterruptible power supply with a rectifier, an energy store, an inverter, a switching means and a controller. The rectifier is connected to a rectifier input to a supply grid (AC1). The energy store is connected to a rectifier output of the rectifier (1) and to an inverter input of the inverter. A network (AC3) to be protected or a load to be protected is connected to an inverter output of the inverter, wherein the rectifier input or a supply grid (AC2) is connected via the switching means to the inverter output, and wherein the rectifier, the inverter and the switching means is controlled by the controller, wherein the controller has two control parts which are constructed with redundancy, and wherein the rectifier and the switching means or the inverter and the switching means can be controlled simultaneously by the control parts.

Claims

1. A single uninterruptible power supply unit, comprising:

a rectifier (1),

an energy store (2) for storing electrical energy,

an inverter (3),

a switching means (4) and

a controller (5, 6),

wherein a rectifier input of the rectifier (1) is connected to a first supply grid (AC1), wherein the energy store (2) is connected to a rectifier output of the rectifier (1) and to an inverter input of the inverter (3),

wherein a network (AC3) to be protected or a load to be protected is connected to an inverter output of the inverter (3),

wherein the rectifier input or a second supply grid (AC2) is connected via the switching means (4) with the inverter output, and

wherein the rectifier (1), the inverter (2) and the switching, means (4) are controlled by the controller (5, 6), and

wherein the controller (5, 6) comprises two control parts (5, 6) which are constructed with redundancy, and the rectifier (1) and the switching means (4) or the inverter (3) and the switching means (4) are simultaneously controlled by the control parts (5, 6).

2. The unit according to claim 1. wherein the control parts (5,6) are identically constructed circuit arrangements.

3. The unit according to claim 1, wherein the control pans (5, 6) are programmed, configured or connected to the remaining via outputs, wherein a first control part (5) of the control parts (5, 6) is programmed, configured or connected to the remaining unit via outputs so that, when the first control part (5) is undisturbed, at least the rectifier (1) is controlled by the first control part (5), and wherein a second control part (6) of the control parts (5, 6) is programmed, configured or connected to the remaining unit via outputs so that, when the second control part (6) is undisturbed, at least the inverter (3) is controlled by the second control part (6).

4. The unit according to claim 3, wherein the control parts (5, 6) are programmed, configured or connected to the remaining unit via outputs such that, when the first control pan (5) is disturbed, the inverter (3) and the switching means (4) are controlled by the second control part (6), and when the second control part (6) is disturbed, the rectifier (1) and switching means (4) are controlled by the first control pan (5).

5. The unit according to claim 1, wherein the single uninterruptible power supply unit comprises a first auxiliary current supply (8) and a second auxiliary current supply (9), each of the first auxiliary current supply (8) and the second auxiliary current supply (9) having a first output and a second output, at which an auxiliary voltage is tapped, wherein the first output of each of the first auxiliary current supply (8) and the second auxiliary current supply (9) is connected to an input for supplying auxiliary current to the first control part (5) and the second output of each of the first, auxiliary current supply (8) and the second auxiliary current supply (9) is connected to an input for supplying auxiliary current to the second control part (6).

6. The unit according to claim 5, wherein the first auxiliary current supply (8) and the second auxiliary current supply (9) are identically constructed circuit arrangements.

7. The unit according to claim 5, wherein each of the first auxiliary current supply (8) and the second auxiliary current supply (9) has a first input connecting to the rectifier input, a second input connecting to the inverter output, and a third input connecting the energy store (2).

8. The unit according to claim 1, wherein the unit comprises sensors (10) for measuring voltages and/or currents, wherein each sensor (10) is connected via a sensor output of the sensor (10) to exactly one control part (5, 6) and that each sensor is configured to convert a parameter to be measured into a low-voltage signal.

9. The unit according to claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the sensors (10) are associated with one another in pairs, wherein the sensors (10) of a sensor pair are connected to contacts or lines of the unit for measuring the same electrical parameter, and wherein one sensor (10) of a sensor pair is connected to the first control part (5) and the other sensor (10) of a sensor pair is connected to the second control part (6).

10. The unit according to claim 8, wherein the sensors (10) are configured to measure the voltage at the rectifier input, at the rectifier output, at the energy store (2), at the inverter input, at the inverter output, at the side of the switching means facing the second supply grid (AC2) and/or at the side of the switching means (4) facing the network (AC3) to be protected or the load to be protected,

11. The unit according to claim 8, wherein the sensors (10) are identically constructed circuit arrangements.

12. The unit according to claim 1, wherein the control parts (5, 6) are connected to one another by a communication bus.

13. The unit according to claim 1, wherein the control parts (5, 6) are programmed, configured or connected via outputs to the remaining unit, such that when the first control part (5) is disturbed, the inverter (3), the rectifier (1) and the switching means (4) are controlled by the second. control part (6) and/or when the second control part (6) is disturbed, the inverter (3), the rectifier (1) and the switching means (4) is controlled by the first control part (5).

14. The unit according to claim 1, wherein the control parts are connected to one another via a communication bus.

15. The unit according to claim 12, wherein the communication bus is a CAN bus (8).