Direct current uninterruptible power supply system

• US 10,193,379 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2014
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jae Jin Lee, Sungchang Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Jae Jin Lee, Sungchang Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jae Jin, Ro, Sung Wan, Lee, Kyo Beum
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thienvu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stables, David M
• Application Number:
  US14/893,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20160094086A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,546 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/06 with automatic change-over , e.g. UPS systems
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/061 for DC powered loads

Abstract

Disclosed is a direct current uninterruptible power supply system. The direct current uninterruptible power supply system according to an embodiment of the present invention is electrically connected to a direct current power converter for converting commercial alternating current power to direct current power, in order to: supply the direct current power to a load and charge an auxiliary power supply device therein with the direct current power. In the case of a short circuit of the direct current power converter due to a current leakage or breakage of the direct current power converter, or if the direct current power converter is disconnected, the direct current uninterruptible power supply system enables the auxiliary power supply device to constantly supply power to the load while completely blocking the electrical connection to the direct current power converter.

Claims

1. A direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supply system provided with a first connection unit electrically connected to a DC power conversion system which converts prevailing alternating current (AC) power into DC power, an auxiliary power supply device charged with the DC power, and a second connection unit which is electrically connected to a load and supplies the DC power or power output from the auxiliary power supply device to the load, the DC uninterruptible power supply system comprising:

a charging portion which boosts a level of DC voltage power supplied from the DC power conversion system normally connected to the first connection unit and charges the auxiliary power supply device with the boosted DC voltage power;

a discharge portion which generates internal voltage power by stepping down a level of voltage power of the auxiliary power supply device;

a comparator which compares the level of the DC voltage power supplied from the DC power conversion system with a level of a set reference voltage and outputs a clear voltage or a set voltage according to a result thereof; and

a switchover portion which comprises a relay connected to the first connection unit, the second connection unit, and the discharge portion, in which due to disconnection of the DC power conversion system from the first connection unit and a damage or short circuit of the DC power conversion system, the set voltage is supplied from the comparator, thereby allowing the relay to be set in such a way that connection between the first connection unit and the second connection unit is cut off and the discharge portion and the second connection unit are connected to allow the internal voltage power generated by the discharge portion to be supplied to the second connection unit, and as the DC power conversion system is normally connected to the first connection unit, the clear voltage is supplied from the comparator to allow the relay to become in a clear state in such a way that connection between the discharge portion and the second connection unit is cut off and the first connection unit and the second connection unit are connected to supply the DC power supplied from the DC power conversion system to the second connection unit.

2. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 1, wherein the comparator outputs the clear voltage when the level of the DC voltage power supplied from the DC power conversion system is higher than the level of the set reference voltage and outputs the set voltage when the level of the DC voltage power is lower than the level of the set reference voltage.

3. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 2, wherein the clear voltage is greater than the set voltage.

4. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 2, further comprising a down voltage generation portion which generates down voltage power by stepping down a level of the internal voltage power,

wherein the down voltage power has a level lower than that of the reference voltage and is supplied to the second connection unit until the switchover portion receives the set voltage from the comparator and the relay is completely switched over into a set state from the clear state.

5. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary power supply portion which stabilizes the voltage power of the auxiliary power supply device to be uniform control power and supplies the control power to the comparator and the relay.

6. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 1, further comprising a switch which is connected to the auxiliary power supply device and controls connection between the discharge portion and the auxiliary power supply device.

7. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 1, wherein a case in which the DC power conversion system is normally connected to the first connection unit is a state in which the DC power normally output from the DC power conversion system is supplied to the second connection unit and the auxiliary power supply device through the first connection unit.

8. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 1, wherein a disconnection state of the DC power conversion system from the first connection unit is a state in which the DC power conversion system is disconnected from the first connection unit and the DC power normally output from the DC power conversion system is not supplied to the first connection unit.

9. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 1, wherein a damage state of the DC power conversion system is a state in which the DC power conversion system does not work and the DC power is not normally output.

10. The DC uninterruptible power supply system of claim 1, wherein a short-circuit state of the DC power conversion system is a state in which an anode and a cathode of the DC power conversion system short-circuit.