SYSTEM AND METHODS OF GRID STABILIZATION

• US 20160322861A1
• Filed: 12/31/2013
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: BUDDE, Kristian
• Granted Patent: US 10,491,034 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/061 for DC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/4208 Arrangements for improving power factor of AC input
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/04 by static converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/04 by static converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/44 by static converters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

According to various aspects and embodiments, a power device is provided. The power device includes an input configured to receive input power, and a controller coupled to the input. The controller is configured to sample a voltage waveform of the input power, compare the sampled voltage waveform with a sinusoidal reference waveform to determine a plurality of offset values, and shape an input current waveform of the power device to be substantially similar to the voltage waveform based on the plurality of offset values.

Claims

1. A power device comprising:

an input configured to receive input power;

a controller coupled to the input and configured to;

sample a voltage waveform of the input power;

compare the sampled voltage waveform with a sinusoidal reference waveform to determine a plurality of offset values; and

shape an input current waveform of the power device to be substantially similar to the voltage waveform based on the plurality of offset values.

2. The power device of claim 1, wherein each offset value of the plurality of offset values includes a difference between a sample of the sampled voltage waveform and a corresponding sample of the sinusoidal reference waveform, and wherein the controller is further configured to:

compare each offset value of the plurality of offset values to a corresponding entry in a reference table; and

update at least one entry in the reference table based on an offset value.

3. The power device of claim 2, wherein at least a fraction of the offset value is added to the at least one entry based on a configurable adaption speed parameter.

4. The power device of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine a plurality of target current values based on summing each entry in the reference table with a corresponding sample of the sinusoidal reference waveform.

5. The power device of claim 4, wherein each target current value of the plurality of target current values is adjusted based on a configurable weighting parameter.

6. The power device of claim 4, wherein the controller includes an inductive filter, and wherein the controller is further configured to adjust each target current value of the plurality of target current values using the inductive filter.

7. The power device of claim 4, wherein the power device is configured to draw each target current of the plurality of target current values over a first period of the input power.

8. The power device of claim 7, wherein at least one target current value of the plurality of target current values is adjusted based on the configurable adaption speed parameter between the first period and a second period of the input power.

9. The power device of claim 1, wherein the power device comprises an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).

10. A method for shaping an input current waveform of a power device, the method comprising:

sampling a voltage waveform of an input power;

comparing the sampled voltage waveform with a sinusoidal reference waveform to determine a plurality of offset values; and

shaping the input current waveform to be substantially similar to the voltage waveform based on the plurality of offset values.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

comparing each offset value of the plurality of offset values to a corresponding entry in a reference table; and

updating at least one entry in the reference table based on an offset value.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein updating at least one entry in the reference table based on the offset value includes adding at least a fraction of the offset value to the at least one entry based on a configurable adaption speed parameter.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining a plurality of target current values based on summing each entry in the reference table with a corresponding sample of the sinusoidal reference waveform.

14. The power device of claim 11, wherein determining the plurality of target current values based on summing each entry in the reference table with the corresponding sample of the sinusoidal reference waveform further includes adjusting each target current value of the plurality of target current values based on a configurable weighting parameter.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein determining the plurality of target current values based on summing each entry in the reference table with the corresponding sample of the sinusoidal reference waveform further includes filtering each target current value of the plurality of target current values using an inductive filter.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein shaping the input current waveform to be substantially similar to the voltage waveform based on the plurality of offset values further includes drawing each target current of the plurality of target current values over a period of the input power.

17. A power device comprising:

an input configured to receive input power;

a controller coupled to the input; and

means for progressively shaping an input current waveform of the power device to be substantially similar to a voltage waveform of the input power over at least two periods of the input power.

18. The power device of claim 17, wherein the means is configured to shape the input current based on a configurable adaption speed parameter.

19. The power device of claim 17, wherein the means is configured to shape the input current based on a configurable weighting parameter.

20. The power device of claim 17, wherein the means for shaping an input current waveform of the power device includes an inductive filter.