Uninterruptible power supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10763694-B2
Application number	US-201816017213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2018
Priority date	Aug 8, 2017
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

An uninterruptible power supply includes an AC power source that supplies AC power to a load and includes a main AC input power source, an electromagnetic contactor provided between the AC power source and the load and excited to be switched on or off, and a first switch that switches between a first AC voltage of the main AC input power source and a second AC voltage capable of being supplied independently of the first AC voltage so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An uninterruptible power supply, comprising:
an AC power source configured to supply AC power to a load and including a main AC input power source;
an electromagnetic contactor configured to be provided between the AC power source and the load and excited to be switched on or off; and
a first switch that switches between a first AC voltage from the main AC input power source and a second AC voltage capable of being supplied independently of the first AC voltage so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor,
wherein the AC power source further includes a bypass AC input power source, and
the electromagnetic contactor includes a first electromagnetic contactor configured to be provided between the main AC input power source and the load and a second electromagnetic contactor configured to be provided between the bypass AC input power source and the load,
the uninterruptible power supply further comprising:
a power storage that stores DC power; and
a power converter that converts the DC power from the power storage into AC power, wherein
the first switch includes a power converter-side switch that switches between the first AC voltage from the main AC input power source and the second AC voltage as an AC voltage from the power converter so as to excite the first electromagnetic contactor, and a bypass-side switch that switches between the first AC voltage from the main AC input power source and the second AC voltage as an AC voltage from the bypass AC input power source so as to excite the second electromagnetic contactor.

2. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 1 , wherein the power converter-side switch includes at least one switching relay, and the switching relay switches between the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor.

3. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 2 , wherein the power converter-side switch includes a first switching relay and a second switching relay, and
the first switching relay is turned on and the second switching relay is turned off so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor with one of the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage, and the first switching relay is turned off and the second switching relay is turned on so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor with the other of the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage.

4. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 3 , wherein
the first switching relay and the second switching relay are driven based on a common first drive voltage switching signal or a common second drive voltage switching signal,
the first switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal so as to be turned off, and is demagnetized based on the second drive voltage switching signal so as to be turned on, and
the second switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal so as to be turned on, and is demagnetized based on the second drive voltage switching signal so as to be turned off.

5. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 4 , wherein
the second switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal after a predetermined first shifting time from a time when the first switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal.

6. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 4 , wherein
the first switching relay is demagnetized based on the second drive voltage switching signal after a predetermined second shifting time from a time when the second switching relay is demagnetized based on the second drive voltage switching signal.

7. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 3 , wherein
a period, during which the first switching relay and the second switching relay are in an off-state when switching between the first AC voltage from the main AC input power source and the second AC voltage capable of being supplied independently of the first AC voltage so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor, is set.

8. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 1 , further comprising a second switch that switches an energization state between the first switch and the electromagnetic contactor.

9. An uninterruptible power supply, comprising:
an AC power source configured to supply AC power to a load and including a main AC input power source;
an electromagnetic contactor configured to be provided between the AC power source and the load and excited to be switched on or off; and
a first switch that switches between a first AC voltage from the main AC input power source and a second AC voltage capable of being supplied independently of the first AC voltage so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor;
wherein the first switch includes at least one switching relay, and
the switching relay switches between the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor,
wherein the first switch includes a first switching relay and a second switching relay, and
the first switching relay is turned on and the second switching relay is turned off so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor with one of the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage, and the first switching relay is turned off and the second switching relay is turned on so as to excite the electromagnetic contactor with the other of the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage,
wherein the first switching relay and the second switching relay are driven based on a common first drive voltage switching signal or a common second drive voltage switching signal,
the first switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal so as to be turned off, and is demagnetized based on the second drive voltage switching signal so as to be turned on, and
the second switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal so as to be turned on, and is demagnetized based on the second drive voltage switching signal so as to be turned off,
wherein the second switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal after a predetermined first shifting time from a time when the first switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal, and
wherein the electromagnetic contactor is a normal excitation electromagnetic contactor, and
the predetermined first shifting time is set such that a time period between a time when the first switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal to switch to an off-state and a time when the second switching relay is excited based on the first drive voltage switching signal to switch to an on-state is shorter than a recovery time from when the normal excitation electromagnetic contactor changes from an excited state to a demagnetized state until when the normal excitation type electromagnetic contactor switches to an off-state.

Assignees

• Fuji Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Hiroyuki
• Muratsu Hiroki

Classifications

• H02J9/068

  Electronic means for switching from one power supply to another power supply, e.g. to avoid parallel connection · CPC title

• H02J9/062 Primary

  for AC powered loads · CPC title