Uninterruptible power supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9444286-B2
Application number	US-201114114533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2011
Priority date	Jun 9, 2011
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

An uninterruptible power supply system, including: a plurality of uninterruptible power supply devices which are connected in parallel with respect to a load, and switch between power supplies supplying power to the load depending on states of the power supplies; a control unit controlling an operation of switching between the power supplies by the uninterruptible power supply devices; and a storage battery connected to the plurality of uninterruptible power supply devices in common. The uninterruptible power supply device has a converter converting AC power of an AC power supply into DC power, a contactor switching between the DC power converted by the converter and DC power input from the storage battery, and an inverter inverting the DC power into AC power and supplying the power to the load. The control unit deactivates the converter which does not contribute to supplying a power amount required for the load, of a plurality of converters.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An uninterruptible power supply system, comprising:
a plurality of uninterruptible power supply devices which are connected in parallel with respect to a load, and switch between power supplies supplying power to said load depending on states of said power supplies;
a control unit controlling an operation of switching between said power supplies by said uninterruptible power supply devices; and
a storage battery connected to the plurality of said uninterruptible power supply devices in common,
said uninterruptible power supply device having
a conversion unit converting AC power of an AC power supply into DC power,
a switching unit switching between the DC power converted by said conversion unit and DC power input from said storage battery, and
an inversion unit inverting the DC power converted by said conversion unit or the DC power input from said storage battery into AC power and supplying the power to said load,

said control unit deactivating said conversion unit which does not contribute to supplying a power amount required for said load, of a plurality of said conversion units.

2. The uninterruptible power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein said control unit activates all of said conversion units, and thereafter compares a total power amount output by the plurality of said conversion units for supplying the power amount required for said load, with a total rated power amount output, when at least one of the plurality of said activated conversion units is deactivated, by remaining said conversion units, and
when said total power amount is smaller than said total rated power amount, said control unit deactivates at least one of the plurality of said activated conversion units.

3. The uninterruptible power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
said control unit activates a predetermined number of said conversion units, the predetermined number being not less than two, and thereafter compares a total power amount output by the plurality of said conversion units for supplying the power amount required for said load, with a first total rated power amount output by the plurality of said activated conversion units,
when said total power amount is not less than said first total rated power amount, said control unit activates said deactivated conversion unit until said total power amount becomes smaller than said first total rated power amount,
when said total power amount is smaller than said first total rated power amount, said control unit compares said total power amount with a second total rated power amount output, when at least one of the plurality of said activated conversion units is deactivated, by remaining said conversion unit, and
when said total power amount is smaller than said second total rated power amount, said control unit deactivates at least one of the plurality of said activated conversion units.

4. The uninterruptible power supply system according to claim 3 , wherein said control unit sets said predetermined number of said conversion units to be activated to half of a number of said conversion units of the plurality of said uninterruptible power supply devices.

5. The uninterruptible power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
said control unit activates one of said conversion units, and thereafter compares a total power amount output by the plurality of said conversion units for supplying the power amount required for said load, with a first total rated power amount output by the plurality of said activated conversion units,
when said total power amount is not less than said first total rated power amount, said control unit activates said deactivated conversion units one by one until said total power amount becomes smaller than said first total rated power amount,
when said total power amount is smaller than said first total rated power amount, said control unit compares said total power amount with a second total rated power amount output, when one of the plurality of said activated conversion units is deactivated, by remaining said conversion unit, and
when said total power amount is smaller than said second total rated power amount, said control unit deactivates one of the plurality of said activated conversion units.

Assignees

• Toyoda Masaru
• Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric Industrial Systems Corp

Inventors

• Toyoda Masaru

Classifications

• H02J9/062 Primary

  for AC powered loads · CPC title

• H02J3/46

  Controlling the sharing of generated power between the generators, sources or networks · CPC title

• H02J2105/12

  supplying households or buildings · CPC title

• H02J9/061 Primary

  for DC powered loads · CPC title

• Y10T307/62

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic