Modular power supply for distribution automation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9640990-B2
Application number	US-201314136729-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2013
Priority date	Jun 21, 2011
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

An exemplary power supply module for distribution automation includes a manner of connecting an input power source to a power supply module and connecting an output of the power supply module to external devices, a manner of regulating, a rectification module generating output DC voltage, a transformer having a primary side connected with the regulating component and one or more power input power sources, and a secondary side connected to the rectification module, a manner of voltage feedback means for providing a voltage feedback signal to the regulating component to regulate the output DC voltage, and a load share control module having a load share signal for controlling load sharing for the power supply module. The power supply module includes a filter amplifier for conditioning the voltage feedback signal, where the filter amplifier is connected in the secondary side of the transformer for reducing noise in the power supply module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply module for a distribution automation system, the power supply module being connectable in parallel and comprising:
a means to connect an input power source to the power supply module and to connect output of the power supply module to external devices;
a regulating means comprising a switching element which is controlled by a voltage error amplifier to regulate an output DC voltage;
a rectification module generating the output DC voltage;
a transformer having a primary side connected with the regulating means and one or more power input power sources, and a secondary side connected to the rectification module, wherein the switching element is adapted to control current on the primary side of the transformer;
a voltage feedback means for providing a voltage feedback signal to the regulating means to regulate the output DC voltage;
a load share control module having a load share signal for controlling load sharing for the power supply module; and
a filter amplifier for conditioning the voltage feedback signal in a voltage control loop, the filter amplifier being connected on the secondary side of the transformer for reducing noise in the power supply module;
wherein the filter amplifier on the secondary side of the transformer and the voltage error amplifier of the regulating means on the primary side of the transformer each have a different frequency response to achieve stability over a wide input voltage range and different input power sources for parallel connected power supply.

2. The power supply module of claim 1 , wherein the switching element is controlled through a conditioned voltage error signal from the voltage error amplifier in the primary side of the transformer.

3. The power supply module of claim 1 , wherein the voltage feedback means comprises a voltage divider having resistive elements.

4. The power supply module of claim 1 , wherein the filter amplifier attenuates high frequency noises appearing in the power supply module.

5. The power supply module of claim 1 , further comprising:
a health check module to generate a health status of the power supply module based on comparison of the output DC voltage and a signal derived from an equivalent rectification module connected at the secondary side of the transformer, wherein the equivalent rectification module has similar components to the rectification module.

6. A modular power supply system for a distribution automation system comprising:
a plurality of power supply modules having means to connect to one or more input power sources and to connect an output of each power supply module in parallel, wherein each power supply module is independent and has regulating means comprising a switching element which is controlled by a voltage error amplifier to regulate an output DC voltage, a rectification module for generating the output DC voltage, a transformer having its primary side connected with the regulating means and with the input power source, and having its secondary side connected to the rectification module, voltage feedback means for providing a voltage feedback signal to the regulating means to regulate the respective output DC voltage, and a load share control module for controlling load sharing;
a common output voltage bus connecting the respective output DC voltage from the plurality of power supply modules; and
a common current share bus connecting a load share signal for a respective load share control module from the plurality of power supply modules,
wherein at least one power supply module has a filter amplifier for conditioning a respective voltage feedback signal from the at least one power supply module, said filter amplifier being connected in the secondary side of the transformer for reducing noise in the modular power supply system, and the filter amplifier on the secondary side and the voltage error amplifier of the regulating means on the primary side each have a different frequency response to achieve stability over a wide input voltage range and different input power sources for parallel connected power supply.

7. The modular power supply system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of power supply modules are provided with independent input power sources for each of the power supply modules.

8. The modular power supply system of claim 6 , wherein at least two power supply modules from the plurality of power supply modules are provided with a common input power source.

9. The modular power supply system of claim 6 , wherein at least one power supply module from the plurality of power supply modules is provided with a backup battery input source.

10. The modular power supply system of claim 6 , wherein at least two power supply modules from the plurality of power supply modules are connected in parallel using a respective connecting means to connect their respective output DC voltage to the common output voltage bus and to connect a respective load share signal for a respective load share control module with the common current share bus without an additional setting or use of an additional device or an additional signal from the modular power supply system for proportional load sharing in said at least two power supply modules connected in parallel.

Assignees

• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Hardik Patel B

Classifications

• H02J1/00 Primary

  Circuit arrangements for DC mains or DC distribution networks · CPC title

• Y10T307/344

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y10T307/352

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H02J1/102

  being switching converters (H02J1/108, H02J1/12 take precedence) · CPC title

• G05F1/67

  to the maximum power available from a generator, e.g. from solar cell · CPC title