Power supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9906074-B2
Application number	US-201114237047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2011
Priority date	Sep 13, 2011
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A power supply system includes an uninterruptable power-supply apparatus supplying power to a load, a switch connecting a bypass power supply to the load, and a switching circuit turning the switch on when the uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is stopped. In a case where the uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is stopped, the switching circuit turns the switch on when a phase of an output voltage of the bypass power supply is equal to a phase of an output voltage of the uninterruptable power-supply apparatus at a stopped timing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power supply system, comprising:
an uninterruptable power-supply apparatus supplying power to a load, said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus including a converter converting an AC input power into a DC power and an inverter converting said DC power into an AC output power to supply said AC output power to said load;
a first switch connecting a bypass power supply to said load; and
a switching circuit turning said first switch on when said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is stopped, wherein
in a case where said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is stopped due to a failure of said inverter, said switching circuit turns said first switch on when a phase of an output voltage of said bypass power supply is equal to a phase of an output voltage of said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus at a stopped timing, and
wherein the switching circuit turns on said first switch at approximately the same time as when said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is stopped, and the bypass power supply is an AC voltage supply,
wherein said switching circuit includes
a first phase detector detecting a phase of an output voltage of said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus,
a storage storing the phase of the output voltage at a stopped timing of said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus,
a second phase detector detecting a phase of an output voltage of said bypass power-supply, and
a switch controller,
wherein said switch controller compares the phase of the output voltage of said uninterruptable power-switch apparatus stored in said storage with the phase of the output voltage of said bypass power-supply detected by said second phase detector, and turns on said first switch when the phase of the output voltage of said bypass power-supply matches with the phase of the output voltage of said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus, and
wherein said switch controller periodically acquires a value of the phase of the output voltage stored in said storage, and determines, based thereon, whether said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is operated or stopped.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus includes:
a synchronizing circuit for synchronizing an output voltage of said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus with an output voltage of said bypass power supply.

3. The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein
said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus further includes:
a second switch separating said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus from said load when said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is stopped, and
after said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is recovered, when a phase of an output voltage of said uninterruptable power-supply apparatus is synchronized with a phase of a voltage of said bypass power supply, said switching circuit turns said first switch off and turns said second switch on.

Assignees

• Kinoshita Masahiro
• Toshiba Mitsubishi Elec Ind

Inventors

• Kinoshita Masahiro

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

• Y10T307/735

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H02J2009/068

  Electricity · mapped topic