发明名称 Apparatus for synchronizing uninterruptible power supplies
摘要 An Intelligent Synchronization Module (ISM) for an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system for servicing a load is disclosed. The UPS system has at least one of a first UPS group and a second separate and independent UPS group, each of the first and second UPS groups having a master UPS. The ISM has a processing circuit and a storage medium, readable by the processing circuit, storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for: assigning the first UPS group the role of master group and the second UPS group the role of slave group; and, passing phase information relating to the master group to the slave group, thereby enabling the master UPS of the slave group to effect synchronization with the master group.
申请公布号 US8754544(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.06.17
申请号 US200511285587 申请日期 2005.11.22
申请人 General Electric Company 发明人 Colombi Silvio;Borgeaud Nicolas
分类号 H02J9/00 主分类号 H02J9/00
代理机构 General Electric Company 代理人 General Electric Company
主权项 1. An Intelligent Synchronization Module (ISM) for an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system for servicing a load, wherein the UPS system has a first UPS group having a first energy storage device, the first UPS group coupled to a first power source, and a second separate and independent UPS group having a second energy storage device, the second UPS group being coupled to a second power source, each of the first and second UPS groups having a master UPS, the ISM comprising: a processing circuit; and a storage medium, readable by the processing circuit, storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for: determining one of the first UPS group and the second UPS group to be a master UPS group, wherein the determination of the master UPS group includes a determination of the availability and quality of said first power source and said second power source;assigning the other UPS group the role of a slave UPS group; andpassing phase information relating to the master UPS group to the slave UPS group, thereby enabling the master UPS of the slave UPS group to effect synchronization with the master UPS group, wherein synchronization between the master UPS group and the slave UPS group is performed using a slow synchronization process and a fast synchronization process,wherein the slow synchronization process moves a frequency and a phase of the master UPS of the slave UPS group towards a frequency and phase of the master UPS group at a first rate, andwherein, when differences between the frequencies and phases of the slave UPS group and master UPS group are less than defined thresholds, the fast synchronization process is started and the frequency and the phase of the master UPS of the slave UPS group are moved until synchronous with the frequency and the phase of the master UPS of the master UPS group at a second rate that is greater than the first rate.
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