IP Library Granted Patent US 9,203,266
Granted Patent B2
US 9,203,266 · App. 13/537,281 · Granted Dec 1, 2015

UPS system and method of supplying power to non-linear load

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,203,266
App. No.
13/537,281
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An UPS system and a method of supplying power to a non-linear load are provided. The UPS system may include a bypass module configured to supply a fundamental wave current to a non-linear load of the UPS system; and a power module configured to supply a harmonic current to the non-linear load when the bypass module operates normally.

Claims (49)

1. An un-interrupted power supply (UPS) system comprising:

a bypass module configured to supply a fundamental wave current to a non-linear load of the UPS system; and

a power module configured to supply a three-phase harmonic current to the non-linear load when the bypass module is supplying the fundamental wave current to the non-linear load,

the power module comprising:

a plurality of no-error adjusting units, each no-error adjusting unit corresponding to a rank harmonic of a phase and being configured to calculate an instantaneous value of the corresponding rank harmonic current of the corresponding phase to be compensated,

a first control board comprising:

an adder circuit configured to add the instantaneous values of harmonic currents of each phase to obtain a total instantaneous value of harmonic current for each phase; and

an adjuster configured to control corresponding inverter switches according to the total instantaneous value of harmonic current for the phases, respectively, to cause the inverter to output corresponding harmonic current.

2. The UPS system of claim 1 , wherein the power module comprises the inverter, and the UPS system further comprises:

a second control board configured to calculate harmonic currents of each phase,

wherein the first control board is configured to control the switching of the phases of the inverter according to the calculated harmonic currents of each phase to cause the inverter to output corresponding harmonic current.

3. The UPS system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a current sensor provided on each phase of an output power line of the UPS system and configured to detect a current of each phase of the load,

wherein the second control board is configured to calculate the harmonic currents of each phase based on the current of each phase of the load detected by the current sensor.

4. The UPS system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a current sensor provided on each phase of a bypass power line of the UPS system and configured to detect a current of each phase of a bypass in the UPS system,

wherein the second control board is configured to calculate the harmonic currents of each phase based on the current of each phase of the bypass detected by the current sensor.

5. The UPS system of claim 4 , wherein

the second control board comprises:

a phase locked loop configured to calculate a fundamental wave phase angle of bypass input voltages input into the bypass module; and

Fourier transformation units configured to calculate harmonic currents in the current of each phase of the bypass according to the fundamental wave phase angle of the bypass input voltages calculated by the phase locked loop and the current of each phase of the bypass detected by the current sensor, each rank harmonic current component of the harmonic currents comprises an active component amplitude value, a reactive component amplitude value, an active component phase and a reactive component phase.

6. The UPS system of claim 5 , wherein each no-error adjusting unit comprises:

an active amplitude value integrator, an input terminal of the active amplitude value integrator being set as “0” and a feedback terminal of the active amplitude value integrator receiving a quotient of the active component amplitude value divided by number of power modules;

a reactive amplitude value integrator, an input terminal of the reactive amplitude value integrator being set as “0” and a feedback terminal of the reactive amplitude value integrator receiving a quotient of the reactive component amplitude value divided by the number of power modules;

a first phase inverter, an input terminal of the first phase inverter being connected to an output terminal of the active amplitude value integrator;

a second phase inverter, an input terminal of the second phase inverter being connected to an output terminal of the reactive amplitude value integrator;

a first multiplier, a first input terminal of the first multiplier being connected to an output terminal of the first phase inverter and a second input terminal of the first multiplier receiving the active component phase calculated by the Fourier transformation unit;

a second multiplier, a first input terminal of the second multiplier being connected to an output terminal of the second phase inverter; and a second input terminal of the second multiplier receiving the reactive component phase calculated by the Fourier transformation unit; and

an adder, two input terminals of the adder being connected to an output terminal of the first multiplier and an output terminal of the second multiplier, respectively, and the adder outputting the instantaneous value of the corresponding rank harmonic current of the corresponding phase to be compensated.

7. The UPS system of claim 2 , wherein the second control board is provided in the bypass module and the first control board is provided in the corresponding power module.

8. The UPS system of claim 2 , wherein the second control board and the first control board both are provided in the corresponding power module.

9. A method of supplying power to a non-linear load for an un-interrupted power supply (UPS) system comprising a bypass module and a power module, the method comprising:

supplying a fundamental wave current to the non-linear load by the bypass module; and

supplying a harmonic current to the non-linear load by the power module when the bypass module is supplying the fundamental wave current to the non-linear load;

calculating instantaneous values of rank harmonic currents of phases by no-error adjusting units, respectively;

calculating a total instantaneous value of harmonic currents of each phase; and

controlling corresponding inverter switches based on the total instantaneous values of harmonic currents of the phases, respectively, to cause the inverter to output corresponding harmonic current.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein supplying a harmonic current to the non-linear load by the power module comprises:

calculating harmonic currents of the phases, respectively; and

controlling the corresponding inverter switches in the power module according to the calculated harmonic currents of the phases, respectively, to cause the inverter to output corresponding harmonic current.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein calculating harmonic currents of each phase comprises:

calculating a fundamental wave phase angle of bypass input voltages by using a phase locked loop in the UPS system; and

calculating harmonic currents in a current of each phase of the load based on the phase angle calculated by the phase locked loop and a current of each phase of the load detected by a current sensor provided on each phase of a bypass power line in the UPS system, each rank harmonic current component of the calculated harmonic currents comprising an active component amplitude value, a reactive component amplitude value, an active component phase, and a reactive component phase.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein calculating a total instantaneous value of harmonic currents of a phase comprises:

for each rank harmonic of the phase, performing integration for a quotient of the active component amplitude value of the corresponding rank harmonic of the phase divided by number of power modules in the UPS system according to a given value “0”;

inverting a result of the integration; and multiplying the inverted active component amplitude value of the corresponding harmonic current by the active component phase of the corresponding harmonic of the phase, to obtain an active component of an instantaneous value of the corresponding rank harmonic current of the phase;

performing integration for a quotient of the reactive component amplitude value of the corresponding rank harmonic current of the phase divided by the number of power modules according to a given value “0”, inverting a result of the integration; and multiplying the inverted reactive component amplitude value of the corresponding harmonic current by the reactive component phase of the harmonic of the corresponding phase, to obtain an reactive component of an instantaneous value of the corresponding rank harmonic current of the phase;

adding the active component and the reactive component of the instantaneous value of the corresponding rank harmonic current of the phase, to obtain the instantaneous value of the corresponding rank harmonic current of the phase to be compensated; and

adding the instantaneous values of the harmonic currents of the phase, to obtain a total instantaneous value of harmonic currents of the phase.

Assignments (8)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 3, 2020
From: ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; ENERGY LABS, INC.; VERTIV CORPORATION; VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 052076/0874 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2020
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: VERTIV CORPORATION (F/K/A ALBER CORP.); VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC. (F/K/A AVOCENT CORPORATION); VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC. (F/K/A AVOCENT FREMONT, LLC); VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC. (F/K/A AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC); VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC. (F/K/A AVOCENT REDMOND CORP.); ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; VERTIV CORPORATION (F/K/A EMERSON NETWORK POWER, ENERGY SYSTEMS, NORTH AMERICA, INC.); VERTIV CORPORATION (F/K/A LIEBERT CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 052065/0666 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2020
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY N.A.
To: VERTIV CORPORATION; VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC.; ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 052071/0913 →
SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 10, 2019
From: VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC.; VERTIV CORPORATION; VERTIV NORTH AMERICA, INC.; ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; VERTIV ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049415/0262 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 1, 2018
From: LIEBERT CORPORATION
To: VERTIV CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047400/0605 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 2, 2016
From: ALBER CORP.; ASCO POWER TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.; AVOCENT CORPORATION; AVOCENT FREMONT, LLC; AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC; AVOCENT REDMOND CORP.; ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; EMERSON NETWORK POWER, ENERGY SYSTEMS, NORTH AMERICA, INC.; LIEBERT CORPORATION; LIEBERT NORTH AMERICA, INC.; NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040797/0615 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 1, 2016
From: ALBER CORP.; ASCO POWER TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.; AVOCENT CORPORATION; AVOCENT FREMONT, LLC; AVOCENT HUNTSVILLE, LLC; AVOCENT REDMOND CORP.; ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC.; EMERSON NETWORK POWER, ENERGY SYSTEMS, NORTH AMERICA, INC.; LIEBERT CORPORATION; LIEBERT NORTH AMERICA, INC.; NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040783/0148 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2012
From: WAN, XUEWEI
To: LIEBERT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028468/0361 →