Uninterruptible power supply
A bidirectional chopper selectively performs a charging operation and a discharging operation, the charging operation being an operation in which a part of DC power generated by a converter is stored in a power storage device, the discharging operation being an operation in which DC power of the power storage device is supplied to an inverter. A control circuit controls the bidirectional chopper to perform the discharging operation when a power failure of a power system occurs. The control circuit controls the bidirectional chopper based on a system frequency detected by a frequency detector when the power system is normal. The control circuit controls the bidirectional chopper to perform the charging operation in response to an increase in the system frequency, and to perform the discharging operation in response to a decrease in the system frequency.
1. An uninterruptible power supply comprising:
a power conversion device connected between a power system and a load;
a frequency detector that detects a system frequency, the system frequency being a frequency of an AC voltage on the power system; and
a controller that controls the power conversion device, wherein
the power conversion device includes:
a converter that converts AC power supplied from the power system into DC power;
an inverter that converts DC power supplied from the converter or a power storage device into AC power and supplies the AC power to the load; and
a bidirectional chopper that selectively performs a charging operation and a discharging operation, the charging operation being an operation in which a part of the DC power generated by the converter is stored in the power storage device, the discharging operation being an operation in which the DC power of the power storage device is supplied to the inverter,
the controller includes a control circuit that controls the bidirectional chopper to perform the discharging operation when a power failure of the power system occurs, and controls the bidirectional chopper based on the detected system frequency when the power system is normal, wherein
(1) when the power system is normal and when an amount of power storage in the power storage device is less than a threshold value, the control circuit controls the bidirectional chopper to control the charging operation until the amount of the power storage reaches the threshold value and then stops the charging operation,
(2) when the power system is normal, when the amount of power storage is equal to or more than the threshold value and when the system frequency increases, the control circuit controls the bidirectional chopper to perform the charging operation, and
(3) when the power system is normal, when the amount of power storage is equal to or more than the threshold value and when the system frequency decreases, the control circuit controls the bidirectional chopper to perform the discharging operation.
2. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 1 , wherein
the control circuit includes:
a frequency change calculation circuit that calculates an amount of change in the system frequency;
a computation circuit that calculates differential power based on the calculated amount of change, by referring to a preliminarily obtained relationship between the differential power and the amount of change, the differential power being a difference between generated power and demanded power in the power system; and
control circuitry that controls the charging operation and the discharging operation in accordance with the calculated differential power,
when the amount of change has a polarity indicating the increase in the system frequency, the control circuitry controls the charging operation such that DC power corresponding to the differential power is stored in the power storage device, and
when the amount of change has a polarity indicating the decrease in the system frequency, the control circuitry controls the discharging operation such that the DC power corresponding to the differential power is supplied from the power storage device.
3. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 2 , wherein
when the amount of power storage becomes less than the threshold value while the discharging operation is being performed in accordance with the differential power, the control circuitry stops the discharging operation.
4. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 2 , wherein
when the amount of power storage exceeds an upper limit value while the charging operation is being performed in accordance with the differential power, the control circuitry stops the charging operation.
5. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 2 , wherein
the control circuit further includes an amount-of-power-storage calculation circuit that calculates the amount of power storage in the power storage device, and
when the calculated amount of power storage is equal to or more than the threshold value, the control circuitry controls the charging operation and the discharging operation in accordance with the differential power.
6. The uninterruptible power supply according to claim 1 , wherein
an amount of charging in the power storage device is divided into an amount of charging for power failure compensation and an amount of charging for frequency compensation by the threshold value,
the amount of charging for power failure compensation refers to an amount of charging required to continue to supply the DC power from the power storage device to the load for at least a predetermined time period when a power failure of the power system occurs, and
the amount of charging for frequency compensation refers to an amount of charging used to discharge the DC power from the power storage device in order to compensate for a decrease in the system frequency, or used to charge the DC power into the power storage device in order to compensate for an increase in the system frequency.