AC power supplies
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of (AC) power supply that exchanges, this AC power supplies is suitable as the power supply of the equipment such as heavy type electric instrument, but is not limited to this application.
Background technology
In a lot of situations, need to for example, not yet be connected to civil power or on the construction site of remote locations to being positioned at the place that cannot obtain civil power, being positioned at, electrodynamic instrument electric power is provided.Instrument such as electric drive hammer drill, crushing hammar drill rod and rig often needs to provide the power supply of sufficient electric power, to effectively work.
At present, the most frequently used solution of this problem is to use ICE(internal combustion engine) generator.Oil-electric engine can be used under a lot of rated power, and comprises and the small hand-held of a few hectowatt power formula portable units can be provided, the handcart-type parts of several kilowatts can be provided and the fixing or trailer-type parts that exceed a megawatt can be provided.
Oil-electric engine leans on gasoline, diesel oil, natural gas, propane, biodiesel, biogas or hydrogen operation and needs water to carry out cooling.The less parts of great majority are configured to use gasoline as fuel, and larger parts have the various fuel including diesel oil, natural gas and propane (liquid state or gaseous state).Common 2kW generator may heavy 50 to 60 kilograms (Kg), may be arranged on guide rail, and may have 50 × 50 × 50(taking centimetre (cm) as unit) size.
The advantage of oil-electric engine is, it can be only to provide electric power source by the desired level of available fuel amount and fuel tank capacity restriction, and every case fuel operating time of approximately 10 hours is typical.But concerning a people uses, oil-electric engine is relatively heavy, and because the smog being produced by engine is consequently unsafe in indoor use.
The alternative of oil-electric engine is to use the energy source of battery as power supply.This class power supply is often called as power pack (Power Pack).The battery component that can provide the power pack of for example about 2kW to generally include sealing, the battery component of sealing comprises the rechargeable battery having higher than 110V voltage.This type of power pack needs the large and weight of volume to be considered suitable for the battery of unique user, uses less battery to mean that battery capacity is considered to be not enough to instrument is powered the long enough time.
In addition, security consideration means that it must be non-removable having the battery that is greater than about 64V voltage, to meet CE mark Battery Directive.Many prior art documents are found out.
US2012/0007446 discloses a kind of modular power supply and inverter, and this modular power supply and inverter can be arranged on the mobile device such as electric bicycle.This equipment has the inverter being placed in sleeve pipe, and battery can insert in this sleeve pipe in use.Except the normal battery output for power is provided to mobile device (electric motor car), this equipment also has the accessory power outlet that can be used for to low-power AC equipment or the power supply of DC equipment.
WO2011/155625/6 Hitachi, Ltd shows the power tool (hay mover) with integrated battery/inverter.Its objective is and allow to use hay mover together with main AC, then in the time that hay mover is positioned at beyond its electric wire scope, use together with battery AC.
The US2012/0313431 nurse (Shum) that relaxes discloses a kind of DC battery that is fixed on the appropriate location in automobile or similar vehicles.This battery is assembled together with the inverter that is arranged on this battery top, and this inverter has electrical socket, makes miscellaneous equipment to be inserted in this inverter, to obtain AC output.
US2001/0043055 Ge Ruifu (Griffey) illustrates a kind of mobile AC power supplies, and this moves AC power supplies and have the maximum power output of about 300W.
US5982138 crith lattice (Krieger) disclose a kind of portable electric energy.Particularly, this equipment is the portable emergency starter (jump starter) for starting automobile etc.This equipment has the detachable inverter that can be used for low power applications.
A kind of equipment of the large volume description of these prior art documents of finding out, wherein this equipment comprises battery and inverter with a kind of form or another kind of form.But in some cases, these are to form with the equipment being powered, as US2012/0007446, WO2011/155625/6 and US2012/0313431, or specialized designs is for low power applications, and as US2001/0043055, now inverter generates square wave or modified sine wave.
The problem to be solved in the present invention is to provide a kind of portable AC power supplies, and this portable AC power supplies can be with the power supply that acts on high power instrument.The prior art document of quoting does not all address this problem.
Summary of the invention
The object of this invention is to provide a kind of battery powered AC power supplies, this AC power supplies can provide electric power to a series of user's application of capacity/power demand to having Different Weight.
It is mobile or portable that another object of the present invention makes AC power supplies.In the context of the present invention, " mobile " or " portable " refers to that AC power supplies can be carried by single safety.
According to a first aspect of the invention, provide a kind of Portable AC power supply module that has the extensible work period and external power source is provided to instrument, described power supply module comprises: power converter, for converting direct current (DC) to interchange (AC); And detachable battery parts, can be connected to described power converter by coupling, to form power supply, and described power supply forms discrete parts in the time so connecting, make in use, DC output from described detachable battery parts is converted to from the AC of described power supply module and exports by described power converter, and in the time that the part energy in battery component is used, the work period of described power supply module is extended by the replacing of described battery component.
Advantageously, the invention provides a kind of electric power assembly, in this electric power assembly, power converter and battery component are separable, to provide a work period to described power supply module, this work period with use there is larger DC voltage battery and belong to the work period that the larger AC power supplies of a part for the seal member with power converter can provide suitable.Advantageously, the present invention can use less battery, and by changing the battery component having used, can realize the working life identical with heavier, larger AC power supplies and electric power output.
Advantageously, by power supply being divided into inverter and battery, can introduce reserve battery.Reserve battery allows to replace with complete completely charged battery the battery exhausting.In new rechargeable battery electric discharge, can charge to the battery exhausting, this allows user to continue to operate portable AC power supplies.
Further advantage is that the working life of power converter is longer than the working life of battery conventionally.Therefore, the present invention avoids unnecessarily changing the inverter of the normal operation that not yet arrives its working life terminal.
Preferably, this interchange is that pure sine wave exchanges, and it can be used as the power supply of high power instrument herein as limited.
Preferably, described power supply is designed to need to be up to all sides of 3kW RMS(root) equipment of power provides electric power.
Preferably, described power supply is designed to needing all sides of 1kW and 3kW RMS(root) equipment between power provides electric power.
More preferably, described power supply is designed to providing electric power up to the equipment of 2kW RMS power.
Preferably, described coupling provides electrical connection between described power converter and described battery component and for described power converter being removably fixed to the mechanical attachment of described battery component.
Alternatively, described coupling comprises: power converter coupling, comprise the concave area that is positioned at described inverter downside, and described concave area has electric connector and mechanical connector; And battery component coupling, outstanding from described battery component.
Preferably, described mechanical connector provides by flange, and described concave area forms and holds passage.
Preferably, described battery component coupling comprises electric connector and interface, and described interface provides the mechanical connection with described flange in the time being connected to described flange.
Alternatively, described coupling comprises protruding/recessed coupling.
Alternatively, described coupling further comprises lock.
Preferably, described power supply module has the weight between 15Kg and 30Kg.
Preferably, described power supply module has the height between 10cm and 40cm.
Preferably, described power supply module has the width between 10cm and 40cm.
Preferably, described power supply module has the degree of depth between 10cm and 40cm.
Preferably, described power supply module comprises having 35 volts of batteries to 64 volts of DC voltages.
Preferably, described power converter is suitable for the DC voltage of conversion battery, and so that the output from described power supply module to be provided, described output is 200V to 250V or 90V to 130V AC under 40Hz to 60Hz frequency.
Preferably, described inverter has pure sine wave output.
Advantageously, this provides a kind of power supply very flexibly that can use together with much equipment.
Preferably, described power supply module further comprises carrying handle.
Preferably, described carrying handle is positioned at the top of described power supply module.
Preferably, described carrying handle is positioned at the top of the described power converter of described power supply module.
Preferably, described battery comprises battery management system, and this battery management system is removably connected to described inverter via described coupling.
Preferably, described battery comprises indispensable charger.
Preferably, described battery has the voltage between 35V and 64V.
More preferably, described battery has the nominal voltage of 48V.
Preferably, described battery has the power stage between 1500W and 2500W.
More preferably, described battery has the power stage of 1800W.
Preferably, described battery management system comprises microprocessor and data acquisition unit.
Preferably, described battery management system keeps communicating by letter with indispensable charger, described battery and described load.
Preferably, described battery management system and described load communicate, and detect and manage one or more in main system power switch, battery disconnection, operating characteristics and load faulty.
Preferably, described battery management system and described charger communicate, and control charging voltage and/or charging current.
Preferably, described battery management system and described charger communicate, and enable described charger and/or detect the power supply of supplying with described charger.
Preferably, described battery management system and described battery communicate, and obtain fuel gauge information, for example, in measuring unit voltage, cell temperature, cell voltage and battery current one or more.
Preferably, described battery management system and described battery communicate, and control battery charging and discharging.
Preferably, described battery management system is further included in the software that creates graphic user interface on the main process equipment such as personal computer, and on described graphic user interface, battery management information is displayable.
According to a second aspect of the invention, the invention provides a kind of for thering is the AC power assembly that can extend the work period direct current (DC) is converted to the power converter of interchange (AC), described power converter comprises: coupling, described power converter is removably connected to detachable battery parts, to form power supply, and described power supply forms discrete parts in the time so connecting, make in use, DC output from described detachable battery parts is converted to from the AC of described power supply module and exports by described power converter, in the time that the part energy in described battery component is used, the work period of described power supply module is extended by the replacing of battery component.
Preferably, described power supply is designed to providing electric power up to the equipment of 3kW RMS power.
More preferably, described power supply is designed to providing electric power up to the equipment of 2kW RMS power.
Preferably, described coupling provides electrical connection between described power converter and described battery component and for described power converter being removably fixed to the mechanical attachment of described battery component.
Alternatively, described coupling comprises: power converter coupling, comprise the concave area that is positioned at described inverter downside, and described concave area has electric connector and mechanical connector; And battery component coupling, outstanding from battery component.
Preferably, described mechanical connector is to provide by flange, and described concave area forms and holds passage.
Preferably, described battery component coupling comprises electric connector and interface, and described interface provides the mechanical connection with described flange in the time being connected to described flange.
Alternatively, described coupling further comprises lock.
Alternatively, described coupling comprises protruding/recessed coupling.
Preferably, described power converter is suitable for the DC voltage of conversion battery, and so that the output from described power supply module to be provided, described output is 200V to 250V or 90V to the 130V AC under 40Hz to 60Hz frequency.
Preferably, described power converter further comprises carrying handle.
Advantageously, described power converter can use together with multiple batteries (as reserve battery).
Removably be connected to a battery component for electric loading, this battery component comprises: mechanical coupling, for removably described battery component being connected to described load; Electric connector, to described load supply electric power; Communication link, allows information to be passed to described load and to allow information is gone out from described load transfer, and wherein said battery component further comprises battery management system and indispensable charger.
Preferably, described battery has the voltage between 35V and 64V.
More preferably, described battery has the nominal voltage of 48V.
Preferably, described battery has the power stage between 1500W and 2500W.
More preferably, described battery has the power stage of 1800W.
Preferably, described battery management system comprises microprocessor and data acquisition unit.
Preferably, described battery management system keeps communicating by letter with the charger of described indispensability, described battery and described load.
Preferably, described battery management system and described load communicate, and detect and manage one or more in main system power switch, battery disconnection, operating characteristics and load faulty.
Preferably, described battery management system and described charger communicate, and control charging voltage and/or charging current.
Preferably, described battery management system and described charger communicate, and enable described charger and/or detect the power supply of supplying with described charger.
Preferably, described battery management system and described battery communicate, and obtain fuel gauge information, one or more in routine measuring unit voltage, cell temperature, cell voltage and battery current.
Preferably, described battery management system and described battery communicate, and control battery charging and discharging.
Preferably, described battery management system is further included in the software that creates graphic user interface on the main process equipment such as personal computer, and on described graphic user interface, battery management information is displayable.
Preferably, described load is the described inverter of a first aspect of the present invention and second aspect.
Preferably, the coupling of described battery component comprises electric connector and interface, and described interface provides the mechanical connection with described flange in the time being connected to described flange.
Brief description of the drawings
Only by example, the present invention is described now with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 a is according to the stereogram of the embodiment of AC power supplies assembly of the present invention, and Fig. 1 b is the stereogram of observing from opposite end;
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the AC power supplies that wherein power converter separates with battery component;
Fig. 3 is the exploded view according to power converter of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the stereogram that illustrates coupling of power converter;
Fig. 5 is the exploded view according to battery component of the present invention;
Fig. 6 a and Fig. 6 b illustrate the unit module of battery component and the stereogram of fan;
Fig. 7 is the plane graph illustrating by the air-flow of unit; And
Fig. 8 describes according to the schematic diagram of the operation of AC power supplies of the present invention.
Embodiment
The present invention includes AC power supplies, comprise respectively battery component and the inverter that can be linked together to provide this AC power supplies.This battery can be used as the electric energy of other load in the situation that not using this inverter.
The invention provides a kind of special mechanical interface, this special mechanical interface is designed to allow different annexes and is inserted in this battery and together with this battery and forms whole parts.Especially, it can be by the intermediate power supplies that acts on the equipment such as electrically driven (operated) air drill (hammer drill), quartering hammer (breakers chisels) and drill bit.Pure sine wave output allows the equipment power supply of this inverter to any type.
In addition, it provides graphic user interface, and this graphic user interface can easily be presented on the main process equipment such as PC, to report function of tonic chord parameter and the Protection parameters of battery and inverter.It also allows the plug and play of any the supported annex to this battery.
Fig. 1 a illustrates according to the embodiment of the power supply module of observing from first end of the present invention.Power supply module 1 comprises power converter 3, and power converter 3 is removably connected to battery 5.Therefore, power supply module is divided into two parts, and Part I comprises inverter, and Part II comprises removable battery.This power supply module is manufactured to and allows user when use has the battery of the safety low-voltage that is usually less than 64V, to have the high electric power output from this assembly.By avoiding using high-voltage battery, the present invention can allow user security and change battery, to extend the working life of AC power supplies assembly.
The battery component 5 of Fig. 1 a illustrates unit (cell) cooling air intake 7, is positioned at fastening clip for cable 25 and Steady base 27 on this parts outside.Power converter 3 is shown as has ON/OFF/reset button 9 and LED light 11.These lamps be illustrate AC power supplies connect green light 11, about overload amber light 13 and red colored lamp 15, red colored lamp 15 is warning lights.
Inverter 3 has the AC connector 21 of exhaust outlet 19 and 230V.The upper surface of inverter 3 has carrying handle 23.It should be noted that AC power supplies assembly of the present invention is designed to portable, and carry with carrying handle by a hand.Therefore, this power supply has the weight and the size that are suitable for realizing this object.
Fig. 1 b is the stereogram from the AC power supplies assembly of the second end observation.In this view, battery be shown as there is battery charge indicator 29, charge connector 31 and inverter release-push 36, inverter release-push 36 allows battery to separate with inverter in the time being pressed, if to battery is charged or need to make the more battery of power consumption, change battery.
Above inverter release-push, show inverter air inlet and fan 33, on battery component side, show unit cooling-air outlet.
Fig. 2 is according to the stereogram of AC power supplies assembly of the present invention, and inverter 3 separates with battery 5 in the figure.As can be seen, the upper surface of battery 5 has battery component coupling 37.Once inverter 3 is positioned at the position on battery component 5 right sides and is intended to illustrate and presses release-push, by making inverter 3 and battery 5 sliding action separated from one another, inverter 3 just separates with battery component 5.
The connection of inverter according to the present invention and battery component with separate the coupling mechanism that can utilize the permission of other type that these two parts are linked together separably and realize.
Fig. 3 is according to the exploded view of inverter 3 of the present invention.Inverter 3 comprises metal-back 39, and metal-back 39 is positioned at inverter PCB assembly 41 tops.Near PCB assembly 41 rears, rear end cap 55, place two cooling fans 43.Inverter coupling 44 forms from the inverter/battery connector 45 that is positioned at inverter pedestal 47 tops.The shape of recessed 49 in pedestal 47 is designed to, makes inverter/battery connector 45 give prominence to through recessed end face and be oriented to connect with the corresponding connector on battery.As from Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, inverter coupling 44 forms passage 51, and passage 51 has flange 52, and flange 52 contributes to battery 5 to be fixed on appropriate location in the time that battery 5 is attached to inverter 3.
In this embodiment of the present invention and other embodiment, inverter can comprise: mechanical cover, DC/AC inverter electronic circuit, the electric connector being connected with inverter, ac power connector (for transmitting electric power to equipment) and the on/off switch for AC power supplies.
Inverter can also comprise: thermal management device (for example cooling fan), heat management electronic circuit, the LED light (Performance figure and safety instruction) of transmitting the state of AC power supplies, electronic circuit reset button, carrying handle and for being attached to the mechanical lock mechanism of battery.
Fig. 5 is according to the exploded view of battery 5 of the present invention.Battery coupling 37 stretches out from battery cover 57, and has flange 59, is just to pack in the passage 51 of inverter 3 by the size configurations of flange 59.
This battery further comprises connector 61, and connector 61 allows battery to be attached to battery management system.In inside, battery also has cell enclosure, cooling package 63 and charging unit 71.These assemblies are accommodated between front end housing 63, rear end cap 65 and battery case 69.
In this embodiment of the present invention and other embodiment, battery can comprise: mechanical cover; Battery unit; AC/DC transducer; Battery management electronic circuit; Fuel gauge indicating device; AC charge connector (for from AC power supplies, battery being charged) and the electric connector being connected with inverter.
Battery can also comprise: thermal management device (for example cooling fan); Heat management electronic circuit; DLL (dynamic link library) (USB); For being attached to the mechanical lock mechanism of inverter; For driving protection panel and the USB connector of charging; And battery management system, this battery management system provides protection, battery performance to strengthen and unit balance electronic circuit.
Fig. 6 a, Fig. 6 b and Fig. 7 provide the unit module that is applicable to being applied in the battery using in AC power supplies assembly of the present invention and the example of cooling system 75.In this example, the 48V DC air blast that is connected to inlet manifold 81 provides cooling.Unit 83 is included in two unit module boxes 79.Three parts (three part) nylon outer shell 85 with exhaust outlet 87 is shown on the side of unit module box 76.Fig. 7 illustrates that cold air 89 enters and pass flowing of unit module box 76 and warm air 93 leaves the position at unit module box 76 places.
Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram illustrating according to the operation of AC power supplies assembly of the present invention.Fig. 8 illustrates system 95, and system 95 comprises battery management system (BMS) 97, charger 99 and AC power supplies assembly 100, and AC power supplies assembly 100 comprises battery 101 and power converter 103.In this embodiment of the present invention, battery management system and charger form a part for battery.
Charger 99 has the transformer 105 being connected between power supply input 109 and transformer output.Power supply input has 230V AC and 50Hz, and is transformed into the DC between 42V and 58V and the electric current up to 11 amperes, so that battery pack is charged.
Battery pack provides the DC output up to 84 amperes of 42V to 58V to inverter.This relatively low voltage transitions is returned the 230V of 50Hz or the output AC signal of 110V by inverter, and this output AC signal is suitable for operating 2kW electric tool or miscellaneous equipment.Advantageously, in the time of charge depletion in battery pack, can easily replace by new battery pack.
Battery management system is for monitoring and control charging current and the charging voltage from charger 99.Battery management system is measuring unit voltage, cell temperature, cell voltage and battery current also, and controls the charging and discharging of battery.BMS97 also operatively controls and monitors the performance of inverter.
Advantageously, the present invention is ambulant, more totally and more quiet alternative for diesel engine generator provides one to have more.This allows at the indoor heavy type electric instrument that more easily uses, and can also be by single transport and use (generator may need two people's carryings).
By being divided into two parts, AC power supplies of the present invention allows user under the condition of first wife's inverter parts, to be finished completely charged battery and replaces the battery pack exhausting.In using replacing battery pack, can charge to the battery pack exhausting.Like this, only, in the impost situation of an inverter, provide the capacity of two battery pack to user.Replace a device by two battery pack, this product can be easily transported at single/alone family.
Inverter is also likely connected to a series of battery modules with different capabilities/weight ratio of different size, to comply with user or the market demand.
Can imagine, the present invention is specially adapted to the electric tool power supply using in building industry.This equipment can be using mobile form, as the alternative less, quieter and more of low pollution of minitype diesel oil engine and be applied in any application that needs 230V power supply.
Further advantage of the present invention is:
The quality of heavy battery (having large capacity) can replace by two batteries with suitable merging capacity, and these two batteries are respectively the entities that more meets ergonomics, and this makes user more easily carry, operate and transport.
For concrete application, user can select transport or store needed any many batteries.
If use reserve battery, user can receive continuous AC power supplies.In the time that the AC power supplies to be applicable to is charged to the first wife's battery exhausting, user can adopt completely charged the second battery for subsequent use fast.
Load and transport multiple less batteries more safer than the single large battery of shipment.
Mobile single entity AC power supplies, in the time that battery reaches its working life, must be regained.And the working life of inverter exceedes the working life of battery.Therefore,, although the inverter of normal operation does not arrive its working life, still unnecessarily abandoned.Two parts power supply allows to replace with new battery the battery of regaining, and does not abandon first wife's inverter.Like this, because the purchasing price of battery is lower than the purchasing price of new AC power supplies parts, therefore for user has saved wealth.This has also saved Environmental waste.
In the case without departing from the scope of the present invention, improvement and amendment can comprise in the present invention.