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- the present invention relates to uninterruptible power supply (UPS) apparatus and methods and, more particularly, to parallel redundant UPS apparatus and methods.
- UPS uninterruptible power supply
- a variety of different techniques have been used to improve reliability of uninterruptible power supply systems.
- the techniques include standby redundant, serial redundant, and parallel redundant approaches.
- a typical standby redundant UPS configuration includes one or more UPS units operating on a stand-by basis, with no load or only a partial load, which can immediately back up a faulty UPS unit by a transfer of the load.
- a typical serial redundant arrangement involves first and second UPSs connected in a serial fashion wherein, in a first mode of operation, the first UPS is bypassed while the second UPS is serving the load and, in a second mode of operation, the second UPS is bypassed while the first UPS serves the load, such that the first and second UPSs may serve as standby backups for one another.
- UPSs uninterruptible power supplies
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,357 to Tassitino, Jr. et al. U.S. Pat. No. 6,549,440 to Tassitino, Jr. et al.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,803,679 to Luo et al. U.S. Pat. No. 6,118,680 to Wallace et al.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,104,539 to Hase United States Patent Publication No. 2005/0162792 to Wang et al., and United States Patent Publication No. 2005/0073783 to Luo et al.
- an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes at least three UPSs configured to be connected in parallel to a common load.
- the system further includes control circuitry configured to support at least two redundant groups among the UPSs and to support at least two redundant subgroups among at least one of the redundant groups of UPSs. In this manner, a “nested” redundancy may be provided.
- control circuitry is configured to provide the at least two redundant subgroups when a loading of the at least one redundant group is less than a predetermined level.
- the control circuitry may be configured to allow selective enabling and disabling of the UPSs within the redundant group when the loading of the redundant group is less than the predetermined level and to require collective enabling and disabling of the UPSs in the redundant group when the loading of the redundant group is greater than the predetermined level.
- respective ones of the redundant groups of UPSs include respective UPS assemblies.
- Each UPS assembly includes a plurality of UPS modules and a control circuit configured to communicate with the plurality of UPS modules over a first digital communications bus and to communicate with a control circuit of another UPS assembly over a second digital communications bus.
- the control circuit may include a network bridge between the first and second digital communications busses.
- Each UPS assembly may further include a bypass circuit, and the control circuit in the UPS assembly may be configured to control the bypass circuit to bypass the UPS modules in the UPS assembly.
- the UPS modules and control circuit of a UPS assembly may be mounted in and/or on a common frame.
- a UPS assembly including a frame, a plurality of UPS modules mounted in and/or on the frame, a first digital communications bus coupled to each of the UPS modules, and a control circuit mounted in and/or on the frame, coupled to the first digital communications bus and configured to be coupled to a second digital communications bus.
- the control circuit is operative to communicate AC waveform synchronization information to the UPS modules over the first digital communications bus and to another UPS assembly over the second digital communications bus.
- the AC waveform synchronization information may include frequency and phase error information.
- the control circuit may be configured, when the UPS assembly is connected in parallel to a load with the other UPS assembly, to operate the UPS assembly as a redundant backup for the other UPS assembly and to provide at least two redundant subgroups within its plurality of UPS modules.
- the control circuit may be configured to provide the at least two redundant subgroups when a loading of the UPS assembly is less than predetermined level.
- the control circuit may be configured to allow selective enabling and disabling of the UPS modules when the loading of the UPS assembly is less than the predetermined level and to require collective enabling and disabling of the UPS modules when the loading of the UPS assembly is greater than the predetermined level.
- the UPS assembly may further include a bypass circuit mounted in and/or on the frame, and the control circuit may be configured to control the bypass circuit to bypass the plurality of UPS modules.
- the control circuit may include a network bridge between the first and second digital communications busses.
- Additional embodiments of the present invention provide methods of operating an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system.
- UPS uninterruptible power supply
- At least three UPSs are connected in parallel to a common load.
- the at least three UPSs are controlled to support at least two redundant groups among the UPSs and to further support at least two redundant subgroups among at least one of the redundant groups of UPSs.
- Controlling the at least three UPSs to support at least two redundant groups among the UPSs and to further support at least two redundant subgroups among at least one of the redundant groups of UPSs may include providing the at least two redundant subgroups when a loading of the at least one redundant group is less than a predetermined level.
- Respective ones of the redundant groups of UPSs may include respective UPS assemblies, each UPS assembly including a plurality of UPS modules and a control circuit configured to communicate with the UPS modules of the UPS assembly and with a control circuit of another UPS assembly.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a nested redundant UPS system and operations thereof according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a nested redundant UPS system using modular UPS assemblies and operations thereof according to further embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a modular UPS assembly that may be used in a nested redundant UPS system according to additional embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate communications operations of a modular UPS assembly according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate exemplary UPS module synchronization control architectures according to further embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating operations for nested redundant operation of a UPS system according to further embodiments of the present invention.
- Some embodiments of the present invention arise from a realization that improved reliability in UPS systems may be achieved by using a nested redundant arrangement of UPSs.
- a plurality of parallel-connected UPSs is controlled such that at least two redundant groups of the UPSs are provided and, within, at least one of these redundant groups, at least two redundant subgroups of the UPSs are provided.
- Such an approach may be particularly advantageous in modular UPS configurations.
- a nested redundant structure may be implemented, for example, using modular UPS assemblies that include respective pluralities of UPS modules and respective control circuits that control the UPS modules and communicate with one another to support nested redundancy.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a UPS system 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- the system 100 includes a plurality of UPSs 112 a , 112 b , 112 c , 112 d connected in parallel to a load 20 .
- the UPSs 112 a , 112 b , 112 c , 112 d are “on-line” UPSs, but it will be understood that, in some embodiments of the present invention, “standby,” “line interactive” or other configurations may be used.
- the UPSs 112 a , 112 b , 112 c , 112 d are controlled to provide first and second redundant groups 110 a , 110 b , e.g., the second group 110 b may serve as a backup to the first group 110 a (and/or vice versa) such that one of the groups 110 a , 110 b may continue to serve the load 20 in the event of failure of the other of the groups 110 a , 110 b .
- this redundant operation may be limited to a certain operational envelope, e.g., the redundancy may be limited to cases in which the load 20 is less than a capacity of an individual one of the UPS groups 110 a , 110 b , and that, when such capacity is exceeded, the UPS groups 110 a , 110 b may, for example, be collectively disabled and/or bypassed.
- the first subgroup 111 a including two UPSs 112 a , 112 b and the second subgroup 111 b including two UPSs 112 c , 112 d .
- the first subgroup 111 a may serve to backup operation of the second subgroup 111 b and/or vice versa.
- the groups 110 a , 110 b and subgroups 111 a , 111 b are provided for purposes of illustration, and that other redundant groupings and subgroupings may be used in other embodiments of the present invention.
- redundant subgroups may be provided in all redundant groups or only in a subset of the redundant groups.
- additional redundant groups may be provided to backup the groups 110 a , 110 b , and these may or may not include redundant subgroups therein.
- an even higher level of nested redundancy may be provided, e.g., some or all of the UPSs 112 a , 112 b , 112 c , 112 d may actually include multiple parallel-connected UPSs that are arranged to provide redundant subgroups therein.
- Other redundancy may also be provided, e.g., some or all of the UPSs 112 a , 112 b , 112 c , 112 d may include redundant components, such as redundant rectifiers or inverters.
- redundant groups and/or subgroups may be dynamically redefined depending, for example, on loading and/or disposition (e.g., availability due to maintenance or other events) of particular UPSs.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a UPS system 200 with a modular architecture according to further embodiments of the present invention.
- First and second redundant groups of UPSs are provided in the form of respective UPS assemblies 210 a , 210 b .
- the UPS assemblies 210 a , 210 b include respective pluralities of UPS modules 214 that are connected in parallel to a load 20 and that communicate with respective control circuits 212 .
- the control circuits 212 are also configured to communicate with one another.
- the control circuits 212 and the UPS modules 214 support redundant operation of the UPS assemblies 210 a , 210 b such that the pluralities of UPS modules 214 therein serve as respective redundant groups of UPSs, e.g., the group of UPS modules 214 of the UPS assembly 210 b may act as a group to back up the group of UPS modules 214 of the UPS assembly 210 a .
- an inner redundancy is provided among the UPS modules 214 thereof.
- the modules 214 and control circuit 212 within a UPS assembly may be configured to provide redundant subgroups 211 a , 211 b within the UPS assembly.
- each UPS module 214 within the first UPS assembly 210 a may communicate status information to the associated control circuit 212 .
- status information may indicate, for example, whether a failure is imminent in the UPS module 214 and information pertaining the load currently being served by the UPS module 214 .
- the control circuit 212 may determine whether a selective disabling of the UPS module 214 may be allowed such that other UPS modules 214 within the UPS assembly 210 a may continue to serve the load 20 . For example, as explained in detail with reference to FIG.
- the control circuit 210 may further communicate this information to other UPS assemblies, so that they may take coordinated action. For example, in response to receipt of such information from the first UPS assembly 210 a , if the control circuit 212 of the second UPS assembly 210 b determines that it will not be able to serve the load 20 once the first UPS assembly 210 a goes completely off-line, the control law of the control circuit 212 of the second UPS assembly 210 b may require collective disabling of all of its currently operational UPS modules 214 as well. This election may be further communicated to the control circuit 212 of the first UPS assembly 212 and/or to other UPS assemblies (not shown) that may be connected to the load 20 , so that they may take further actions. For example, if a sufficient number of UPS assemblies are not capable of serving the load 20 , they may be collectively bypassed, such that an AC utility or other power source is directly connected to the load 20 .
- FIG. 3 illustrates exemplary configurations for a UPS assembly 300 according to some embodiments of the present invention that may be used in a UPS system along the lines described above with reference to FIG. 2 .
- UPS modules 310 include a rectifier 312 configured to receive an AC input via a first switch (e.g., a contactor or relay) 316 .
- An inverter 313 is coupled by a DC bus 315 to the rectifier 312 .
- An output of the inverter 313 may be connected and disconnected from a load (not shown in FIG. 3 ) via a second switch 317 .
- a DC-DC converter 314 is also coupled to the DC bus 315 and is configured to be connected to a battery (not shown).
- the DC-DC converter 314 may allow the battery to provide DC power to the DC bus 315 in the absence of AC power at the input of the rectifier 312 .
- the DC-DC converter 314 may also allow charging of the battery from the DC bus 315 .
- a control circuit 311 is configured to control the rectifier 312 , inverter 313 , DC-DC converter 314 and the switches 316 , 316 .
- the control circuit 311 includes a digital communications interface, here shown as a controller area network (CAN) interface 311 a , coupled to a digital communications bus 330 .
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- the CAN bus 330 is also coupled to a CAN interface 322 a of a control circuit 322 of an I/O and bypass module 320 of the UPS assembly 300 .
- the I/O and bypass module 320 further includes a bypass switch 326 that is configured to bypass the UPS modules 310 responsive to a control signal from the control circuit 322 .
- the I/O and bypass module 320 further includes a CAN bridge 324 that provides communications between the internal communications bus 330 and an external bus 340 . Via the CAN bridge 324 and the external bus 340 , information may be exchanged with other UPS assemblies.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary implementation of a modular UPS assembly 300 ′ having an architecture along the lines of the UPS assembly 300 illustrated in FIG. 3 .
- three UPS modules 310 ′ and an I/O and bypass module 320 ′ are mounted in and/or on a common frame, here shown as a cabinet 410 .
- a cabinet 410 a common frame, here shown as a cabinet 410 .
- FIG. 4 may be appropriate, for example, to a relatively high capacity UPS system, and that other form factors, including greater or lesser numbers of UPS modules, may be used in other embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate exemplary signaling that may be used in the modular UPS assembly 300 of FIG. 3 .
- the control circuit 322 of the I/O and bypass module 320 may transmit waveform synchronization information and enable/disable commands to the UPS modules 310 over the internal CAN bus 330 . This information may also be transmitted to another UPS assembly external to the UPS assembly 300 via the CAN bridge 324 .
- the UPS modules 310 may transmit waveform synchronization information and status information to the control circuit 322 over the internal CAN bus 330 .
- synchronization may be achieved without such explicit signaling, for example, by using techniques along lined described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,355 to Tracy et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,356 to Tassitino, Jr. et al, the contents of each of which is incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
- the waveform synchronization information may include frequency and phase error information that may be used by the modules 310 to synchronize operation of their inverters 313 .
- synchronization information transmitted to a control circuit of a UPS module such as the UPS modules 310 of FIG. 3
- the phase lock loop compensation may be augmented by a load share controller 720 that operates responsive to a measure of power output of the module, along lines, for example, described in U.S. Pat. No.
- phase locked loop and load share control functions shown in FIG. 7 may be implemented in an AC waveform reference generator 810 that generates an AC waveform reference signal for an inverter driver 820 .
- FIG. 9 illustrates exemplary UPS operations for nested redundant operation of a UPS assembly according to further embodiments of the present invention.
- a load is powered by at least two parallel UPS assemblies, e.g., modular UPS assemblies such as the assemblies 300 , 300 ′ of FIGS. 3 and 4 (block 910 ).
- the control circuit of the first UPS assembly determines whether the level of loading allows for intra-assembly redundancy, i.e., will allow remaining operative UPS modules in the assembly to continue supplying the load (block 930 ).
- the control circuit may disable the failed module, and allow the remaining modules to continue to drive the load (block 940 ), thus providing intra-assembly redundancy. It will be understood that a second module mail fail in a second one of the UPS assemblies, which may lead to disabling of that second module without requiring changes to the operation of the first UPS assembly. If insufficient capacity exists, however, the control circuit collectively disables all of the modules in the assembly and signals another assembly to inform it of the collective shutdown (block 950 ). In further embodiments of the present invention, other operations may be performed. For example, in some embodiments, dynamic redefinition of redundant groups and/or subgroups may occur in response to shutdown or other unavailability of particular modules.
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An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes at least three UPSs configured to be connected in parallel to a common load. The system further includes control circuitry configured to support at least two redundant groups among the UPSs and to support at least two redundant subgroups among at least one of the redundant groups of UPSs. In this manner, a nested redundancy may be provided.
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- The present application is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/561,663, filed Nov. 20, 2006 in the United States Patent Office which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/781,102, filed Mar. 10, 2006, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
- The present invention relates to uninterruptible power supply (UPS) apparatus and methods and, more particularly, to parallel redundant UPS apparatus and methods.
- A variety of different techniques have been used to improve reliability of uninterruptible power supply systems. The techniques include standby redundant, serial redundant, and parallel redundant approaches. A typical standby redundant UPS configuration includes one or more UPS units operating on a stand-by basis, with no load or only a partial load, which can immediately back up a faulty UPS unit by a transfer of the load. A typical serial redundant arrangement involves first and second UPSs connected in a serial fashion wherein, in a first mode of operation, the first UPS is bypassed while the second UPS is serving the load and, in a second mode of operation, the second UPS is bypassed while the first UPS serves the load, such that the first and second UPSs may serve as standby backups for one another.
- In a typical parallel redundant arrangement, multiple uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) are coupled in parallel to a load to provide redundancy and, often, increased load capability. Parallel redundant arrangements of AC power supplies (e.g., UPSs) are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,357 to Tassitino, Jr. et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,549,440 to Tassitino, Jr. et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,803,679 to Luo et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,118,680 to Wallace et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,104,539 to Hase, United States Patent Publication No. 2005/0162792 to Wang et al., and United States Patent Publication No. 2005/0073783 to Luo et al.
- In some embodiments of the present invention, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes at least three UPSs configured to be connected in parallel to a common load. The system further includes control circuitry configured to support at least two redundant groups among the UPSs and to support at least two redundant subgroups among at least one of the redundant groups of UPSs. In this manner, a “nested” redundancy may be provided.
- In some embodiments, the control circuitry is configured to provide the at least two redundant subgroups when a loading of the at least one redundant group is less than a predetermined level. The control circuitry may be configured to allow selective enabling and disabling of the UPSs within the redundant group when the loading of the redundant group is less than the predetermined level and to require collective enabling and disabling of the UPSs in the redundant group when the loading of the redundant group is greater than the predetermined level.
- In further embodiments of the present invention, respective ones of the redundant groups of UPSs include respective UPS assemblies. Each UPS assembly includes a plurality of UPS modules and a control circuit configured to communicate with the plurality of UPS modules over a first digital communications bus and to communicate with a control circuit of another UPS assembly over a second digital communications bus. The control circuit may include a network bridge between the first and second digital communications busses. Each UPS assembly may further include a bypass circuit, and the control circuit in the UPS assembly may be configured to control the bypass circuit to bypass the UPS modules in the UPS assembly. The UPS modules and control circuit of a UPS assembly may be mounted in and/or on a common frame.
- Further embodiments of the present invention provide a UPS assembly including a frame, a plurality of UPS modules mounted in and/or on the frame, a first digital communications bus coupled to each of the UPS modules, and a control circuit mounted in and/or on the frame, coupled to the first digital communications bus and configured to be coupled to a second digital communications bus. The control circuit is operative to communicate AC waveform synchronization information to the UPS modules over the first digital communications bus and to another UPS assembly over the second digital communications bus. The AC waveform synchronization information may include frequency and phase error information. The control circuit may be configured, when the UPS assembly is connected in parallel to a load with the other UPS assembly, to operate the UPS assembly as a redundant backup for the other UPS assembly and to provide at least two redundant subgroups within its plurality of UPS modules.
- In some embodiments, the control circuit may be configured to provide the at least two redundant subgroups when a loading of the UPS assembly is less than predetermined level. The control circuit may be configured to allow selective enabling and disabling of the UPS modules when the loading of the UPS assembly is less than the predetermined level and to require collective enabling and disabling of the UPS modules when the loading of the UPS assembly is greater than the predetermined level. The UPS assembly may further include a bypass circuit mounted in and/or on the frame, and the control circuit may be configured to control the bypass circuit to bypass the plurality of UPS modules. The control circuit may include a network bridge between the first and second digital communications busses.
- Additional embodiments of the present invention provide methods of operating an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system. At least three UPSs are connected in parallel to a common load. The at least three UPSs are controlled to support at least two redundant groups among the UPSs and to further support at least two redundant subgroups among at least one of the redundant groups of UPSs. Controlling the at least three UPSs to support at least two redundant groups among the UPSs and to further support at least two redundant subgroups among at least one of the redundant groups of UPSs may include providing the at least two redundant subgroups when a loading of the at least one redundant group is less than a predetermined level. For example, selective enabling and disabling of the UPSs within the at least one redundant group may be allowed when the loading of the at least one redundant group is less than the predetermined level and collective enabling and disabling of the UPSs in the at least one redundant group may be required when the loading of the at least one redundant group is greater than the predetermined level. Respective ones of the redundant groups of UPSs may include respective UPS assemblies, each UPS assembly including a plurality of UPS modules and a control circuit configured to communicate with the UPS modules of the UPS assembly and with a control circuit of another UPS assembly.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a nested redundant UPS system and operations thereof according to some embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a nested redundant UPS system using modular UPS assemblies and operations thereof according to further embodiments of the present invention. -
FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a modular UPS assembly that may be used in a nested redundant UPS system according to additional embodiments of the present invention. -
FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate communications operations of a modular UPS assembly according to some embodiments of the present invention. -
FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate exemplary UPS module synchronization control architectures according to further embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating operations for nested redundant operation of a UPS system according to further embodiments of the present invention. - Specific exemplary embodiments of the invention now will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. The terminology used in the detailed description of the particular exemplary embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In the drawings, like numbers refer to like elements.
- As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “includes,” “including” and/or “including,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. Furthermore, “connected” or “coupled” as used herein may include wirelessly connected or coupled. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
- Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
- Some embodiments of the present invention arise from a realization that improved reliability in UPS systems may be achieved by using a nested redundant arrangement of UPSs. In some embodiments, a plurality of parallel-connected UPSs is controlled such that at least two redundant groups of the UPSs are provided and, within, at least one of these redundant groups, at least two redundant subgroups of the UPSs are provided. Such an approach may be particularly advantageous in modular UPS configurations. A nested redundant structure may be implemented, for example, using modular UPS assemblies that include respective pluralities of UPS modules and respective control circuits that control the UPS modules and communicate with one another to support nested redundancy.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a UPSsystem 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention. Thesystem 100 includes a plurality ofUPSs load 20. As shown, theUPSs UPSs redundant groups second group 110 b may serve as a backup to thefirst group 110 a (and/or vice versa) such that one of thegroups load 20 in the event of failure of the other of thegroups load 20 is less than a capacity of an individual one of theUPS groups UPS groups - Within at least one
group 110 a there are further definedredundant subgroups first subgroup 111 a including twoUPSs second subgroup 111 b including twoUPSs group 110 a, for example, thefirst subgroup 111 a may serve to backup operation of thesecond subgroup 111 b and/or vice versa. - It will be understood that the
groups subgroups groups UPSs UPSs -
FIG. 2 illustrates aUPS system 200 with a modular architecture according to further embodiments of the present invention. First and second redundant groups of UPSs are provided in the form ofrespective UPS assemblies UPS assemblies UPS modules 214 that are connected in parallel to aload 20 and that communicate withrespective control circuits 212. Thecontrol circuits 212 are also configured to communicate with one another. According to embodiments of the present invention, thecontrol circuits 212 and theUPS modules 214 support redundant operation of theUPS assemblies UPS modules 214 therein serve as respective redundant groups of UPSs, e.g., the group ofUPS modules 214 of theUPS assembly 210 b may act as a group to back up the group ofUPS modules 214 of theUPS assembly 210 a. Within one or both of theUPS assemblies 210 a, 2101), an inner redundancy is provided among theUPS modules 214 thereof. For example, as shown, themodules 214 andcontrol circuit 212 within a UPS assembly may be configured to provideredundant subgroups - Such nested redundancy may be achieved using communications among the
control circuits 212 and theUPS modules 214. For example, in some embodiments, eachUPS module 214 within thefirst UPS assembly 210 a may communicate status information to the associatedcontrol circuit 212. Such status information may indicate, for example, whether a failure is imminent in theUPS module 214 and information pertaining the load currently being served by theUPS module 214. In response to such information, thecontrol circuit 212 may determine whether a selective disabling of theUPS module 214 may be allowed such thatother UPS modules 214 within theUPS assembly 210 a may continue to serve theload 20. For example, as explained in detail with reference toFIG. 7 below, if loading of theUPS assembly 210 a is below a certain threshold, it may be possible to letother UPS modules 214 in theUPS assembly 210 a to continue to supply power to theload 20. If, however, the loading on theUPS assembly 210 a is so high that the remainingoperational UPS modules 214 do not have sufficient capacity to serve theload 20, the control law of thecontrol circuit 212 may require collective disabling of all of theUPS modules 214 in theUPS assembly 210 a. - The control circuit 210 may further communicate this information to other UPS assemblies, so that they may take coordinated action. For example, in response to receipt of such information from the
first UPS assembly 210 a, if thecontrol circuit 212 of thesecond UPS assembly 210 b determines that it will not be able to serve theload 20 once thefirst UPS assembly 210 a goes completely off-line, the control law of thecontrol circuit 212 of thesecond UPS assembly 210 b may require collective disabling of all of its currentlyoperational UPS modules 214 as well. This election may be further communicated to thecontrol circuit 212 of thefirst UPS assembly 212 and/or to other UPS assemblies (not shown) that may be connected to theload 20, so that they may take further actions. For example, if a sufficient number of UPS assemblies are not capable of serving theload 20, they may be collectively bypassed, such that an AC utility or other power source is directly connected to theload 20. -
FIG. 3 illustrates exemplary configurations for aUPS assembly 300 according to some embodiments of the present invention that may be used in a UPS system along the lines described above with reference toFIG. 2 .UPS modules 310 include arectifier 312 configured to receive an AC input via a first switch (e.g., a contactor or relay) 316. Aninverter 313 is coupled by aDC bus 315 to therectifier 312. An output of theinverter 313 may be connected and disconnected from a load (not shown inFIG. 3 ) via asecond switch 317. A DC-DC converter 314 is also coupled to theDC bus 315 and is configured to be connected to a battery (not shown). The DC-DC converter 314 may allow the battery to provide DC power to theDC bus 315 in the absence of AC power at the input of therectifier 312. The DC-DC converter 314 may also allow charging of the battery from theDC bus 315. Acontrol circuit 311 is configured to control therectifier 312,inverter 313, DC-DC converter 314 and theswitches control circuit 311 includes a digital communications interface, here shown as a controller area network (CAN) interface 311 a, coupled to adigital communications bus 330. - The
CAN bus 330 is also coupled to aCAN interface 322 a of acontrol circuit 322 of an I/O andbypass module 320 of theUPS assembly 300. The I/O andbypass module 320 further includes abypass switch 326 that is configured to bypass theUPS modules 310 responsive to a control signal from thecontrol circuit 322. The I/O andbypass module 320 further includes aCAN bridge 324 that provides communications between theinternal communications bus 330 and anexternal bus 340. Via theCAN bridge 324 and theexternal bus 340, information may be exchanged with other UPS assemblies. -
FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary implementation of amodular UPS assembly 300′ having an architecture along the lines of theUPS assembly 300 illustrated inFIG. 3 . In the illustrated embodiments, threeUPS modules 310′ and an I/O andbypass module 320′ are mounted in and/or on a common frame, here shown as acabinet 410. It will be understood that the configuration illustrated inFIG. 4 may be appropriate, for example, to a relatively high capacity UPS system, and that other form factors, including greater or lesser numbers of UPS modules, may be used in other embodiments of the present invention. -
FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate exemplary signaling that may be used in themodular UPS assembly 300 ofFIG. 3 . Thecontrol circuit 322 of the I/O andbypass module 320 may transmit waveform synchronization information and enable/disable commands to theUPS modules 310 over theinternal CAN bus 330. This information may also be transmitted to another UPS assembly external to theUPS assembly 300 via theCAN bridge 324. Referring toFIG. 6 , theUPS modules 310 may transmit waveform synchronization information and status information to thecontrol circuit 322 over theinternal CAN bus 330. In other embodiments of the present invention, synchronization may be achieved without such explicit signaling, for example, by using techniques along lined described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,355 to Tracy et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,356 to Tassitino, Jr. et al, the contents of each of which is incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. - According to some embodiments of the present invention, the waveform synchronization information may include frequency and phase error information that may be used by the
modules 310 to synchronize operation of theirinverters 313. For example, referring toFIG. 7 , synchronization information transmitted to a control circuit of a UPS module, such as theUPS modules 310 ofFIG. 3 , may include a target frequency and phase error that are passed to a phase lockedloop controller 710 that generates a reference signal for aninverter driver 730 of the module. As shown, for purposes of balancing load share among modules, the phase lock loop compensation may be augmented by aload share controller 720 that operates responsive to a measure of power output of the module, along lines, for example, described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,549,440 to Tassitino et al., the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. As shown inFIG. 8 , in some embodiments, the phase locked loop and load share control functions shown inFIG. 7 may be implemented in an ACwaveform reference generator 810 that generates an AC waveform reference signal for aninverter driver 820. -
FIG. 9 illustrates exemplary UPS operations for nested redundant operation of a UPS assembly according to further embodiments of the present invention. A load is powered by at least two parallel UPS assemblies, e.g., modular UPS assemblies such as theassemblies FIGS. 3 and 4 (block 910). Upon detection of a failure of a UPS module in a first one of the UPS assemblies (block 920), the control circuit of the first UPS assembly determines whether the level of loading allows for intra-assembly redundancy, i.e., will allow remaining operative UPS modules in the assembly to continue supplying the load (block 930). If the load is sufficiently low, the control circuit may disable the failed module, and allow the remaining modules to continue to drive the load (block 940), thus providing intra-assembly redundancy. It will be understood that a second module mail fail in a second one of the UPS assemblies, which may lead to disabling of that second module without requiring changes to the operation of the first UPS assembly. If insufficient capacity exists, however, the control circuit collectively disables all of the modules in the assembly and signals another assembly to inform it of the collective shutdown (block 950). In further embodiments of the present invention, other operations may be performed. For example, in some embodiments, dynamic redefinition of redundant groups and/or subgroups may occur in response to shutdown or other unavailability of particular modules. - In the drawings and specification, there have been disclosed exemplary embodiments of the invention. Although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined by the following claims.
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1. A UPS assembly, comprising:
a frame;
a plurality of UPS modules mounted in and/or on the frame and configured to be coupled in parallel to serve a load;
an first digital communications bus coupled to each of the UPS modules; and
a control circuit mounted in and/or on the frame, coupled to the first digital communications bus and configured to determine a magnitude of the load and to selectively enable or disable the UPS modules based on the determined magnitude of the load to maintain service to the load.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to selectively enable and disable the UPS modules to maintain service to the load when the determined magnitude of the load meets a predetermined criterion and to collectively disable the UPS modules when the determined magnitude of the load fails to meet the predetermined criterion.
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