# US 12,009,693 B2 · Apparatus and method for flux management in impedance isolation single conversion(ZISC) based UPS system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,693 B2 - Document ID: US12009693B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/758,553 - Filed: 2020-01-09 - Published: 2023-02-02 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-09 - Assignees: ABB Schweiz AG - Applicants: ABB Schweiz AG - Inventors: Sridhar Pulikanti; Simon Walton; Robert Turner; Nicholas James Elliott - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009693B2 ## CPC - H02J 9/062: {for AC powered loads} - H02J 3/388: Arrangements for the handling of islanding, e.g. for disconnection or for avoiding the disconnection of power - H02M 1/40: Means for preventing magnetic saturation - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) ## Abstract Embodiments of present disclosure relate to apparatus and method for flux management in the ZISC based UPS system. The apparatus comprises: a first determining unit configured to determine a first offset flux on a series reactor in the ZISC based UPS system when power quality events occur in a grid connected to the ZISC based UPS system and the ZISC based UPS system operates in a grid-connected mode; and a first resetting unit configured to provide synthetic impedance damping to the series reactor to reset the first offset flux. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for flux management in an impedance isolation single conversion (ZISC) based uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system, the apparatus comprising: a first determining unit configured to determine a first offset flux on a series reactor in the ZISC based UPS system when power quality events occur in a grid connected to the ZISC based UPS system and the ZISC based UPS system operates in a grid-connected mode; a first resetting unit configured to provide synthetic impedance damping to the series reactor to reset the first offset flux; a second determining unit configured to determine a second offset flux on a transformer in the ZISC based UPS system when the ZISC based UPS system operates in the grid-connected mode or an island mode; and a second resetting unit configured to reset the second offset flux in response to a magnitude of the second offset flux exceeding a flux magnitude limit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transformer is a coupling transformer or a downstream transformer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second determining unit comprises: a voltage observer configured to determine a voltage on the transformer; and a flux estimator configured to estimate the second offset flux based on the determined voltage on the transformer and an intrinsic time constant term specific to the transformer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second determining unit comprises: a voltage observer configured to determine a voltage on the transformer; and a flux estimator configured to estimate the second offset flux based on the determined voltage on the transformer and an intrinsic time constant term specific to the transformer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the voltage observer is further configured to: determine the voltage on the transformer based on a voltage at a terminal of a power conversion system in the ZISC based UPS system or an output voltage of the ZISC based UPS system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the second resetting unit comprises: a flux magnitude extractor configured to extract the magnitude of the second offset flux; a comparator configured to compare the magnitude of the second offset flux with the flux magnitude limit; a multiplier configured to multiply the second offset flux with a correction factor in response to the magnitude of the second offset flux exceeding the flux magnitude limit to provide a compensation voltage; and a subtractor configured to subtract the compensation voltage from a target voltage reference to obtain a corrected voltage reference. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second resetting unit comprises: a flux magnitude extractor configured to extract the magnitude of the second offset flux; a comparator configured to compare the magnitude of the second offset flux with the flux magnitude limit; a multiplier configured to multiply the second offset flux with a correction factor in response to the magnitude of the second offset flux exceeding the flux magnitude limit to provide a compensation voltage; and a subtractor configured to subtract the compensation voltage from a target voltage reference to obtain a corrected voltage reference. ### Claim 8 A method for flux management in an impedance isolation single conversion (ZISC) based uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system, the method comprising: determining a first offset flux on a series reactor in the ZISC based UPS system when power quality events occur in a grid connected to the ZISC based UPS system and the ZISC based UPS system operates in a grid-connected mode; providing synthetic impedance damping to the series reactor to reset the first offset flux; determining a second offset flux on a transformer in the ZISC based UPS system when the ZISC based UPS system operates in the grid-connected mode or an island mode; and in response to a magnitude of the second offset flux exceeding a flux magnitude limit, resetting the second offset flux. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the transformer is a coupling transformer or a downstream transformer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein determining the second offset flux comprises: determining a voltage on the transformer; and estimating the second offset flux based on the determined voltage on the transformer and an intrinsic time constant term specific to the transformer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the second offset flux comprises: determining a voltage on the transformer; and estimating the second offset flux based on the determined voltage on the transformer and an intrinsic time constant term specific to the transformer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein determining the voltage on the transformer comprises: determining the voltage on the transformer based on a voltage at a terminal of a power conversion system in the ZISC based UPS system or an output voltage of the ZISC based UPS system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein resetting the second offset flux in response to the magnitude of the second offset flux exceeding the flux magnitude limit comprises: extracting the magnitude of the second offset flux; comparing the magnitude of the second offset flux with the flux magnitude limit; in response to the magnitude of the second offset flux exceeding the flux magnitude limit, multiplying the second offset flux with a correction factor to provide a compensation voltage; and subtracting the compensation voltage from a target voltage reference to obtain a corrected voltage reference. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein resetting the second offset flux in response to the magnitude of the second offset flux exceeding the flux magnitude limit comprises: extracting the magnitude of the second offset flux; comparing the magnitude of the second offset flux with the flux magnitude limit; in response to the magnitude of the second offset flux exceeding the flux magnitude limit, multiplying the second offset flux with a correction factor to provide a compensation voltage; and subtracting the compensation voltage from a target voltage reference to obtain a corrected voltage reference.