Systems and methods for implementing series compensators in static ups
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRaghothama Reddy, Silvio Colombi, William J. Schmitt, John P. Skliutas
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Abstract
A system is provided. The system includes a plurality of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), a ring bus, a plurality of chokes, each choke of said plurality of chokes electrically coupled between a respective UPS of said plurality of UPSs and the ring bus, and a plurality of series compensators, each series compensator of the plurality of series compensators electrically coupled between an associated choke of the plurality of chokes and the ring bus.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a plurality of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs);
- a ring bus;
- a plurality of chokes, each choke of said plurality of chokes electrically coupled between a respective UPS of said plurality of UPSs and said ring bus;
- and
- a plurality of series compensators, each series compensator of said plurality of series compensators electrically coupled between an associated choke of said plurality of chokes and said ring bus.
A controller for controlling a power supply system that includes a plurality of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), a ring bus, a plurality of chokes, and a plurality of series compensators, each choke of the plurality of chokes electrically coupled between a respective UPS of the plurality of UPSs and the ring bus, and each series compensator of the plurality of series compensators electrically coupled between an associated choke of the plurality of chokes and the ring bus and including a capacitor and a bypass switch electrically coupled in parallel with the capacitor, said controller comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device communicatively coupled to said processor, said memory device storing executable instructions configured to cause said processor to:
- monitor operation of the capacitor;
- and
- control the bypass switch based on the monitored operation.
A method of assembling a power supply system that includes a plurality of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) and a ring bus, the method comprising:
- electrically coupling a choke between each UPS of the plurality of UPSs and the ring bus;
- and
- electrically coupling a series compensator between each choke and the ring bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.