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Robust controller for controlling a UPS in unbalanced operation

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Robust controller for controlling a UPS in unbalanced operation

A controller for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS manufacturer) compensates for harmonic distortion in the output current . The controller also provides a control vector also with input from the adaptation processor.

Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) systems are integral and important components in modern electronic systems used by businesses and individuals. A UPS can be used to compensate for voltage sags in the line voltage, and may provide power to the various electronic and electrical systems coupled to it in the event that the line voltage suffers a voltage/current interruption. The quality of the power provided by a lead acid battery system depends upon many factors. Some of these factors include the quality of the output voltage regulation, the total harmonic distortion introduced by the UPS into the power distribution system, the output impedance of the UPS, the response of the vrla batteries to transient events in the line voltage, the operation of the UPS with uncertain parameters such as the load inductance and capacitance, and the operation of the sealed lead acid battery with non-linear/distorted loads. Feedback control systems that control the UPS voltage, frequency, and amplitude are often used to increase the quality of the UPS output.

Prior art controllers for a gel battery include a single voltage control loop using proportional-integral (PI) control laws, using a dead-beat controller, a sliding mode controller, and nesting the output voltage and inductor current control loops inside one another, wherein the output voltage typically is a PI loop and he current loop typically is a high-gain loop. Although these controllers provide a sufficient response to many transient disturbances, these controllers do not effectively compensate for harmonic distortion on the output voltage due to non-linear/distorted loads.

It would be advantageous therefore to provide a controller for a UPS(UPS manufacturer) that compensates for the harmonic distortion due to non-linear/distorted loads and that is easy to construct, globally stable, and ideally is a linear time invariant system.

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How To Rate A UPS

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

How To Rate A UPS

The UPS is rated in kVA or for smaller models VA, this is basically the product of the UPS rate output voltage and current. However due to the nature of the electrically complex load that uninterruptible power supplies are required to support UPS manufacturer often derate the UPS. It is often stated for example that a 20kVA UPS has a power factor of 0.8, i.e. 20kVA at 0.8PF, this will give the true output rating in kW and we have the following equation for a typical 20kVA 3 phase input, 3 phase output UPS: -20000 x 0.8 (kW) /3 (power per phase) / 230 (output voltage) = output current per phase which in this case would be 23A maximum.
General
During normal operation the UPS system will provide a ‘clean supply’ to its load; ‘clean supply’ can be clarified by describing the operation of the
vrla batteries. The utility mains supply from the local electricity supplier can be distorted by the load that it is experiencing, e.g. if there are a number of motors be stopped and started due to a manufacturing process spikes of extremely high voltages can be produced. These can have an adverse effect on delicate computer equipment.
Also as large numbers of the computer
deep cycle batteries are made overseas these days the power supplies associated with these equipments may not be designed to accept the voltage ranges experienced in this country. Typically voltages can be as high as 260V, 230V being the nominal supply, this is especially prevalent during the summer months where there can be a high demand for air conditioning and the local sub station transformer taps are raised to cope with demand, then, when the demand is lower during the night the supply voltage will increase.
Mains Input
With UPS systems greater than 6kVA there is normally provision for two separate utility mains inputs, for maximum security they should be separately protected by fuses or circuit breakers. One input is used for the rectifier/charger and hence the inverter, the other is used for the reserve supply, which the load will be switched to in the case of controlled switching or in the event of an inverter failure or an overload condition.
Should you require a Diesel Generator as standby power protection then this needs to be rated at least twice the size of the UPS System.

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gel battery

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

 Gel battery,also known as “gel cell battery”,It is different from the  wet-cell lead acid battery.

The advantage of these batteries is that it is impossible to spill acid even if they are broken. However, there are several disadvantages. One is that they must be charged at a slower rate (C/20) to prevent excess gas from damaging the cells. They cannot be fast charged on a conventional automotive charger or they may be permanently damaged. This is not usually a problem with solar electric systems, but if an auxiliary generator or inverter bulk charger is used, current must be limited to the manufacturers specifications. Most better inverters commonly used in solar electric systems can be set to limit charging current to the batteries.

Some other disadvantages of gel cells is that they must be charged at a lower voltage (2/10th’s less) than flooded or AGM batteries. If overcharged, voids can develop in the gel which will never heal, causing a loss in battery capacity. In hot climates, water loss can be enough over 2-4 years to cause premature battery death. It is for this and other reasons that we no longer sell any of the gelled cells except for replacement use. The newer AGM (absorbed glass mat) batteries have all the advantages (and then some) of gelled, with none of the disadvantages.