MODULAR ISOLATED POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTER FOR HVAC/MVAC TO LVDC POWER CONVERSION

    公开(公告)号:US20220416684A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17825211

    申请日:2022-05-26

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a modular, scalable, and galvanically isolated power electronics converter topology for medium voltage AC (MVAC) to DC or high voltage AC (HVAC) to DC power conversion. A disclosed modular converter can comprise a low-voltage direct current bus and a centralized controller configured to regulate the low-voltage direct current bus. The modular converter can further comprise a plurality of three-phase blocks connected in series. Individual three-phase blocks of the plurality of three-phase blocks can comprise a plurality of single-phase modules connected in an input-series output-parallel configuration. The modular converter can further comprise a filter connected between a grid input and the plurality of three-phase blocks and a pulse-width modulator configured to generate encoded gate pulses for the individual three-phase blocks of the plurality of three-phase blocks.

    Systems and methods for isolated low voltage energy storage for data centers

    公开(公告)号:US11424677B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US16890856

    申请日:2020-06-02

    申请人: Inertech IP LLC

    发明人: Subrata K. Mondal

    摘要: Systems and methods of this disclosure use low voltage energy storage devices to supply power at a medium voltage from an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to a data center load. The UPS includes a low voltage energy storage device (ultracapacitor/battery), a high frequency (HF) bidirectional DC-DC converter, and a multi-level (ML) inverter. The HF DC-DC converter uses a plurality of HF planar transformers, multiple H-bridge circuits, and gate drivers for driving IGBT devices to generate a medium DC voltage from the ultracapacitor/battery energy storage. The gate drivers are controlled by a zero voltage switching (ZVS) controller, which introduces a phase shift between the voltage on the primary and secondary sides of the transformers. When the primary side leads the secondary side, the ultracapacitor/battery discharges and causes the UPS to supply power to the data center, and when the secondary side leads the primary side, power flows from the grid back to the UPS, thereby recharging the ultracapacitor/battery.