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Title Method and apparatus for line power monitoring for uninterruptible power supplies
Creator/Author Baxter, R.V. Jr. ; Stich, F.A.
Publication Date1993 Jul 20
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 6411117
Report Number(s)US 5229651 ;A
Other Number(s)Pat. Priority: US 7-404902
Resource TypePatent
Specific TypeSpecial Availability
Resource RelationPat. File: 8 Sep 1989
Subject240201 -- Power System Networks, Transmission & Distribution-- AC Systems-- (1990-); ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT-- POWER SUPPLIES;POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS-- POWER CONDITIONING CIRCUITS; AVAILABILITY;CAPACITY;ELECTRIC BATTERIES;ELECTRICAL TRANSIENTS;POWER DEMAND;RELIABILITY
Related SubjectDEMAND;ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS;ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;EQUIPMENT;TRANSIENTS;VOLTAGE DROP
Description/Abstract AC line waveform monitoring apparatus is described for detecting AC line power faults and providing a fault signal for control of an uninterruptible power supply comprising: (a) means for sampling an AC line power signal at times synchronized with the cycle of the AC line waveform; (b) means for producing a reference waveform at selected sample times during the period of the AC line signal given previous reference waveform values and a prior cycle wherein a reference waveform value at each sample time comprises a selectively weighted average of value at that sample time in the prior cycle of the AC line signal and the previous reference waveform value at that sample time; (c) an uninterruptible power supply including an auxiliary power supply battery, the uninterruptible power supply receiving the AC line power and normally providing the AC line power to a load and responsive to a fault signal to switch to provide power to the load from the battery; (d) means for comparing the AC line signal waveform with the reference waveform at corresponding times in the reference waveform and the signal waveform and providing the fault signal to the uninterruptible power supply so that it provides power to the load from the battery when a selected difference condition is exceeded.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: ([10] p)
AvailabilityPatent and Trademark Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20232 (United States)
RightsBest Power Technology, Inc., Necedah, WI (United States)
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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