Patent ID: 8975862
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H02J,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A power supply apparatus comprising: a plurality of power sources each generating electric power at a predetermined source voltage; an electric load device; a secondary battery; and a power distribution device being connected to the plurality of power sources the electric load device and the secondary battery device, wherein the power distribution device includes a DC bus line and a plurality of first converter circuits, each of the first converter circuits being disposed between corresponding one of the power sources and the DC bus line; each of the first converter circuits converts the predetermined source voltage into one of a first voltage and a second voltage, and outputs one of electric power at the first voltage and electric power at the second voltage to the DC bus line; the second battery is charged with the electric power at the first voltage when the first converter circuit outputs the electric power at the first voltage; the power distribution device further includes a second converter circuit that converts one of the first voltage of the electric power outputted from the first converter circuit to the DC bus line and the first voltage of electric power outputted from the secondary battery to the DC bus line into the second voltage; the electric load device is supplied with the electric power at the second voltage outputted from the second converter circuit; the power distribution device further includes a direct power supply circuit that directly supplies the electric power at the second voltage outputted from the first converter circuit to the electric load device without passing through the second converter circuit, when the first converter circuit outputs the electric power at the second voltage to the DC bus line; the power distribution device further includes a control unit that controls the plurality of first converter circuits, the second converter circuit and the direct power supply circuit to provide a first power supply mode and a second power supply mode; in the first power supply mode, the control unit controls each of the plurality of first converter circuits to convert the predetermined power source voltage into the first voltage and output the electric power at the first voltage to the DC bus line, and the second converter circuit to convert the first voltage of the electric power supplied from at least one of the secondary battery and the plurality of first converter circuits into the second voltage, so that the secondary battery is charged by the electric power provided by the plurality of power sources and the plurality of first converter circuits, and the electric power generated by the plurality of power sources is supplied to the electric load device via the plurality of first converter circuits and the second converter circuit; and in the second power supply mode, the control unit controls each of the plurality of first converter circuits to convert the predetermined source voltage into the second voltage and output the electric power at the second voltage to the DC bus line, and closes the direct power supply circuit, so that the electric power at the second voltage outputted by the plurality of first converter circuits is directly supplied to the electric load device via the DC bus line and the direct power supply circuit without being supplied to the secondary battery.