Patent ID: 7166931
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
1. An uninterruptible power supply apparatus including an AC switch which turns on/off the AC power that is input from a commercial power source, a storage battery, a power conversion device installed between the AC switch and the storage battery, and a load device of AC power coupled to the output end of the AC switch, said apparatus comprising: an output AC voltage detection unit which is provided on an output side of the AC switch and detects an output AC voltage that is output from the AC switch; an abnormality detection circuit which detects an abnormal signal when the output AC voltage detected by said output AC voltage detection unit becomes outside predefined upper and lower limits of detection AC voltage values; a control circuit which generates a control voltage command based on the abnormal signal detected by the abnormality detection circuit; a PWM circuit which controls the power conversion device based on the control voltage command generated by the control circuit; an input AC voltage detection unit which is provided on an input side of the AC switch and detects an input AC voltage (Vin) that is input from the commercial power source; and a restoration circuit which restores the AC switch by outputting a restoration signal when the input AC voltage detected by the input AC voltage detection unit comes within a range of predefined upper and lower limits of restoration AC voltage values, wherein said AC switch turns off in accordance with the abnormal signal detected by the abnormality detection circuit and DC power of the storage battery inverse transforms into AC power by controlling the power conversion device with the PWM circuit in accordance with giving the control voltage command issued from the control circuit based on the abnormal signal to the PWM circuit so that the AC power inverse transformed from the DC power of the storage battery with the power conversion device is supplied to the load device of AC power, and wherein when the input AC voltage detected by the input AC voltage detection unit comes within the range of predefined upper and lower limits of restoration AC voltage values, the AC switch is restored on the basis of the restoration signal output from the restoration circuit.