Patents by Inventor Chuntao Zhang
Chuntao Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12255492Abstract: This application provides a power supply system. The power supply system includes first switch module, an UPS, and a plurality of power consumption branches. An input end of the first switch module is connected to a plurality of power supply apparatuses. An output end of the first switch module is connected to an input end of the UPS. The first switch module is switched between the plurality of power supply apparatuses to supply power to the UPS. An output end of the UPS is connected to each power consumption branch. The UPS is configured to receive electric energy and input a first voltage to each power consumption branch. Each power consumption branch includes a first transformer module and at least one power consumption load. The first transformer module is configured to convert the first voltage into a second voltage, and then provide the second voltage to the power consumption load.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20250062617Abstract: A power distribution circuit. The power distribution circuit includes an alternating current input end, a direct current input end, an alternating current load input end, a direct current load input end, a switch circuit, a DC/AC converter, a DC/DC converter, and a control unit. The power distribution circuit may convert an alternating current input by a mains system into a stable direct current and a stable alternating current, to provide stable electrical signals for an alternating current load and a direct current load.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chuntao ZHANG, Xin CHU
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Patent number: 12224620Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a power supply circuit, including a first power conversion module, a plurality of battery banks, a first bus, and a second bus. A first wiring terminal of the first power conversion module is connected to the battery bank, a second wiring terminal of the first power conversion module is connected to the first bus and the second bus, and the first power conversion module is configured to: perform direct current to direct current (DC/DC) conversion on a current output by a corresponding battery bank, and output currents to the first bus and the second bus. In this application, a quantity of battery banks are set to be less than a quantity of inverters in a UPS system, so that costs are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20250007290Abstract: A power supply system includes a bypass branch, at least two energy storage branches, and a controller. An input of the bypass branch is configured to connect to a power supply, and an output of the bypass branch is configured to supply power to a load. An output of each energy storage branch is configured to connect the load to the output of the bypass branch. Each energy storage branch includes an energy storage unit and a bidirectional inverter unit, and the bidirectional inverter unit is configured to, when the energy storage branch operates in a charging mode, convert an alternating current provided by the bypass branch into a direct current and output the direct current to the energy storage unit. The bidirectional inverter unit is also configured to, when the energy storage branch operates in a discharging mode, convert a direct current provided by the energy storage unit into an alternating current.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: Liang Wang, Chuntao Zhang
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Patent number: 12184117Abstract: This application provides an uninterruptible power supply. An input end of the uninterruptible power supply is connected to a power supply by using a first on-off control module. A controller of the uninterruptible power supply is configured to: after receiving a first control signal sent by the first on-off control module, control a current in a circuit connecting the uninterruptible power supply and the first on-off control module to be zero. An output end of the uninterruptible power supply is connected to a load by using a second on-off control module. A controller of the uninterruptible power supply is configured to: after receiving a second control signal sent by the second on-off control module, control the uninterruptible power supply to be turned off.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Patent number: 12176751Abstract: This application discloses a non-current equalization UPS apparatus, a current distribution method, and a parallel UPS system. The current distribution method may be applied to any UPS apparatus in a parallel UPS system. A current proportion of a first current output by the any UPS apparatus in a total output current of the parallel UPS system is positively related to a capacity proportion of an available battery capacity of a battery string correspondingly connected to the any UPS apparatus in a total available battery capacity of the parallel UPS system. Therefore, a system backup time of the parallel UPS system can be prolonged, and resource utilization of a battery string with a large available battery capacity can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhou Shu, Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20240388125Abstract: This application provides an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), an uninterruptible power supply control method, a related apparatus, and a system. In one example, the UPS determines a target value of a SOC of a battery of the UPS; and controls, based on the determined target value, a rectifier circuit and a direct current-to-direct current circuit in the UPS to charge the battery to make the SOC of the battery equal to the target value, or controls, based on the determined target value, an inverter circuit and a direct current-to-direct current circuit in the UPS to discharge the battery to make the SOC of the battery equal to the target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventor: Chuntao ZHANG
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Patent number: 12126212Abstract: A working method of a modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes: obtaining working parameters of the modular UPS, where the working parameters include an input voltage parameter, a load parameter, and a battery parameter; and adjusting a working mode of a power module in the modular UPS according to at least one of the working parameters of the modular UPS, so that not all power modules are in a same working mode, where the modular UPS includes K working modules, and 2?K.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Patent number: 12126214Abstract: This application provides an uninterruptible power system and a driving method for an uninterruptible power system, and relates to the field of power conversion technologies, to resolve output interruption of the uninterruptible power system. The uninterruptible power system includes a first power input end, a second power input end, a load end, and a bypass, where the bypass includes a first bidirectional switch, and the first bidirectional switch is connected to the first power input end and the load end, and is configured to control connection or disconnection between the first power input end and the load end; and at least one main circuit, where each main circuit includes a bus and an inverter output unit. An input end of the bus is connected to the second power input end, and an output end of the bus is connected to the inverter output unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20240223004Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply includes a first power input, a second power input, a load end, a bypass, a main circuit, and a controller. The bypass includes a bidirectional switch, and the main circuit includes a rectifier circuit and an inverter circuit. The controller is configured to control a voltage that is output by the inverter circuit to be greater than a voltage that is input to the bypass, so that when currents are input to the bypass and the inverter circuit separately, a current that is output by the inverter circuit is transmitted to the load end. In response to a fault at the load end, the voltage that is output by the inverter circuit suddenly drops below the voltage that is input to the bypass, and a current that is output by the bypass is transmitted to the load end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Zhuyong Huang, Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20230327575Abstract: A modular multilevel converter (MMC) includes an input conversion module, an output conversion module, a common conversion module, and a common bridge arm. One end of the input conversion module is connected to Vin, the other end of the input conversion module is connected to the common conversion module through the common bridge arm, and the common conversion module is connected to Vin and Vout. One end of the output conversion module is connected to the common conversion module through the common bridge arm, and the other end of the output conversion module is connected to Vout. The input conversion module and the output conversion module share one bus capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Zhengdong Jiang, Chuntao Zhang, Maoyong Lu
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Publication number: 20230187966Abstract: This application discloses a non-current equalization UPS apparatus, a current distribution method, and a parallel UPS system. The current distribution method may be applied to any UPS apparatus in a parallel UPS system. A current proportion of a first current output by the any UPS apparatus in a total output current of the parallel UPS system is positively related to a capacity proportion of an available battery capacity of a battery string correspondingly connected to the any UPS apparatus in a total available battery capacity of the parallel UPS system. Therefore, a system backup time of the parallel UPS system can be prolonged, and resource utilization of a battery string with a large available battery capacity can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhou Shu, Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20230179013Abstract: This application provides an uninterruptible power supply. An input end of the uninterruptible power supply is connected to a power supply by using a first on-off control module. A controller of the uninterruptible power supply is configured to: after receiving a first control signal sent by the first on-off control module, control a current in a circuit connecting the uninterruptible power supply and the first on-off control module to be zero. An output end of the uninterruptible power supply is connected to a load by using a second on-off control module. A controller of the uninterruptible power supply is configured to: after receiving a second control signal sent by the second on-off control module, control the uninterruptible power supply to be turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20230092047Abstract: An energy storage system includes a plurality of bidirectional power converters and a plurality of windings. The plurality of windings shares a magnetic core. A controller transfers energy of a target battery to the magnetic core using a target bidirectional power converter and a target winding at a same time. A voltage of the target battery is greater than those of some or all batteries other than the target battery. As the battery is charged and discharged, the voltage of the battery changes, and the controller only needs to find a new target battery to continue discharging until voltages of all the batteries are equalized, for example, voltage differences between all the batteries are all within a preset voltage range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20230074678Abstract: This application provides a power supply system. The power supply system includes first switch module, an UPS, and a plurality of power consumption branches. An input end of the first switch module is connected to a plurality of power supply apparatuses. An output end of the first switch module is connected to an input end of the UPS. The first switch module is switched between the plurality of power supply apparatuses to supply power to the UPS. An output end of the UPS is connected to each power consumption branch. The UPS is configured to receive electric energy and input a first voltage to each power consumption branch. Each power consumption branch includes a first transformer module and at least one power consumption load. The first transformer module is configured to convert the first voltage into a second voltage, and then provide the second voltage to the power consumption load.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventor: Chuntao ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230053066Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an alternating current power supply circuit, a control method for an alternating current power supply circuit. The alternating current power supply circuit includes a rectifier module and an inverter module. The rectifier module includes a first inductor L1, a first branch, a second branch, a third branch, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor, the third branch includes a soft switching cell, the soft switching cell includes a first switching component and a second switching component that are reversely connected in series, and the first branch, the second branch, and the third branch form an I-type three-level topology or a T-type three-level topology. The inverter module includes a second inductor L1, a fourth branch, a fifth branch, a sixth branch, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor, the sixth branch includes the soft switching cell, and the fourth branch, the fifth branch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Zhuyong Huang, Xiaofei Zhang, Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20230006466Abstract: This application provides an uninterruptible power system and a driving method for an uninterruptible power system, and relates to the field of power conversion technologies, to resolve output interruption of the uninterruptible power system. The uninterruptible power system includes a first power input end, a second power input end, a load end, and a bypass, where the bypass includes a first bidirectional switch, and the first bidirectional switch is connected to the first power input end and the load end, and is configured to control connection or disconnection between the first power input end and the load end; and at least one main circuit, where each main circuit includes a bus and an inverter output unit. An input end of the bus is connected to the second power input end, and an output end of the bus is connected to the inverter output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chuntao Zhang
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Publication number: 20220200329Abstract: A working method of a modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes: obtaining working parameters of the modular UPS, where the working parameters include an input voltage parameter, a load parameter, and a battery parameter; and adjusting a working mode of a power module in the modular UPS according to at least one of the working parameters of the modular UPS, so that not all power modules are in a same working mode, where the modular UPS includes K working modules, and 2?K.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventor: Chuntao ZHANG
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Publication number: 20220131407Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a power supply circuit, including a first power conversion module, a plurality of battery banks, a first bus, and a second bus. A first wiring terminal of the first power conversion module is connected to the battery bank, a second wiring terminal of the first power conversion module is connected to the first bus and the second bus, and the first power conversion module is configured to: perform direct current to direct current (DC/DC) conversion on a current output by a corresponding battery bank, and output currents to the first bus and the second bus. In this application, a quantity of battery banks are set to be less than a quantity of inverters in a UPS system, so that costs are reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventor: Chuntao ZHANG
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Publication number: 20220045623Abstract: A multi-level circuit, a three-phase multi-level circuit, and a control method are provided. The multi-level circuit includes two groups of bus capacitors that are connected in series. The circuit further includes a plurality of switching transistor branches that are connected in parallel to the capacitors, where each switching transistor branch includes a first half bridge and a second half bridge, and a common terminal of the two half bridges is grounded. Furthermore, the circuit includes two coupled inductors, where each input terminal of each coupled inductor is connected to a common terminal of two switching transistors in the first half bridge in the switching transistor branches. In this circuit, a quantity of groups of bus capacitors is decreased and circuit design complexity is reduced. Further, a dropout voltage of the switching transistors is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Zhuyong HUANG, Xiaofei Zhang, Chuntao Zhang