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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, Foxboro, MA (US);
Raymond M. Fallon, Oranmore, IE;
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
An aspect of the disclosure includes an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system comprising a first input configured to receive input AC power, a second input configured to be coupled to an energy storage device having a backup runtime capacity, and a controller. The controller is configured to operate the UPS system to store a plurality of indications each indicating a number of times that the UPS system has regained access to the input AC power within a respective amount of time after the UPS system has stopped providing the output power, analyze the plurality of indications to determine an additional backup runtime capacity for reducing a number of load drops, determine a number of additional energy storage devices that provide the additional backup runtime capacity, and output the determined number of additional energy storage devices to add to attain the additional backup runtime capacity and reduce the load drops.