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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2006
Ed Bourgeau, Houston, TX (US);
Jörg Flottemesch, Bubenreuth, DE;
Jürgen Moser, Forchheim, DE;
Siemens AG, Munich, DE;
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In order to provide an apparatus for the redundant power supply of at least one load having a first converter, which can be connected to a first AC voltage system via a first connection, a second converter, which can be connected to a second AC voltage system via a second connection, and a DC voltage intermediate circuit, which connects the first converter to the second converter on the DC voltage side, which apparatus makes a redundant power supply possible, the invention proposes that the DC voltage intermediate circuit has at least one load connection for the purpose of supplying power to a load.