High Availability Redundant Power Distribution System Diagnostic Operations

Abstract

Embodiments of this present disclosure may include a system with a first power converter and a control system. The first power converter may supply a first current to a first backplane while a second power converter is concurrently supplying a second current to a second backplane. The first backplane and the second backplane may electrically couple to one or more load components and the control system. The control system may cause the first power converter to adjust the first current such that the first current and the second current are imbalanced with respect to each other in response to receiving a request to verify that the second power converter is capable of supplying the one or more load components with a target current value while the first current and the second current are imbalanced.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a first power conditioner configured to supply a first voltage output to a first backplane;   a second power conditioner configured to supply a second voltage output to a second backplane;   a load component coupled to the first backplane and the second backplane via one or more ORing circuits, the load component being powered by at least one of the first power conditioner via the first backplane and the second power conditioner via the second backplane;   wherein the first power conditioner is configured to:
 increase the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane to a maximum voltage output of the first power conditioner; 
 receive sensing data associated with the first backplane from an ORing circuit among the one or more ORing circuits of the load component; 
 determine a power output on the first backplane that corresponds to the maximum voltage output of the first power conditioner based on the sensing data; and 
 generate, based on the power output on the first backplane and a target power output associated with the load component, an alert indicating that the first power conditioner is capable of fully supplying the load component. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the load component is coupled to the first backplane via the ORing circuit among the one or more ORing circuits of the load component; and   the ORing circuit includes one or more integrated sensors configured to acquire the sensing data associated with the first backplane.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the power output on the first backplane is supplied from the first power conditioner to the first backplane when the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane is increased to the maximum voltage output of the first power conditioner; and   the target power output associated with the load component is a full load power to supply the load component.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein generating the alert includes:
 determine a difference between the power output on the first backplane and the target power output associated with the load component;   determine that the difference between the power output on the first backplane and the target power output associated with the load component is less than or equal to a threshold value; and   determine, in response to determining that the difference between the power output on the first backplane and the target power output associated with the load component is less than or equal to the threshold value, that a supplying of the load component is shifted to the first power conditioner and that the first power conditioner is capable of fully supplying the load component without the second power conditioner.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first power conditioner and the second power conditioner are independently coupled to a first power supply and a second power supply, respectively.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first power conditioner is coupled to the first backplane via a different ORing circuit.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the one or more ORing circuits are configured to prevent backflow of current from a direction of intended delivery towards the load component.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the one or more ORing circuits are configured to provide one of an overvoltage protection, a undervoltage protection, an overcurrent protection, and a soft start control operation to the load component.   
     
     
         9 . A system comprising:
 a first power conditioner configured to supply a first voltage output to a first backplane;   a second power conditioner configured to supply a second voltage output to a second backplane;   a load component coupled to the first backplane and the second backplane via one or more ORing circuits, the load component being powered by at least one of the first power conditioner via the first backplane and the second power conditioner via the second backplane;   wherein the first power conditioner is configured to:
 decrease the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane by a voltage amount; 
 receive sensing data associated with the first backplane from an ORing circuit among the one or more ORing circuits of the load component; 
 determine, based on the sensing data, a current output on the first backplane when the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane is decreased by the voltage amount; 
 determine a difference between the current output on the first backplane and a target current output associated with the first backplane; and 
 generate, based on the difference between the current output on the first backplane and the target current output, an instruction to acquire a current output on the second backplane provided by the second power conditioner. 
   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the load component is coupled to the first backplane via the ORing circuit among the one or more ORing circuits of the load component; and   the ORing circuit includes one or more integrated sensors configured to acquire the sensing data associated with the first backplane.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein generating the instruction includes:
 determining that the difference between the current output on the first backplane and the target current output is less than a threshold value; and   generating, in response to determining that the difference between the current output on the first backplane and the target current output is less than the threshold value, the instruction to acquire the current output on the second backplane provided by the second power conditioner.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the target current output associated with the first backplane is zero amps; and   when the difference between the current output on the first backplane and the target current output is less than a threshold value, a supplying of the load component is shifted to the second power conditioner.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the current output on the second backplane provided by the second power conditioner is used to verify that the second power conditioner is capable of fully supplying the load component without the first power conditioner.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the first power conditioner is configured to:
 increase, in response to a conclusion of whether the second power conditioner is capable of fully supplying the load component without the first power conditioner, the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein increasing the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane includes:
 increase the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane to a value at which the load component is equally supplied by the first power conditioner via the first backplane and the second power conditioner via the second backplane.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the first power conditioner and the second power conditioner are independently coupled to a first power supply and a second power supply, respectively.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the first power conditioner is coupled to the first backplane via a different ORing circuit.   
     
     
         18 . A method comprising:
 supplying, by a first power conditioner, a first voltage output to a first backplane to power a load component, wherein the load component is powered by at least one of the first power conditioner via the first backplane and a second power conditioner via a second backplane, the second power conditioner is configured to supply a second voltage output to the second backplane, and the load component is coupled to the first backplane and the second backplane via one or more ORing circuits;   increasing, by the first power conditioner, the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane to a maximum voltage output of the first power conditioner;   receiving, by the first power conditioner, sensing data associated with the first backplane from an ORing circuit among the one or more ORing circuits of the load component;   determining, by the first power conditioner, a power output on the first backplane that corresponds to the maximum voltage output of the first power conditioner based on the sensing data; and   generating, by the first power conditioner based on the power output on the first backplane and a target power output associated with the load component, an alert indicating that the first power conditioner is capable of fully supplying the load component.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein:
 the load component is coupled to the first backplane via the ORing circuit among the one or more ORing circuits of the load component; and   the ORing circuit includes one or more integrated sensors configured to acquire the sensing data associated with the first backplane.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 the power output on the first backplane is supplied from the first power conditioner to the first backplane when the first voltage output from the first power conditioner to the first backplane is increased to the maximum voltage output of the first power conditioner; and   the target power output associated with the load component is a full load power to supply the load component.