Mobile Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System for Ventilators (COVID-19)

随着新型冠状病毒感染症（COVID-19）的扩散，世界各地的新冠肺炎患者呈指数级增长，已经超过了医院病床数量，使医疗保健系统不堪重负。截至2020年4月5日，加拿大新冠肺炎确诊患者总数已增至14426人。因此，安大略省、不列颠哥伦比亚省和魁北克省政府已经开始建造临时医院和临时流动诊所，以应对新冠肺炎患者的增加。由于这些新设施中的一些电力有限或没有现有电力，因此迫切需要开发便携式不间断电源（UPS）系统，以确保呼吸机和其他对挽救患者生命至关重要的医疗设备不间断运行。英属哥伦比亚大学刘健博士的团队将与便携式电气有限公司合作，设计一种可移动、可靠、安全的UPS系统，该系统可以随时随地快速部署，为救生医疗设备（如呼吸机）提供最高质量的电力。该项目将调查医院呼吸机的电力和能源需求，为呼吸机的应用选择最佳的电池类型和化学成分，并在温哥华的便携式电气生产线上设计和原型化UPS系统。该移动UPS系统的开发将为COVID-19大流行期间的救援工作提供可靠的即插即用电源解决方案，并帮助加拿大为未来的疫情和其他救灾环境（如地震、野火和飓风）做好更充分的准备。

The widespread of COVID-19 disease have been causing exponential growing of coronavirus patients that have outnumbered the hospital beds and overwhelmed the healthcare system across the world. In Canada, the number of total confirmed COVID-19 patients has increased to 14,426 by April 5, 2020. As a result, Ontario, B.C., Quebec provincial governments have begun building makeshift hospitals and temporary mobile clinics in preparation for rise in COVID-19 patients. As some of these new facilities have limited or no existing power, it is urgent to develop a portable Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system to ensure uninterrupted operation of ventilators and other medical appliances that are critical for saving patients' lives. In collaboration with Portable Electric Ltd., Dr. Jian Liu's team at the University of British Columbia will design a mobile, reliable, and safe UPS system that can be rapidly deployed to anywhere, at anytime to provide the highest-quality power for life-saving medical appliances, such as ventilators. This project will survey the power and energy needs from ventilators in hospitals, select the optimal battery type and chemistry for the ventilator application, and design and prototype the UPS system in Portable Electric's production line in Vancouver. Development of this mobile UPS system will deliver a reliable and plug-and-play power solution to relief efforts amidst COVID-19 pandemic, and help Canada to be more prepared in the case of future outbreaks and in other disaster-relief settings, such as earthquakes, wildfires, and hurricanes.