By David Engle Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSes), already dominant fixtures at information technology (IT) data centers, are being reconfigured for even larger roles. All do pretty much the same two things, namely, provide clean power protection to critical loads, and “bridge power” in the event of a utility failure. The latter task means giving instant, seamless energy backup whenever the grid current falters, enough to keep critical systems running until standby gensets kick in. All do this—yet d...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Backup, Reliability, UPS