1. UPS Training: The Online UPS
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2. The Online UPS
Essentially, there are 9 basic power problems that can damage your equipment:
How does Powerware’s online UPS prevent these problems from reaching your equipment and deliver clean, regulated power?
Power Failure
Power Sags
Power Surges
Brownouts
Line noise
High Voltage
Spikes
Frequency
Variation
Switching
Transients
Harmonic
Distortion
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3. Online UPS Circuitry
An online UPS isolates connected equipment from power problems by completely regenerating the incoming alternating current (AC).
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4. Converting AC to DC
Bi-Directional Power Converter
Battery
Internal Automatic Bypass
Clean AC
Output to Load
Raw Utility (Incoming AC)
DC to AC Inverter
AC to DC Rectifier
Filtering & Surge Suppression
First, incoming AC is filtered and converted to DC.
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5. Battery Charging
Bi-Directional Power Converter
Battery
Internal Automatic Bypass
Clean AC
Output to Load
AC to DC Rectifier
Raw Utility (Incoming AC)
DC to AC Inverter
Filtering & Surge Suppression
A small portion of this DC power is used to charge the battery.
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6. AC Power to the Load
Bi-Directional Power Converter
Battery
Internal Automatic Bypass
AC to DC Rectifier
Raw Utility (Incoming AC)
Clean AC
Output to Load
DC to AC Inverter
Filtering & Surge Suppression
The DC power is then converted back to AC power and out to
the load.
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7. The Result?
Power Failure
Power Sags
Power Surges
Brownouts
Line noise
High Voltage
Spikes
Frequency
Variation
Switching
Transients
Harmonic
Distortion
By regenerating the incoming utility, power problems are completely removed. The connected load always receives clean, sine wave power.
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