Scribd
Upload
77 views2 pages

UPS Battery Sizing

The document discusses UPS battery sizing, emphasizing the need for calculations based on operating temperature and providing methods for sizing using Watts or Amperes per cell. An example illustrates the sizing process for a 300 kVA UPS with specific efficiency and power factor, resulting in the selection of a battery model and quantity. The final calculation shows that 120 batteries are required when using three banks in parallel.

Uploaded by

monem galil
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
77 views2 pages

UPS Battery Sizing

The document discusses UPS battery sizing, emphasizing the need for calculations based on operating temperature and providing methods for sizing using Watts or Amperes per cell. An example illustrates the sizing process for a 300 kVA UPS with specific efficiency and power factor, resulting in the selection of a battery model and quantity. The final calculation shows that 120 batteries are required when using three banks in parallel.

Uploaded by

monem galil
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

UPS Battery Sizing

Manufacturers provide sizing information for their batteries. Generally this information
assumes a room temperature of 25oC. Batteries which will be operated at different
temperatures continuously should be calculated specifically for that temperature.
Batteries are generally sized using [Watts] per cell or on [Ampere] per cell.

Watts per cell method


Normally information supplied for lead acid batteries designed for short discharge times
(5-120 minutes) is in the form of kilowatts per cell tabulated for various back-up
back times.
The required [Watts] per cell are given by:

Where:
VA = VA of the load
pf = power factor
η = efficiency of the UPS
N = Number of cells
Al = any addition load connected to the batteries (in VA)
Example of UPS battery sizing
Select the battery model number and quantity (using the typical watts per cell table) for a
300 kVA UPS, 94% efficiency, power factor of 0.8, for a backup time of 15 minutes.

The UPS battery bus voltage is 480 V. The typical table is for 12 V batteries (six
(si cells of
2 V each).

Quantity of batteries per bank = 480/12 = 40 batteries

Number of cells per bank = 40 x 6 = 240 cells

Looking at the capacity, we see that the required watt/cell is too much for one bank.
However, various options are available, for example if we decided to use three banks in
parallel:

watt/cell (three banks in parallel) = 1063/3 = 354


- From the table we select a S12V370(F) battery

Total number of batteries required = 40 (per bank) x 3 (banks) = 120

You might also like