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UPS Application

Alcad: UPS Application

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UPS Application

UPS System (Uninterruptible Power Supply System)

Rectifier Inverter • Rectifier supplies full inverter

input power under normal
~ = conditions
•
= ~ Additional rectifier capacity
to recharge battery
• Battery supplies power to
inverter in emergency
• Inverter provides ac power to
critical loads

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UPS:
Application requirements

• High reliability
• Life exceeding that of the UPS
• High performance
• Low maintenance
• Abuse resistance
• High ripple tolerance
• Ability to accept high recharge currents
• Good cycling capability (depending on location)

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UPS:
Ni-Cd Characteristics

• Very high-rate performance

• Thin plates with large surface area
• Substantial steel conducting hardware
• 20-25 year service life
• No corrosion of plate structure
• Service life unaffected by plate thickness
• Simple and infrequent maintenance
• Mechanically and electrically rugged
• Unaffected by ripple
• Can be recharged at very high currents
• Excellent cycling capability

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UPS:
Ni-Cd benefits

• Ni-Cd offers complete reliability

• No sudden failure
• No possibility of thermal runaway, as with VRLA
• Ni-Cd capability degrades slowly and predictably
• No frequent battery replacements
• Ni-Cd life is typically longer than that of the UPS
• Ni-Cd is relatively unaffected by cycling
• High reliability and low operating costs make Ni-Cd
highly cost effective

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UPS:
Ni-Cd products

• Vantex range • XHP range

• Maintenance-free(*) L and M types • Sintered positives
• Capacity range: 8 Ah to 1700 Ah • Plastic bonded electrode (PBE)
• Long life, reliable operation to as negatives
high as + 40°C (+104°F) • Capacity range: 11 Ah to 320 Ah
• Can be stored up to 2 years • Long watering interval
• Small footprint

(*)
The term maintenance-free means that no addition of water is necessary during the lifetime of the
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UPS:
Summary

• UPS systems back up highly critical loads and MUST

operate in an emergency
• Ni-Cd is the only battery type that does not exhibit
sudden failure
• Factors that cause failure in lead-acid batteries, such
as cycling and ripple, have little or no effect on Ni-Cd
• Ni-Cd offers truly reliable, trouble-free service

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