Continuous power protection availability

Case Study
Modular versus Traditional UPS Systems
Modular Design
Advantage at a glance

Convenient Operations
 Easy upgrade/extension (scalability)
 High system flexibility
 Higher System Availability
 Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
 Lower energy consumption
 Optimized investment over time (scalability)
 Space saving
 Lower spare part inventory
 Environment friendly UPS
 Low CO2 Emissions

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Scalability (1/2)

Vertically… Horizontally…

 Up to 5 modules
fit into the
system Modules
operate mutual
load sharing
 Up to 200kW per
cabinet
 Every module is  Additional racks (6) can be
stand-bye at all added to provide the right
time power protection over time
 Up to 1200kW

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Scalability (2/2)

Benefits
 Possible to start with a just a few
modules and add them as required
 No need to operate a UPS system
designed for the full capacity
 No waste of electrical energy due to
right-sizing
 Lower initial capital investment
 Redundancy at all time
 Optimized spare part management

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System Extension – Traditional UPS System

First Step: 240kVA, redundant Second Step: 360kVA redundant

4x120kVA / (n+1) - Redundant
3x120kVA / (n+1) - Redundant

120kVA 120kVA 120kVA 120kVA

120kVA 120kVA 120kVA

LOAD 240kVA/192kW LOAD 360kVA/288kW

Not easy to extend to 360 kVA

and using more space and
additional installation cost

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System Extension – Advanced Modular System

First Step: 240kVA, redundant Second Step: 360kVA redundant

Advanced Modular 7 x 40 kVA Advanced Modular (10 x 40 kVA)
(n+1)-Redundant Configuration (n+1)-Redundant Configuration

7 x 40 kVA 10 x 40 kVA
Modules Modules

LOAD 240kVA/192kW LOAD 360kVA/288kW

 Easy extendable to 360kVA

 Adding only 3 x 40 kVA module
 Without any interruption of load
 No additional cost of installation
 Keeping very small foot print

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System Flexibility

Aisle 1

Over-Capacity SPARE

SPARE
40kVA

40kVA

40kVA If a modular UPS

40kVA
system is over-
SERVER
RACK
SERVER
RACK
loaded, an additional

module can be
Aisle 2
„swapped-over“
SPARE
within a few minutes!
SPARE

40kVA

Overload
40kVA

40kVA

SERVER
RACK

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Redundancy Right-Sizing

Traditional Non-Modular (2x200kVA) Advanced Modular (5 x 40 kW)

(n+1)-Redundant Configuration (n+1)-Redundant Configuration

40 kW Module
40 kW Module
40 kW Module
40 kW Module
40 kW Module

200kVA 200kVA

LOAD 200kVA/160kW LOAD 200 kVA / 160 kW

The traditional configuration covers the A modular system covers the load by 5
load by two identical UPS, each able identical UPS modules, each able to
to deliver the requested full load. deliver up to 4/5 of the requested full
Power. This set-up is “over-sized”. load power. This set-up is “optimized”.

An inefficient system is the major contribution to the cost of a data centre.

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Availability: DPA
DPA (Decentralized Parallel Architecture)

DPA means true redundancy due to

distributed:
 CPU in each module
 Static Switch
 Power Module
 Battery
 Control Panels

No single point of failure = High Availability

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Availability: MTBF and MTTR

Advanced Modular (7 x 40 kVA)

Traditional Non-Modular (3x120kVA) (n+1)-Redundant Configuration
(n+1)-Redundant Configuration
System availability
is dependent on:
 mean time
between failures 7 x 40 kVA
(MTBF) Modules
 mean time to
repair (MTTR)

120kVA
120kVA 120kVA

LOAD 240kVA/192kW

Availability: A= MTBFUPS / ( MTBFUPS + MTTRUPS )

Example 1 Non Modular (2+1) Modular (6+1)
Redundant Configuration Redundant Configuration

MTBF 600,000h 500,000h

MTTR 6h 0.5h High Availability

Availability 0,999990 (5 nines) 0,999999 (6 nines)

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TCO: Savings in Power Consumption (1/2)

Situation
Clients Load: 144 kW
Energy CostskWh = 0.1 EUR
Location Air Conditioned Rooms
Operation time 5 years

Solution
Traditional Non-Modular (2x200kVA) Advanced Modular (5 x 50 kVA / 40 kW)
(1+1)-Redundant Configuration (4+1)-Redundant Configuration

40 kW Module 1
40 kW Module
+
40 kW Module 200 kVA
160 kW 4
40 kW Module
200kVA 200kVA 40 kW Module
160kW 160kW

LOAD 144kW LOAD 144kW

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TCO: Savings in Power Consumption (2/2)
Calculation

UPS Details Stand alone UPS Modular UPS

Load 144 kW 144 kW

Total UPS System Capacity 320 kW 200 kW

Percentage of Load 45% 72%

System Efficiency at Partial Load 90% 95 %

Total UPS input power 160 kW 152 kW

Total UPS heat loss 16 kW 8 kW

Total losses cost per year 14’016 EUR 7’008 EUR

Cooling Costs per year (Factor 1.4) 5’606 EUR 2’803 EUR

Total Running costs per year 19’622 EUR 9’811 EUR

Savings over 5 years: 49’055 EUR

CO2 Reduction over 5 years: 200 Tonnes
= 310 Trees!

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Capital Costs (1/2)

 Traditional UPS Technology

 Lower purchase price
 Higher operating costs
Higher costs of modular system is
recovered within the first year

 Building/Footprint Costs
 A traditional UPS based on two UPS
units typically needs two to three times
the amount of floor space in m2 required
for a modular UPS

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Capital Costs (2/2)

 Maintenance costs
 Maintenance of traditional UPS system is
more time consuming
 Maintenance costs of modular systems
are up to 30% lower compared with
traditional UPS

 Spare part stock, logistics, exchange

 Modular systems provide cost-efficient
spare part packages
 Low spare parts inventory (one single
module for a range of UPS systems)

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Appendix 2: Efficiency curves

Newave’s UPS systems have excellent efficiency in every

working condition (even at partial loads) allowing energy
savings and reducing the need for air conditioning.

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