Monday, January 4, 2021

How does an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) work?

 An Managed Ups Services (UPS), also known as a backup battery, provides backup power when the conventional power supply fails or the voltage drops to an unacceptable level. The UPS allows you to safely and orderly shut down your computer and connected equipment. The size and design of a UPS determines how long it will provide power.

UPS topologies

Different UPS topologies provide specific levels of power protection. The CyberPower UPS will be in one of three topologies: redundant, line interactive, and double conversion.

Standby mode is the simplest UPS topology. The standby UPS uses battery backup power in the event of common power problems such as power outages, power outages, or power surges. When incoming utility power falls below or exceeds safe voltage levels, the UPS switches to DC battery power and then reverts to AC power to operate connected equipment. These models are designed for consumer electronics, basic computers, POS systems, security systems, and other basic electronic equipment.

Line interactive UPS incorporates technology that corrects minor power fluctuations (undervoltage and overvoltage) without switching to battery. This type of UPS has an autotransformer that regulates low voltages (eg Stops) and overvoltages (eg Overvoltages) without having to switch to battery. Line interactive UPS models are commonly used for consumer electronics, PCs, gaming systems, home theater electronics, network equipment, and mid-range entry servers. They provide power during events such as power outages, power outages, power surges, or power surges.

A double conversion (online) UPS provides stable, clean and near ideal power regardless of incoming power condition. This UPS converts incoming AC power to DC and then back to AC. UPS systems with this technology operate from an isolated DC source 100 percent of the time and have zero transfer time because they never need to switch to DC power. Double-conversion UPS systems are designed to protect critical IT equipment, data center facilities, high-performance servers, large storage and telecommunications applications, and modern network equipment from damage caused by power outages, power outages, voltage, surges and more. voltage, voltage surge, frequency noise, frequency shift, or harmonic distortion.

Sine Wave Output - The highest quality output is a sine wave, which is a smooth, repeating variation in AC power. Enterprise-grade UPS systems generate sinusoidal power to operate sensitive electronic equipment. The sine wave output ensures that equipment using active PFC power supplies does not shut down when switching from utility power to battery power.

Simulated sine wave output: the approximate sine wave output. It uses pulse wave modulation to generate a stepped approximate sine wave to provide a more economical battery backup for equipment that does not require a sine wave output. The technology used to produce this type of power output is cheaper to manufacture and is common in standby and online interactive UPS systems.

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