Active Power’s green UPS is truly cool, say users and analysts. The CoolAir DC, which was introduced recently, uses flywheel technology as an alternative to lead-acid batteries used in most UPSes. In ...
DC voltage source not only extends UPS battery life by handling short-term disturbances, it also functions as a standalone backup power source. A backup power source that can complement or in some ...
Pemex Refinacion has deployed the Active Power 900-kVA CleanSource UPS system to protect its operations at a northern Mexico repumping station. Pemex Refinacion, a subsidiary of PEMEX, Mexico’s ...
In his March 2012 column “UPS Provides Key to Green IT Efforts,” Electronic Products’ editor Paul O’Shea cites a report from Pike Research on “Next Generation Uninterruptible Power Supplies” that ...
The flywheel sucks up the <1.0 second outages and saves the battery packs from wear and tear.<BR><BR>I don't think that they are cost-effective for larger deployments unless you supplement them with ...
When Freescale Semiconductor Inc. installed a new UPS system in its Austin data center, batteries weren’t included — and they weren’t needed. The semiconductor manufacturer uses an uninterruptible ...