Industrial UPS System – Prevent Power Outages in your Plant
The Harsh environment in a plant facility requires a robust Industrial UPS solution if you plan to correct more than voltage and seek out UPS power storage. This is different than sizing a UPS for a data center load. The sizing and tolerance of an Industrial UPS System vs. sizing a Voltage Correction device is different. Both require an analysis of the load center and the incoming power to determine the best choice. This is done with
Why not a Traditional Data Center UPS?
Not all UPS Systems are created equal. Many customers seek out a traditional data center built UPS to quickly solve a problem in their plant or process facility. Not a good idea. Many expensive capital projects have had to be reversed and replaced for this issue. In general not all consumers are informed nor are the resellers of the product. An Industrial UPS System is much more expensive and careful thought must go into the sizing of runtime storage and what form to avoid large Cap Ex and Op Ex costs in the future.
The traditional IGBT or transformer based UPS used in a data center application is used to support loads that are constant and have little affect on the output sine wave of the UPS. It is not built for those loads disrupting the output sine wave of the UPS. In a typical industrial environment, those typical UPS units will bounce in and out of static bypass because it feels things are out of tolerance. This constant “banging” into the bypass circuity will eventually cause it to fail. The whole time this is happening, the load is at risk should the power fail because the unit is not on
These types of occurrences operationally and failures are not warranted by the manufacturer. Eventually, the static bypass fails and or the inverter section. This is not the fault of the OEM of equipment. They are not built for this type of environment
Where is the UPS System Installed?
An Industrial UPS System is built for these harsh environments and provides a storage backup solution for plant loads. These systems can be sized for an entire facility, or focused into various parts of the plant needing sterilized power and backup storage. Smaller systems are available for PLC and controls areas that use more sensitive local equipment. Call your FGC representative for details on all of these solutions.