GE Announces New UPS Series

General Electric(GE) announced its new uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that is said to deliver reliable power protection, a high efficient operating mode up to 98% and proven Redundant Parallel Architecture™ (RPA) to owners and operators of mission critical applications including small data centers, medical, manufacturing, industrial, telecom and commercial buildings.

The new LP33 series is sized at 80 & 100kVA, with a 0.9 output power factor (PF) and uses double conversion topology with a true on-line VFI (voltage frequency independent) 208V design. The hybrid IGBT rectifier provides low input total harmonic distortion (THD) and high input power factor. The IGBT inverter section, with transformerless output, ensures low output distortion and fast transient response.

The LP33 series can operate in high efficiency Eco Mode with efficiencies up to 98%. Eco Mode provides 5-7% reduction in UPS energy consumption plus another 2-3% reduction in cooling power energy requirements. Eco Mode can provide up to 10% reduction in total data center energy use. Eco Mode operation continuously monitors the output voltage and frequency, and will instantaneously switch to inverter during voltage or frequency disturbance to ensure compliance with the ITI (CBEMA) curve.

GE’s RPA can be used to parallel up to four LP33 series units for redundancy or capacity. The RPA system eliminates single points of failure by using redundant controls and integral static switches eliminating centralized bypass cabinets; and allows field addition of future modules for load growth.