UPS

Kohler Power Systems recently launched a new sizing and specifying software for generators and power systems.

Kohler’s Power Solutions Center is an intuitive specifying and sizing programme. Which intends to help usrs identify the optimum power system for their application, as easily and accurately as possible.

The software allows users to customise load properties and individual current harmonis for a number of different applications.

The programme also sports a click-for-quote feature that connects the user to a local Kohler Power Systems distributor.

Market forecasters predict a surge in the UPS market following revelations the industry loses around €150billion in Europe, and the U.S €188 billion due to power failures.

According to Frost & Sullivan’s analysis, mature American and European markets will make up 45% of the UPS market revenues by 2018, while the Asia-Pacific will contribute 26% of the revenue.

Analysis of the global industrial UPS market reveals market earned revenues for 2014 at $1.13 billion, and estimates that this will reach $1.38 billion in 2018.

However, the market researchers also point out that the replacement rate for industrial UPS systems is fairly low, as they are built to last 20-30 years, the replacement demand will remain low globally and decrease the market revenue.

"Manufacturers need to introduce energy-efficient UPS systems with additional features," said Frost & Sullivan Energy & Environmental Senior Industry Analyst Gautham Gnanajothi. "They should also enhance their customisation capabilities to strengthen their appeal to customers in various market segments."

Power systems provider AEG Power Solutions has introduced a new remote monitoring system for UPS units.

The MoniUPS system is built on an Internet of Things (IoT) platform [where units are equipped with unique identifiers, allowing them to transfer data without human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction] and cloud technology. It can monitor any UPS regardless of age or brand as long as it contains an SNMP-Ethernet card.

The UPS unit sends data straight to the MoniUPS gateway that can provide information in real-time, as well as assemble periodic reports and identify system errors.

MoniUPS uses the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to store data.

Power management company Eaton has launched a new prefabricated power solution for data centres in the U.S.

The prefabricated solution will feature the company’s UPS system Power Xpert 9395, which has a standard voltage of 480V and a power rating of 225-1100 kVA.

Eaton will offer its prefabricated solution in three different designs; connected, centralised and contained. The connected configuration comes in central or distributed bypass options and can handle up to four UPS modules per system.

Emerson Network Power (Emerson) has secured a deal with Perth-based distributor UPS West to sell the company’s uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and thermal management solutions in Australia.

UPS West will offer Emnerson’s AC UPS Liebert NXC, Liebert GXT3 and the Liebert DM thermal management solution. The Australian company will also have access to trainings and technical resources of Emerson.

Emerson aims to make the company’s solutions more available to a wider marketplace.

According to UPS West, there is a gap in the supply of power and thermal data room solutions in small to medium sized businesses in metro and regional Western Australia.

"As we operate in the datacentre industry, we have found a need for the Liebert DM for small rooms in major buildings in the central business district as well as in regional sites,” said UPS West business development manager Ian Hart.

“UPS West is fast establishing a foot hold in the WA market by offering customers industry leading IT infrastructure and management solutions and we look forward to working with them as a valued addition to Emerson’s growing network,” said Emerson director of national sales Robert Linsdell.

This summer, Emerson appointed Bangladeshi company Computer Source as its distributor for UPS in the growing IT market of Bangladesh.