User's Manual

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2 General Information
2.1 Technology
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PROTECT C. is an Uninterruptible Power S
upply
(UPS) for essential loads such as PCs,
workstations, servers, network components,
telecommunication equipment and similar
devices. It consists of:
♦ Mains filter with surge voltage protection (equipment
protection/class D) and mains energy backfeed protection
♦ Rectifier section with PFC logic (power factor correction unit)
♦ Separate battery charger with switch mode power supply
technology
♦ Sealed, zero-maintenance battery system as energy
storage medium with downstream DC/DC converter unit
♦ IGBT inverter for continuous supply of connected loads
with sinusoidal AC voltage
♦ Automatic bypass as additional passive redundancy
♦ Microprocessor controlled control unit
View of the PROTECT C. components
Rectifier
Inverter
Battery system
Load
Mains
Automatic
bypass
~
~
Battery
charger
~
PFC
CPU
control unit
RS232
SNMP
DC/DC booster
Filter
Mains
filter