Major disturbance in the electrical supply can have disastrous consequences for businesses and operators of datacentres, which led Benning UK to focus its research and development on the unique requirements datacentres face. In response, Benning has developed Enertronic Modular SE – a truly modular, highly flexible three-phase UPS system. The Enertronic SE combines class leading availability and highest power quality with no single point of failure and the lowest running costs due to the system’s high operating efficiency and ‘pay as you grow’ scalability. Another unique characteristic is that the system is intelligent enough to only use modules required for the user selected N+n redundancy mode. If the load falls below the selected limit the system automatically right-sizes its capacity, sending modules which aren’t needed into a standby mode. This leads to increased savings for datacentre operators in the long-term, whilst they don’t need to compromise on the system’s availability.
As each UPS module is a highly efficient double conversion, serial on-line UPS utilising decentralised parallel architecture, the Enertronic Modular SE system has no single point of failure. UPS modules can be paralleled together for vertical scalability, as well as paralleled horizontally in multiple cabinets to achieve up to 1,000kW power capacity. This flexibility provides customers with the lowest achievable ‘total cost of ownership’ as the power protection system can be right-sized to the current size of the load, with additional protection delivered through various redundancy configurations, as and when required.
The (up to) 40kW modules can be rapidly ‘hot-swapped’, ensuring very low mean time to repair (MTTR) which, when coupled with Benning’s industrial grade reliability, enables an unprecedented ‘six nines’ availability for a UPS built to an industrial grade specification.
If highest operating efficiency is more important to the user than highest power quality the Enertronic Modular SE has a user selectable ‘Super Efficiency’ mode, which can achieve an operating efficiency of 99%.
“We wanted to design a highly efficient power protection system which brings the benefits of industrial grade build quality and extended working life into datacentres – something that is unlike anything already available,” states David Bond, Managing Director Benning UK.
“The new Enertronic Modular SE is a state-of-the art solution, providing operators with class leading system availability, highest power quality and the option to automatically right-size their system with a modular redundant configuration. This, combined with efficiency of up to 99% and a design life of over 20 years lowers the system’s total cost of ownership - a real game changer in this marketplace,” Bond added.
