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28/11/2008
Riello UPS and Environment
Riello UPS has a company-wide initiative to become the most environmentally friendly power protection company in Europe.
As a company, Riello UPS is a major contributor to the European Commission - Code of Conduct on Energy Efficiency and Quality of AC Uninterruptible Power Supplies - and the first European manufacturer to rate its products for ECO Energy Level effciency.
The European Commission Code of Conduct is a document signed by the major UPS manufacturers in Europe which outlines the efficiency levels to reach for specic size bands from 10-800kVA, at 100% to 25% loading. For a 200kVA UPS at full load the benchmark is 93% in full online mode.
In addition to making its products achieve the highest possible operating efficiencies, Riello UPS has also focused its research and development efforts on other aspects that impact the environment.
• Adaptive battery management to lengthen the period between battery replacement and disposal programmes and reduce the wear on other consumables such as fans and capacitors.
• Low Total Harmonic Distortion on the input side (THDi) of (3%) to reduce the impact on upstream equipment and a high input power factor (0.99).
• Adaptive 'Smart Mode' operation in which the UPS selects a mode of operation that matches the electrical characteristics of the mains power supply to the power protection performance required by the load.
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