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News Release from: Pentadyne Power | Subject: VSS+DC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 August 2006
Flywheel-based energy storage moves
ahead
Second-generation VSS+DC flywheel-based clean energy storage systems have passed all tests and are ready to ship.
Pentadyne Power Corporation has announced that the first of its second-generation VSS+DC flywheel-based clean energy storage systems has passed all tests and is ready to ship The new VSS+DC delivers 50% more power with the same cost and footprint as Pentadyne's previous generation system
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 31 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The VSS+DC energy storage product provides organisations with unsurpassed power protection during power disturbances assuring the highest-level of business continuity.
The new model is marketed in Europe and Asia by Socomec Group, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of UPS systems for commercial and industrial applications.
With a design-life of 20 years operating 24x7 without any major service interval, the new system offers a significant improvement in power density, operates virtually silently, weighs only 1,300 pounds and is protected by a five-year warranty the longest in the industry.
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The original VSSDC integrated with UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems instead of conventional chemical batteries, is on duty at a variety of commercial, industrial and military facilities ranging from the NASA Glenn Research centre to one of the world's leading pharmaceutical manufacturers.
While the original VSSDC is rated to deliver 120kW of power and up to 2400kWs of energy, the new VSS+DC will deliver up to 190kW of power and up to 2700kWs of energy.
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Pentadyne President and CEO Mark McGough said: "Demand for the new VSS+DC product has exceeded our expectations".
"The new system provides our customers with much more performance at a cost and footprint unmatched in the industry".
"Today's businesses require the highest-level of operation continuity and protection against the uncertainties of the aging power grid and weather-related power problems".
"The acceptance of our environmentally-friendly technology has been overwhelmingly positive from IT and facility managers around the globe".
"We now have a very healthy backlog of VSS+DC orders and are increasing manufacturing resources to meet a tremendous demand".
Pentadyne's flywheel power system improves UPS reliability by completely replacing or greatly extending the life of lead-acid batteries commonly used in most UPS configurations.
In comparison to such batteries, the VSS+DC system improves UPS reliability while eliminating ventilation and costly cooling requirements as well as reducing lifecycle cost and maintenance/replacement needs.
By occupying less than 25% of the space of an equivalently sised battery system, the VSS+DC saves valuable floor space in the data centre leading to higher computing density.
The higher output VSS+DC permits integration with UPS systems rated at 225kVA or less.
Multiple units are easily paralleled without any communications gear to work with higher-capacity UPS systems and still offer exceptional space and conditioning savings over other energy storage products.
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