Power outages and poor power quality cost the US economy alone some $119 Billion (ref: EPRI) annually.  Over $12 Billion is spent  on power protection worldwide, with over $7 Billion on UPS  systems (Uninterruptible Power Supply systems) alone, to mitigate these losses.  Power quality consultants are almost mandatory in today's dynamic world of mission critical electric power.  With the wide raft of emerging power technologies, choosing the wrong one can be disastrous.  MC West, world renowned experts in this field, can help guide you through the minefield.

Power quality consulting is truly a high impact profession, with clients seeking 100% availability 7 x 24.  The cost of downtime from a single outage can run in the millions of dollars, and may even result in lives lost.   A qualified power quality consultant must therefore be highly experienced in construction, vendor analysis, electrical engineering, reliability engineering, project management, predictive maintenance, emerging technologies such as flywheels and new generation battery systems, and real world ROI (Return On Investment) determinations.  Few in fact actually are.  That power quality consultant must then be able to apply the right technology for the application at hand, and do it in a way that does not put the client at risk.  Mission Critical West's power quality consultants have done exactly that for over 25 years.  Our principals have direct experience in critical infrastructure design & application engineering,  as well as installation and service of almost every type of UPS system, UPS battery system, and flywheel system available today, often helping builders of these systems design the final products.  We  train large A&E and Design-Build firm power engineering personnel in the latest offerings in emerging technology & critical facilities infrastructure equipment.   This is keenly important today, since flywheel UPS and CPS systems have clear GREEN advantages which must be balanced with certain disadvantages particular to each site and each vendor.

Mission Critical West, Inc. (M C West) is also a leading supplier of critical infrastructure construction project management services, mission critical product development services, monitoring and maintenance services support, and complete "TurnKey" UPS / critical electrical infrastructure installations.  We are licensed critical facilities contractors as well as acknowledged experts in power protection technology worldwide, and specialize in live data center construction projects at Tier III & Tier IV class facilities.  

Standard service offerings include critical facilities reliability and availability  evaluations, power quality site audits, UPS Battery vs Flywheel or UltraCap determinations, Rotary Vs Static critical power determinations, power quality monitoring, critical power equipment installation project management, owners agency services, peer review of larger multi-discipline firm work, and a wide variety of other power quality consulting services.  We pride ourselves on both outperforming and outpricing the large multi-functional firms for specialized critical power project work.  MC West is based in Southern California and our power quality consultants support client efforts both nationally and internationally.

For Immediate Release:

The 2009 Large UPS Product Evaluation Report

This study examines the state-of-the-art (2009) offerings by eight of the largest* Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) manufacturers in the 500 KVA and larger capacity range. Competitive comparisons are presented covering the following areas:
• Dynamic Performance (Step Loading, Fault Clearing, Harmonics Handling, etc)
• Reliability / Availability
• Scalability & Redundancy issues
• Green Issues (Efficiency, Recycle Concerns, Overall Power Consumption, rebate potential)
• Logistical Concerns (Space, Weight, Seismic)
• Service & Support (relative strength/weakness of service organizations and apps support)
• Price / LCC Cost
 

Key areas of concern for Facility Engineers, IT Managers, Green Initiative Supervisors, and Consulting Engineering firms are dealt with in real world terms.  The trade-off of mission reliability/availability for improved efficiency and green impact for manufacturer's new product releases.  What works and what doesn't experientially.   What you can believe and what you should not in manufacturer claims.  Why some UPS/CPS systems that tout high efficiency fall flat in actual testing at real world loading.  In short, the "bible" for any team contemplating a larger UPS purchase within the next year.

The authors are acknowledged experts in UPS technology with 30 years of experience in critical facilities design, UPS system application engineering,  installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance, including specific hands-on experience with well over 100 UPS installations in the multi-hundred KW to Multi-MW range.  This 58 page study incorporates vendor factory input (including substantial factory tests when authorized), actual end user interviews, in-house testing data, commissioning data, product technical specifications, and related data.

US $4,150.00

For a limited time, the study price includes a two hour client telephone interview session producing a (limited) client-specific report version incorporating client utility costing, load profiles, logistical issues and other key client-specific criteria.

* by world market share
 

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