- FEATURE ARTICLE - PENDING - Major Healthcare Data Center gets Unique Critical Power Overhaul to cure OverloadRECENT ARTICLES & WHITE PAPERS - Power Quality Industry only
- FEATURE ARTICLE - PENDING - Major Healthcare Data Center gets Unique Critical Power Overhaul to cure Overload
Power Quality & Reliability Conference - Feb 08 - Commissioning Critical Electrical Infrastructure
Consulting-Specifying Engineer - Sep 07 - Webcast: Critical Emergency Power Links (link also at www.CSEmag.com)
Electric West Conference - Feb 07 - Bridge time UPS batteries: A scalable alternative to flywheels.
Battery Products & Technology - Jan 07 - NiMH batteries projected to replace flywheels for critical bridge time applications.
Annual Power Quality Conference - Oct 06 - New Battery Technology combines Wet Cell Reliability with Sealed Battery ease of installation.
Annual Power Quality Conference - Oct 05 - A State of the Art Review of DC Energy Storage Alternatives for Mission Critical UPS & CPS Applications.
Consulting-Specifying Engineer - Mar 04 - Using VRLA battery backup systems in mission critical infrastructure designs.
Annual P Q Conference - Nov 03 - Simplified method of comparing UPS systems.
Diesel Generator Start Reliability - Why gensets may fail and how to correct it.
15 Sec Vs 15 Minutes - Reserve time is not the key issue in high availability.
VRLA Battery Reliability- All batteries are not the same
New! - FAQ's (click here) - Frequently asked questions on UPS, PQ, batteries, flywheels, maintenance, monitoring, turn key installation, etc.
ARTICLES & WHITE PAPERS (Archived)
MC West's Principals are world acknowledged experts and have authored a variety of hallmark papers in the Power Quality industry. They have written a wide variety of articles and technical papers for such notable forums as the IEEE, Power Quality Magazine, Availability.com, Consulting-Specifying Engineer / Pure Power, Power Systems World, International Battery Conference, and other media. Additionally, Mission Critical West Inc regularly conducts seminars & specialized client presentations on batteries & storage devices, UPS topologies, ROI & Life Cycle costing, harmonics, uninterruptible power system maintenance, power monitoring and power quality analyzers, and many other topics important to data center and mission critical clientele. Write M C West at info@mcwestinc.com to request archived papers written on topics of interest.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
A variety of M C West presentations are available covering such topics as harmonics, UPS system differences, battery system reliability determination, flywheel Vs battery evaluation, ROI analysis of differing UPS, etc. These presentations were given at industry conferences, end user exchanges, or during instructional seminars for some of the nation's largest A&E firms. Write M C West at info@mcwestinc.com to request presentation for topics of interest.
INDUSTRY LINKS
Following are several popular Power Quality industry vendor and resource links (Note: M C West does not endorse or represent these links, but offers them for convenience only. If you are a reputable PQ product or service provider or media covering the PQ industry and would like to be included, please contact support@mcwestinc.com for inclusion information:
POWER QUALITY PUBLICATIONS / CONFERENCES:
AFCOM - The Leading Association for Data Center Professionals
IEEE - INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY
UPS vendors:
Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. -
FLYWHEEL vendors:
Active Power - Battery-Free Solutions
UPS Battery vendors:
DIESEL GENSET / ATS vendors:
INTEGRATORS:
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