Collection

Power and UPS

Power distribution, UPS, batteries, protection and redundant supply.

Sources
418
Downloadable PDFs
95
Years
1984–2027

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265–288 / 418

Research paperPDF

Sustainability (MDPI AG) 2026

Sustainable Grid Integration of AI Data Centers: Carbon-Aware Co-Optimization of Training Workloads and Battery Storage Under Renewable Uncertainty

Do not size behind-the-meter battery storage on an emission-reduction case; round-trip losses mean storage alone adds nothing and can raise emissions. Justify it with a concrete duty such as masking checkpoint dips.

  • The modelled AI fleet drew about 627 MWh/day (about 152 t/day CO2); flexibility abated 39 t/day, about 26% of the fleet's own emissions.
Research paperFree to read

arXiv preprint (Microsoft Azure Research / University of Illinois) 2025

TAPAS: Thermal- and Power-Aware Scheduling for LLM Inference in Cloud Platforms

Couple thermal and power headroom in the design tool: show how inlet temperature rise with outdoor conditions (for economiser or adiabatic systems) erodes GPU thermal margin and can trigger throttling.

  • GPU temperature must stay below a threshold (for example 85 C) beyond which hardware throttles computation.
Technical guideFree to read

Data Center Frontier (Black & Veatch contributed article) 2024

The Benefits of Implementing Substations for Data Centers

Offer a substation object with a configuration field (radial, main-tie-main, ring bus, breaker-and-a-half, double-bus double-breaker) and an insulation type field (AIS, GIS), with footprint and cost multipliers.

  • Some high-voltage equipment has 1-3 year procurement lead times.
Research paperPDF

Energies (MDPI AG) 2017

Thermal Impact Analysis of Circulating Current in High Power Modular Online Uninterruptible Power Supplies Application

For paralleled modules in a modular UPS, do not look only at the N+1 redundancy count; add to the design check that module-to-module filter and control parameter differences cause circulating current and thermal imbalance.

  • The authors recommend keeping overshoot or sag on module switching within 10% of nominal critical-bus voltage.
Technical guideFree to read

Cummins 2025

Transient Performance of Generating Sets

Store per generator the ISO 8528-5 class achieved, BMEP at rated load and the maximum single load step (%) that meets the stated dip limits.

  • DOL motor start draws about 4.5-8.5x FLC; star-delta about 2x FLC.
Research paperPDF

Electronics (MDPI AG) 2025

Two-Stage Power Delivery Architecture Using Hybrid Converters for Data Centers and Telecommunication Systems

In rack power-chain efficiency calculations, treat the number of stages and each stage's efficiency as separate inputs, and show the benefit of fewer stages at load points (low and high current).

  • End to end, direct conversion from about 110 VAC to 1 VDC peaked at 84.1% efficiency at 50 A and fell to 73.5% at 160 A.

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