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online UPS supplies continuous power

to the critical load. Under conditions of
overload or loads with high inrush
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of the inverter, the static bypass switch
provides mains power to the load.
These kind UPS prevent the load from
surge voltage, transient voltage, noise
and brownouts.

Offline UPS Systems:

This is the simplest form of UPS
system. Referring this system as a UPS
is not correct because the inverter is
normally off. For this reason off-line
UPS are also known as standby power
sources. The most important
advantage of the offline UPS system is
low-cost.

Advantages of Online UPS:

It provides isolation between main

supply and load.
Since inverter is always ON, the
quality of load voltage is free from
distortion.
All the disturbances of supply such
as blackout, brownouts, spikes etc
are absent in the output.
Voltage regulation is better
Transfer time is practically zero
since inverter is always ON.

Disadvantages of Online UPS:

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Overall efficiency of UPS is reduced

since inverter is always ON.
The wattage of the rectifier is
increased since it has to supply
power to inverter as well as charge
battery.
Online UPS is costlier than other
Uninterruptible Power
Supply Systems.

Applications of Online UPS:

1. Induction motor drives and similar

other motor control applications.
2. Intensive care units, medical
equipments.

Advantages of Offline UPS:

Offline UPS has high efficiencies,

since charger is not continuously
on.
The power handling capacity of
charger is reduced.
Offline UPS are not very costly.
Internal control is simpler in offline
Uninterruptible Power Supply.

Disadvantages of Offline UPS:

Since offline UPS provides mains

supply when it is present, the
output contains voltage spikes,
brownouts, blackouts.
There is finite transfer time from
mains to inverter when mains
supply fails.
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Output of offline Uninterruptible

Power Supply  is not perfectly
reliable.

Applications of Offline UPS:

1. Computers, printers, scanners etc

use offline UPS.
2. Emergency power supplies, EPABX.

Comparison between Online and

Offline UPS:

Sl Offline
parameter Online UPS
No UPS

 Turned
On when
1  Inverter  Always ON
 mains

fails

 Rectifier  Supplies power to  Charges

2 cum inverter as well  as only
 charger charges battery  battery

 Quasi
 Output
3  Sine wave square
 waveform
wave

 Harmonic
4  Low  High
 distortion

5  Efficiency  Low  High

 Not
 Isolated from isolated
6  Load
supply from
 Supply

7  Cost  High  Low

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CH.S.R.ADITYA
 May 23, 2014 at 6:31 am
Simply superbbbbb.....:-)
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CH.S.R.ADITYA
 May 23, 2014 at 6:33 am
Simply superbbbbb....:-) and thnku....for
this useful information
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srinivas kv  August 13, 2015 at 7:34 am

Excellent description and comparision
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Devang  December 1, 2015 at 7:56 pm

Simply... Bole to ek dam.jakks....
Short & svt...:-)
Tnx
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Sofia  May 20, 2016 at 11:56 am

Thank you for this summary! I would like
to know, is there any comparisons made
of the total energy losses for the two
UPS types?
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