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What is Difference between UPS & Inverter
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Whenever there is a power cut, electricity supply to these appliances is cut off and they stop working. However, if
we have backup supply devices such as UPS and inverter, we can ensure Power supply to appliances and not
bothered with power cuts. About Jignesh Parmar:
However, people remain confused with the difference between a UPS and an inverter because UPS and inverters
Jignesh Parmar has completed M.Tech (Power
both are providing back up power supplies during main power outage.
System Control), B.E(Electrical). He is member
Inverters are preferred more for general electric appliances whose working does not get affected by extended
of Institution of Engineers (MIE) and CEng,India.
delays in power supply.
Membership No:M-1473586.He has more than
UPS are used for electronics appliances such as computer, servers, workstations, Medical Equipment which
16 years experience in Transmission -
perform critical task and cannot tolerate delays in power supply.
Distribution-Electrical Energy theft detection-
An off-line ups (the standard) switch to the batteries in 3 to 8 milliseconds, after the main power has been lost.
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While Inverter changes over in about 500 milliseconds.
(Planning-Designing-Technical Review-

UPS: coordination -Execution). He is Presently

associate with one of the leading business group
UPS means uninterrupted power supply. as a Deputy Manager at Ahmedabad,India. He
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) provides uninterrupted power to the equipment. It means switching time from has published numbers of Technical Articles in
power cut to battery power is vey less hence important and critical equipment like computer, desktop .Medical “Electrical Mirror”, “Electrical India”, “Lighting
Instruments is not switch off and we can lose data. India”,”Smart Energy”, “Industrial
A UPS is a complete system that is consisting of many parts that include batteries, a charge controller, circuitry any Electrix”(Australian Power Publications)
transfer switch for switching between the mains and back-up battery, and an inverter. An inverter is needed Magazines. He is Freelancer Programmer of
because the battery can only store DC power and we need to convert that back to AC in order to match the Advance Excel and design useful Excel base
appliances connected in the main power line. Electrical Programs as per IS, NEC, IEC,IEEE
UPS= Battery charger + Inverter codes. He is Technical Blogger and Familiar with
UPS is nothing but inverter with inbuilt battery charger. English, Hindi, Gujarati, French languages. He
wants to Share his experience & Knowledge and
UPS give backup only 10 to 20 minutes. The main intention of it is to provide backup only for small time so that you help technical enthusiasts to find suitable
can save the programs and data. solutions and updating themselves on various
UPS also gives protection against line abnormalities like Surge, Voltage fluctuation, Under Voltage, Over Voltage, Engineering Topics.
Spike, Noise.

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Comparison of UPS and Inverter
Descriptions UPS
UPS means Uninterruptable Power
Definition
Supply.
It is an electric circuit (device) which
instantly backs up power supply for a
gadget. The gadgets works continues
to work on smoothly and there is no
Function
damage to it.
It first converts AC to DC Power to
charge the battery than Convert DC
Power to AC Power (Inverter) and this
AC power is supplied to Load.
Principles However, UPS monitors the input
voltage level and processes it in terms
of voltage regulations.
UPS= Battery charger + Inverter
Back up Time Power Back up for Short Duration
(a) Offline UPS, (b) Online UPS and
(c) Line-interactive UPS.
Types
Main Part Rectifier/charger, Inverter ,controller
Switch over Time 3 to 8 milliseconds.
While voltage fluctuations in input
supply can be adjusted by the UPS,
the output voltages are desired to be
as smooth as possible.
Voltage Fluctuations In smoothing the voltage outputs,
UPS are considered better as
compared to inverter.
UPS circuitry is far more sophisticated
Circuitry Sophistication
than that of inverter’s
Pricing UPS more expensive than an inverter.
UPS are used for electronics
Application such as computer,
servers, Network Switches,
Application workstations, Medical Equipment,
Processing Equipment which perform
critical task and cannot tolerate delays
in power supply.
UPS provide protection against
voltage spikes, voltage drops,
Protection
instability of the main frequency and
harmonic distortions
Battery Used sealed maintenance free (SMF)
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converts AC to DC and stores in the
battery. When power supply goes
off, that DC power is converted back
to AC and is transmitted to the
respective electronic gadget.
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Inverter converts DC power (stored
in its battery) to AC Power supplied
to the devices. Normally AC Power
charges the battery .It uses relays
and sensors to detect when to use
DC power or AC Power, for DC
power.
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Power Back up for Long Duration
(a) Square Wave, (b) Quasi Wave,
(c) Sine Wave
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Inverter has Simple circuit then UPS
Inverter is less expensive than UPS
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Jignesh Parmar has completed M.Tech (Power System Control), B.E(Electrical). He is member of
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associate with one of the leading business group as a Deputy Manager at Ahmedabad,India. He has published
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Electrix”(Australian Power Publications) Magazines. He is Freelancer Programmer of Advance Excel and design December 2018 (2)
useful Excel base Electrical Programs as per IS, NEC, IEC,IEEE codes. He is Technical Blogger and Familiar with
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English, Hindi, Gujarati, French languages. He wants to Share his experience & Knowledge and help technical
enthusiasts to find suitable solutions and updating themselves on various Engineering Topics. October 2018 (1)

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Prabhanshu says:
August 1, 2017 at 3:10 pm May 2018 (1)
Your article related UPS & Inverter is very important for me. Thanks for sharing your article. April 2018 (1)

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sir i confused in back e.m.f of generator and motors so plz give me a concept …thnxxx December 2016 (1)

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the article was very informative. thank you very much Jignesh sir. looking for more such articles sir. February 2016 (2)

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A very comprehensive explanation and educative. September 2015 (1)

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Nicely explained article, I have one query…Hope you will help, October 2014 (2)
Presently we are having an online UPS of 6 KVA.. September 2014 (2)
Its battery bank consists of 20 numbers of 12V, 26 AH batteries..
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We have measured the load current on ups output , its 4 Amperes and at present it is giving us a backup time of
approx 4 hours.. July 2014 (2)

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 Now..we want to increase the backup time of the UPS. My query is upto what battery size (in terms of AH hours) is May 2014 (2)
suitable so that we can have a backup time for 8 hours?
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Sir, November 2013 (1)
I am a big fan of you and read your articles with great interest
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My comment: ups maintains frequency level within the prescribed band. For input frequency too,if it falls out of pre
fixed range it will go to by pass mode. September 2013 (3)
I once again highly appreciate your articles.
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