Inverter/converter technologists build bi-directional, multi-source, power architectures
This upgraded ECI, its creators say, brings a new dimension to power conversion, allowing for full bi-directionality and multiport use.
CE+T Power designs high-end, high-performance backup power solutions, primarily for the telecoms, industrial and datacom/it sectors, and specialising in products that guarantee up-time for critical AC load infrastructures. The company’s engineers recently developed what they believe to be the most efficient inverter available on the market today: in 2016 CE+T won the “Little Box [Inverter] Challenge, set by Google. (see; CE+T Power wins Google’s “Little Box Challenge”
The uprated ECI technology offers bi-directionality and multi-directionality on every converter, bringing a new dimension to modular inverters and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) with enhanced flexibility and improved efficiency.
With three high-efficiency (up to 96% for AC/AC and 94% for DC/AC and AC/DC) energy converters, the upgraded ECI allows unlimited new energy conversion possibilities, such as peak shaving, phase-balancing, high-quality battery management and tests, and energy restitution to a micro-grid and/or a battery.
“The upgraded and improved ECI is unlike any other technology on the market since anything is possible in terms of DC to AC and AC to DC power conversion,” said Olivier Bomboir, VP Product Management & Business Development at CE+T Power. “For example, the new features allow for ECI modules to be used for critical back up, such as a hybrid system where AC input feeds both the AC and DC loads while charging the battery. If the AC input fails, the battery can still supply both loads.”
ECI can also perform energy management, as it can feed both the micro-grid and the AC load from the battery. Peak shaving can also be managed by limiting the power taken from the AC input, and instead the extra power will be taken from the DC source and sent to the load.
Further information about CE+T’s ECI technology; www.cet-power.com/en/tech/eci
A video clip outlining how ECI bi-directionality works can also be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtEFph2JDtQ
At the time of its Little Box success, the company also produced this video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSrHXpK338k
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