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VFI TECHNOLOGY
FIRST CLASS UPS

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Classification of UPS Performance

by IEC 62040-3
FIRST or SECOND or THIRD CLASS UPS

VFI: Where the UPS ouput is Independent of supply (mains)

Voltage and Frequency variations

VFD: Where the UPS output is Dependent on supply (mains)

Voltage and Frequency variations

VI: Where the UPS output is Dependent on supply (mains) frequency

variations, but supply Voltage variations are conditioned
(Independent) ...

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VFI & VI & VFD Classification by IEC 62040-3

OUTPUT DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE
Classification 1

Classification 2

Classification 3

... under the following conditions:

) Change of operation mode (normal/stored energy/ bypass, etc.)
b) Application of increasing/decreasing load steps ...

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MAINS DISTURBANCES
and
UPS CLASSES Publication by ZVEI: UPS Guide
Voltage Phenomenon Time e. g. IEC UPS-Solution
62040-3
1. Outage - blackouts ... > 10 ms
VFD
Classification 3
2. Sags / brownouts < 16 ms
Voltage +
Frequency
3. dynamic overvoltage Offline
< 16 ms Dependent

4. undervoltage continuous VI Classification 2

Voltage
5. overvoltage continuous Independent LineInteractive

6. Lightning sporadic
........... by additional
7. transients (Surge) < 4 ms VFI Classification 1 lightning
arrestors
8. frequency variations sporadic Voltage + (true) Online
Frequency
9. voltage distorsion Hf (Burst) periodically Independent real Double-
Conversion
10. voltage harmonics continuous

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Classification of UPS by IEC 62040-3 means

concerning to

MAINS DISTURBANCES OUTPUT DYNAMICS

VFI: against all of 10 Disturbances First Class

Real Double Conversion / Online

VI: against 5 of 10 Disturbances only Second Class

Line-Interactive

VFD: against 3 of 10 Disturbances only Third Class

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