Air-powered generator system
The Co-operative Bank’s Pyramid building in Stockport has became the first major data centre in the world to use a compressed air electricity generating system to supply backup power.
The Co-operative Bank’s Pyramid building in Stockport became the first major data centre in the world to use a compressed air electricity generating system to supply backup power.
The new environmentally-friendly system uses clean, compressed air and replaces scores of lead acid batteries which were needed to supply power in case the mains electricity supply was interrupted.
The new system, termed the Air-DRUPS, cuts in as soon as the mains power is lost and uses a series of scroll generators that are driven by compressed air to provide an emergency supply of electricity for a few seconds until the backup generator kicks in.
The compressed air scroll generators that form the heart of the system are designed and manufactured by Pnu Power in the UK (Part of Energetix Group PLC).
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