In South Africa, the medical and healthcare services industries rely heavily on cutting-edge microprocessor technology to offer accurate readings and measurements, playing a crucial role in providing patient diagnostics and addressing medical problems. The constant threat of power outages, exacerbated by ESKOM’s failing infrastructure and frequent load shedding, poses a significant challenge.
In this blog, we will explore how Standby Systems, with its range of Riello UPS solutions, is addressing this critical issue and ensuring uninterrupted power for the entire healthcare sector for all buildings, lighting, IT, and equipment support sections that need a proper UPS behind them.
Clean and Reliable Sinewave Power is Very Important
To guarantee the best reliability and accuracy in patient diagnostics, medical systems require clean, uninterrupted, high spec, and modern, pure sine wave UPS power. This is where the uninterruptible power supply, or UPS system, proves to be a valuable asset.
Standby Systems’ Riello UPS: A Trusted Solution
At Standby Systems, we understand the need for clean, uninterrupted power in healthcare. Our collaboration with AROS Riello UPS from Italy as the sole SA distributor since 2003 proves our commitment to high-quality backup power. Riello UPS offers a wide range of UPS models, including the MPT, MHT, and MHE series, with power sizes ranging from 10 kVA to 800 kVA as single unitary UPS blocks or parallelable in multiple blocks of equal power rating to offer N or N+1 redundancy when power must be available all the time. These UPS systems are designed to meet the unique power needs of healthcare facilities in South Africa.
Safety First
In the medical field, safety standards are non-negotiable. Riello UPS ensures that its systems provide input isolation to critical loads, ensuring uninterrupted power during operation. In addition, they offer IP protection, input/output electrical isolation, and monitoring to safeguard vital medical equipment such as MRIs.
RIELLO UPS systems, such as the ever-reliable MPT, MHT ranges, or the high-efficiency MHE range, are a lifeline for various medical facilities, including hospitals, support theatres, critical life-saving equipment, laboratories, IT systems, control systems, and imaging equipment like MRI and CT scanners. Besides ultimate reliability, they are equipped with a built-in output transformer on the UPS inverter to protect any user/load or patient from the high DC voltages used in a UPS by way of galvanic isolation of the load. Thus, making sure all patients and medical loads on their inverters are safe all the time from any possible short circuit on the DC/battery side to end up on the AC output side connected to the load.
Reliable Power Distribution
Reliability is paramount in a medical environment. Riello UPS addresses this by offering systems that enable seamless and continuous load operation during power outages, no matter what is happening on the utility supply side. Their most modern designs incorporate cutting-edge technology in controls, electronics, and power electronics, thus ensuring that the transfer to and from the utility and generator via the generator’s Automatic Mains Fail panel (AMF) is smooth and free from any transient disruption, dips or switching spikes affecting the load. This level of reliability is crucial for the continuous operation of critical medical equipment.
Monitoring and Control
Electrical continuity cannot be taken for granted. Riello UPS understands this and has developed interfaces and software for monitoring and control that are tailored to healthcare infrastructure. These systems can communicate using various protocols such as Modbus, JBus, Bacnet, SNMP, and HTTP, ensuring seamless operation even in the most demanding healthcare settings.
Key Characteristics and Applications
Riello UPS systems offer extreme protection for critical applications, high resilience, and compliance with specific standards. They provide quality power to critical laboratory and patient care equipment, support the hospital IT services, and create a stable operating environment for medical facilities.
Riello MHE UPS: High Efficiency for Maximum Power Availability
The Riello MHE series, with power ratings from 100 to 800 kVA, is designed for maximum energy efficiency and power availability. Featuring IGBT-based rectifiers and DSP technology, these UPS systems provide true-line, double-conversion power protection. With high efficiency and the ability to maintain power even in challenging temperature conditions, the MHE series ensures continuous power for healthcare facilities.
Zero Impact Source and Smart Grid Ready
One great feature of the Master HE series is its Zero Impact Source technology, which eliminates problems related to power capacity and harmonics. These UPS systems also support Smart Grid technology, allowing for efficient power accumulation solutions based on the grid’s status. This adaptability ensures high levels of power efficiency.
Battery Care System
To prolong battery life and reduce usage, Riello MHE UPS systems offer various recharging methods, including 2-level charging and charge-on-demand features, deep discharge protection, especially for when the UPS inverter connected loads are low due to them being idle, charge current limitation set according to the battery manufacturers charging specifications, and voltage compensation based on battery room temperature. This ensures the long-term reliability of the backup power source.
Compact and Lightweight Design
Riello MHE UPS systems maintain a compact design, with some models taking up as little as 0.85 square meters of space. Their compactness and reduced weight make installation and maintenance more manageable. These UPS systems offer double load protection, enhancing their reliability.
Riello MHT UPS: Maximum Protection for Data Centres and Industrial Loads
For installations requiring high energy efficiency and maximum power availability, the Riello MHT series, with power ratings from 100 to 600 kVA, provides the perfect solution. These UPS systems offer true-line, double-conversion power protection and feature the Zero Impact Source formula, ensuring a stable power supply source.
Battery Care System and Galvanic Separation
Similar to the MHE series, Riello MHT UPS systems include a battery care system to extend battery life. They also feature galvanic separation between the load and the battery, enhancing system versatility.
Versatile Applications
The entire Master HP range, which includes the MHT UPS, is suitable for various applications, including hospital buildings, lighting, medical imaging, laboratories, and even medical billing and IT systems. They are very flexible in application and also highly suitable for other sectors like banking, computer rooms, data centres, industrial processes, telecoms, commercial uses, and more. Their flexibility, combined with available options and accessories, makes them ideal for supplying power to a wide range of loads.
Riello MPT UPS: A Popular Choice for Medical Applications
Among Riello’s UPS ranges, the MPT series stands out as the go-to choice for medical applications. Widely used in hospitals across South Africa, these UPS systems provide clean sine wave power, ensuring the continuous operation of critical equipment, including CT and MRI machines.
Versatility in Power Ratings
The MPT series offers a range of inverter output ratings to accommodate different medical facility needs. With options for both 1-phase and 3-phase output UPS systems, facilities can choose the right power rating for their specific requirements.
In Conclusion
The healthcare industry cannot afford to compromise on uninterrupted power. Riello UPS systems provide the ultimate solution to ensure that medical facilities can continue to offer accurate diagnostics and patient care even during ESKOM’s load shedding and power disruptions.
With their commitment to safety, reliability, efficiency, and versatility, Riello UPS systems are the lifeline that South Africa’s healthcare industry needs to thrive. Standby Systems is not just a supplier of backup power; they are partners in healthcare’s journey towards a brighter, more reliable future.
If you have any questions or queries or need a quote for a UPS system for your medical practice, we have a team of experts available to assist. For more information, visit our website or contact us on 011 794 2541 or 011 794 3406 or WhatsApp 082 450 2361.