GE: Powering Data-Intensive Industries with Expanded High-Density Rectifier Portfolio
March 30 2015 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- New CP3500 48-Volt Rectifier Features
3.5-Kilowatt (kW) Capacity in a Dense, Four-Inch Wide, 1U Compact
Form Factor
- Delivers 14 kW Capacity in a 19-inch
rack with less than 14 inches of depth
- CP3500 Part of GE’s New High-Power,
Space-Saving Rectifier Line
GE (NYSE: GE) today introduced its new CP3500 rectifier, the
latest addition to its new rectifier product line, providing
industry-leading power conversion density capabilities for
data-hungry applications. The CP3500 is the industry’s first
compact, 3.5-kilowatt (kW) AC to 48-volt DC rectifier in a 1U1
module and provides a higher power-to-space ratio than traditional
2-3-kW rectifiers housed in similar 1U rack or cabinet
mountings.
This improved power density, coupled with the CP3500’s power
conversion efficiency of up to 96 percent, creates lower operating
costs and improved total cost of ownership for data center,
telecommunications, networking and big data supercomputing
applications. Customers can apply this density gain to deploy
systems that provide up to 14 kW in 1U of rack space — 2 kW more
than competing 3-kW rectifiers.
“Data center and telecommunication designers looking for
single-phase power supplies wrestle with the constant pressure to
increase power capacity while optimizing their facilities’ physical
space,” said Karim Wassef, general manager of Embedded Power, GE’s
Critical Power business. “Increasing power output to 3.5 kW in a 40
watt/inch3 package translates to better power capacity with more
design flexibility in less space. Both the compactness and higher
power capacity of the CP3500 make it ideally suited for upgrade and
retrofit applications where more power is required in the same or
smaller footprint.”
GE is introducing its expanded rectifier product line to address
the power conversion and space-saving needs of original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) with data-hungry applications. While OEMs are
pushing increased data processing capacity into smaller
systems/boxes, their power requirements are still growing. As a
result, OEMs are requiring power supply designers to offer systems
that provide more power without consuming more space.
GE’s New Rectifier Platform
GE’s new rectifier platform offers expanded communications and
diagnostics capabilities to provide rapid system diagnostics and
response, as well as remote firmware upgrades, without increasing
the system’s footprint. In addition to the new CP3500 48-volt
rectifier, GE’s line of rack- or cabinet-mounted power conversion
products includes its 6-kW GP100 line of high-power, high-density
rectifiers for three-phase applications.
GE developed its rectifier product line using FastWorks
methodologies, a set of tools and principles that integrate
external thinking and discussion into the design process, bringing
products to market faster than previously possible. Using
FastWorks, GE was able to take feedback from customers regarding
their power needs and their space limitations and directly apply it
to the design of its new rectifiers. For example, in many
applications, the installation of power supplies required customers
to increase the size of their box or equipment to accommodate the
unit size. In addition, the amount of power capability per bay in
the telecommunications industry is reaching a finite limit. With
this information, GE was able to design a new rectifier with a
smaller footprint and thus, a higher power density — providing
customers with the technology they require to address these
issues.
For more information on GE’s CP3500 48-volt rectifiers (model
numbers CP3500AC54TEZ and CP3500AC54TECZ) or the company’s
complete, energy-efficient rectifier portfolio, please visit
http://www.geindustrial.com/products/embedded-power/cp or call +1
972 244 9288.
GE’s Critical Power business powers rapidly changing, disruptive
markets where massive data, communications and computing capacity
is redefining how business is done. Customers in data center, super
computing, telecommunications and digital content industries rely
on GE to provide the reliable and energy-efficient power to keep
networks flowing and transactions moving 24/7. To learn more about
GE’s Critical Power business, visit www.gecriticalpower.com.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) imagines things others don’t, builds things others
can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE
brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other
company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with
customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power,
build and cure the world. www.ge.com
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1 A “U” is a measurement unit used in relay racks equal to 1.75
inches of vertical equipment space.
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