Liebert Corp. (Columbus, OH) debuted the 10 Fan Drycooler, designed to provide heat rejection of 150 tons in a footprint of 123 square feet. Available as either 60Hz and 50Hz systems, Liebert claims that the 10 Fan Drycooler provides the cooling capacity of two conventional eight-fan drycoolers, with a space savings of 172 square feet, […]
Generac Power Systems recently debuted its DG50 distributed generation product. The DG50 is a 50kW standby generator set that can allow businesses...
Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) reports that it has successfully operated a prototype of its continuous power system (CPS), which uses a high-inertia turbine. The high-inertia turbine rotor in the CPS weighs less than 20 pounds and is a fully integrated flywheel/motor-generator/turbine. It is capable of delivering 6kW of power for a minimum of eight […]
General Semiconductor Inc. (Melville, NY) announced that the company has developed power MOSFETs with a new silicon process utilizing 200 million cell-per-square-inch technology. This new generation of GenFET yields a four-fold improvement over the current cell density, and will be suitable for use in cellular phones, notebook computer and other wireless electronic equipment. The new […]
Innovative Technology Inc. (Brooksville, FL) recently introduced a new Suppression Monitoring and Recording Technology (SMART) option package for the firm's I.T. Protector line of ac power panel surge suppressors. It is claimed to represent the "next step" in power quality mitigation, the SMART option package monitors and reports on surges and other potential failures at […]
Artesyn Technologies (Minneapolis,MN) announced the promotion of Charles Wussow to the position of President of the company's North American Commercial Division, replacing Lou DeBartelo, who left Artesyn for another position in the industry.Wussow, 53, joined Artesyn (formerly known as Zytec) in 1993 as Vice President, Engineering, and since 1997 he has been Vice President, Custom […]
Schaefer Inc. (Ashland, MA) has introduced the E-Series of 100W-10kW, 3U and 6U high, VME/Eurorack compatible dc/dc step-up converters. The step-up converter...
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York) has begun sales of its zinc-air disposable batteries for cellular phones through its website. Web-users can order...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) has announced the new bq2023, a high-performance battery monitor IC for lithium-ion and lithium-polymer-based applications. The...
According to Japanese news reports, chemical firm Kaneka Corp. (Japan) and BP Amoco (London) are preparing to cooperate on sales of solar cells. BP Amoco is expected to invest about 1 billion yen in a Kaneka subsidiary developing low-cost solar cells by June, and to market the products through BP Amoco's sales network.
Unipower Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) introduced the new TMH series of 600W hot-swap front end power systems. With three modules in the mating 2U high, 19-inch rack system, either 1200W 2+1 redundant or 1800W output is available in 24V or 48V configurations for distributed power architectures. The TMH hot swap modules feature a compact 2.5 […]
Golden Genesis Co. (Golden, CO) announced a sizable increase in sales, up 18 percent, for the first quarter ended March 31, 1999, over the first quarter of last year. Net sales were $11.6 million, compared to net sales of $9.8 million for the comparable quarter a year ago. A loss per diluted common share of […]
EOS Corp. (Camarillo, CA) announced it has been selected by Cobalt Networks (Mountain View, CA) to supply internal and external power supplies for its industry leading network server appliances. Cobalt selected EOS' new Z-Series external power adapters for use with its popular CacheQube as well as the recently announced V-Series internal open-frame power supplies for […]
Energy Conversion Devices (ECD, Troy, MI) President and CEO Stanford Ovshinsky has been chosen as the 1999 recipient of the Karl W.Bohr Solar Energy Medal of Merit. The medal was awarded jointly by the University of Delaware and the International Solar Energy Society "to honor significant pioneering to advance and promote the global use of […]
American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI) has introduced the APC Silcon DP300E Series of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) in 10-80...