What is a lead acid storage battery?

Lead Acid Storage Batteries is an electro-chemical system that converts electrical energy into direct current electricity. It is also known as storage batteries and has wide applications in Automobiles, UPS/Inverters, Tract

Do data centers use lead-acid batteries?

Historically, most data centers depend on lead-acid batteries to power their UPS systems.

Are nickel-zinc batteries better than lead-acid batteries?

However, UPS systems that utilize nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery technology have specific advantages over lead-acid in terms of performance, reliability, safety, lifetime cost and climate impact. Despite these advantages of alternative battery chemistries, most existing UPS systems were already designed to work with lead-acid batteries.

Can a NiZn battery chemistry charge a lead-acid battery?

Fortunately, one workaround exists to avoid that extra time and cost. A NiZn battery chemistry can, in fact, charge from a UPS made only for lead-acid battery profiles without additional hardware – as long as it has backward/forward compatibility, the ability to seamlessly operate with a UPS designed for a different battery chemistry than its own.

Which battery chemistry is best for a data center?

The lead-acid battery was the first chemistry used and remains popular today, but alternative battery chemistries such as lithium-ion and nickel-zinc offer compelling value propositions driving many data center end users and OEMs to switch to a new battery chemistry.

How does a NiZn battery cabinet work?

Since the UPS doesn’t “know” that the NiZn battery string has a different chemistry, it operates the string just as it would for its previous lead-acid inhabitants. This way, ZincFive’s UPS Battery Cabinet’s specialized profile allows operators to use NiZn battery cabinets as “drop-in” replacements.