Thermal backup is necessary when a power outage or a malfunction interrupts the HVAC of a given process. The data center thermal back-up is used during the transition phases between the main electricity supply failure and the chiller restart to normal operating conditions (these phases can last up to 5 and even 20 minutes depending on the process configuration and the climatic conditions). Thermal storage gives an effective and efficient solution to such problems by providing the cooling load necessary to the process until normal operation is restore.

 

It is worth mentioning that a thermal storage unit is useless without a good control strategy. In fact, the control aspect of thermal storage is as, if not more, important than the storing unit itself. This is where Systemex Energies impressive background and accomplishments in instrumentation and control comes into play.