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Riello UPS sales manager, Chris Cutler, explains why the sky’s the limit for its new transformerless Sentryum range after a successful installation at a major aviation hub.
BELFAST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BIA) is Northern Ireland’s biggest airport and the second busiest on the island of Ireland. It welcomed more than 6.2 million passengers during 2018, placing it in the top 10 of all UK airports. As well as providing daily routes to many UK mainland terminals, including Manchester, Liverpool, London Gatwick and London Stansted, BIA also serves hugely popular overseas destinations, such as Alicante, Amsterdam, Faro, Malaga and Barcelona. Any loss of power at the facility could result in huge disruption to flight services. Not only would it cause damaging delays for passengers, but the financial losses for the airport itself would be significant too. Naturally for such a mission-critical site, it features several uninterruptible power supplies providing backup to crucial IT and operational systems, plus other vital electrical infrastructure. However, a 10 kVA UPS in its main IT communications room was approaching its final metaphorical flight and needed upgrading before it had the chance to cause a systems crash. Chris McGarry, IT manager for Belfast International Airport, explains, “One of our main IT UPS systems was coming to the end of its lifecycle and needed to be replaced. The UPS in question supports critical IT infrastructure at the airport. “Whilst we have many redundant systems in place, it is very important all our UPS systems are fully-functional to avoid any
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power loss and possible disruption to the airport’s IT systems.”
The Sentryum solution The airport turned to its long-standing supplier, Belfast-based Ashdale Engineering Ltd, a certified Riello UPS reseller and service partner. Having built up a trusting working relationship with the airport dating back more than 20 years, Ashdale recommended the Sentryum as the perfect choice to replace the old unit. The Sentryum is Riello UPS’s third generation of transformerless online UPS systems. It builds on the success of the best-selling Multi Sentry range and incorporates a revamped card layout that cuts the number of components, cables, and connections. Not only does this reduce the space required for installation, but it also makes the Sentryum far easier and more cost-effective to maintain.
Redefining the concept of flexible power Designed for smaller data centres and similarly mission-critical environments, the Sentryum comes in 10 kVA, 15 kVA, or 20 kVA versions. It redefines the concept of flexible power by offering a choice of three different cabinet sizes to best utilise your floorspace and maximise battery runtime.