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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
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EE 7301 - Power Management for Industrial and Mission-Critical Facilities


Credits: 3

Overview of the issues in power management (maximize uptime, minimize costs, reduce risk, improve reliability, and increase operation efficiency) in a data center or other mission-critical facility. Topics include DC and AC power concepts (three-phase power, etc.), tier level rankings and their impact on design and cost, redundancy and fault tolerant integration to avoid single points of failure, power quality indices and methods to improve power quality, introduction to AC and DC distribution systems in data centers, design and installation of LED lighting systems, UPS, battery, generators, uninterrupted operating capability in power distribution, air conditioning and air distribution architecture, energy efficiency in data centers, fault protection and system grounding, system security (fire detection systems, pre-action sprinkler systems, dry suppression systems, etc.), comprehending IT hardware refresh cycles, and standardization in energy infrastructure.



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