Site Monitoring for

Business-Critical Continuity

Alber Battery Monitoring System

When the unexpected is unacceptable

Were Emerson Network Power, backed by Emerson, a global company that brings technology and
engineering together to provide innovative solutions for the benefit of our customers. Were the
world leader in providing Business-Critical Continuity to organizations like yours, enabled by our
product and service centers of expertise.
For more than thirty years, Alber from Emerson Network Power has dedicated its worldwide operations
to raising the bar in battery testing and monitoring. Its what we do and we take our mission very
seriously. Today, Albr is the trusted name in many business sectors that depend on power backup
systems with mission critical battery applications.
For Battery Monitoring Systems we provide the reliability of our measuring patented technics, the
flexibility of our equipment system, and the savings related to the optimized useful battery life.

Keep the line on

Reliability
Your battery is the heart of your backup system
Healthy batteries make for more efficient operation. Mission critical
technology fuels the global economy 24/7, 365 days a year. Downtime,
even a few critical minutes, can cost you millions of dollars and lost
customers.

Albr Monitoring Systems monitor your critical battery parameters to

help you detect battery failure before they occur. Albrs Internal DC
Resistance test method is by far the most accurate method of diagnosing
the batteries state of health. Much like a battery ultrasound, our proven
method enables the user to look inside and assess the batterys
true condition.
This is the very reason our customers trust Albr to detect potential
battery problems before they become a major financial problem.

Application Areas
Data centers
Global financial networks
Industrial manufacturing
facilities
Telecommunications
providers
Critical aviation
communication centers
Nuclear power plants
Hospitals and other
organizations with vital
power backup requirements

Flexibility
System Supervision And Communication In Any Situation
The Albr battery monitoring system offers the
most precise method of monitoring that ensures
battery system reliability when it matters most.
The monitors measure cell or block voltage,
ambient temperature and discharge current
24x7x365. The monitor performs automatic
internal resistance tests on regular intervals.

This data allows the user to detect at an early stage

the battery failure even before it becomes a real
failure and in effect help them optimize the useful
battery life. The system alarm on conditions outside
set thresholds and communicate to users via the
Albr Monitor software or via Modbus or SNMP to
third party systems or building management
systems. Communication is via network card,
modem or serial port.

Advantages and Features

Patented DC Resistance Measurement Method
Reliable and repeatable measurements unaffected by noise
Automatically detects and record discharges
Display discharges in real time for safe discharge tests
Communication via serial port, modem or TCP/IP network card
Modbus or SNMP protocol for communication to third party systems
Report Generation Capability

Continuity without compromises

BDS-256

BDS-256
This is the fully modular monitor
solution for large UPS battery
systems. It can be configured for
any batter y setup and the
distributed technology allows for
fast and reliable cell scanning.
The Albr system utilizes three
building blocks.The Controller is
the central point in the system
and consolidates all data and
communicates via selected com-

BDS-40

MPM-100

munication option. The Data

Collection Module (DCM) is the
measuring device that is directly
connected to the batteries. The
External Load Module (ELM) is
used during the resistance test.

and is supplied with custom

cables, with leads cut to length
and labeled for quick and easy
installation.

BDS-40

This is the optimal monitor for

smaller DC systems or
telecommunications systems.
One MPM-100 can monitor up
to four strings of 48VDC or a
single string of 130VDC.

Optimized monitor for battery

systems based on 12V VRLA
batteries. The monitor is
designed to be mounted on top
of a battery cabinet

MPM-100

BMDM Software
The batter y management
software allows for efficient
trending analysis.
Set thresholds on all parameters,
with color coding that simplifies
analysis. A Java based web client
is also available.

The BMDM software is designed

to give the user complete control.
Graphs are easy to interpret with
color codes indicating weak
cells.The built-in setup wizard
assists during startup for problem
free install.

Total Cost of Ownership

Reduce total cost of the ownership by optimizing the useful life of your batteries, avoiding premature
failure, improving maintenance processes and increasing personnel and equipment safety.

If one cell fails to open, that cell will

bring down the complete string.

Detect weak cells before they cause a failure.

0 Volt

Flexi Deals

Amortization Period

Inclusive Service

Value adds

Option 1

1 year

Professional report analysis

Option 2

2-3 years

Professional report analysis

Battery maintenance service

Battery replacement
Cable and connector replacement

Option 3

3-5 years

Professional report analysis

Battery maintenance service
Monitoring system maintenance

Whole string replacement

Spare parts replacement
Cable and connector replacement

Emerson Network Power Battery Solutions

Battery Monitoring Service
When you purchased your Liebert UPS system, you made
an investment in the best power protection system in the
industry. A critical part of any UPS, however, is the battery
system. Without a properly operating battery system, no
UPS can do its job. And without adequate power back up
your operations are at risk. The only proven way to ensure
the reliability of the battery system is to install a battery
monitoring system. This system continually monitors the
batteries' critical parameter 24/7, the float voltage,
temperature, current, inter-cell resistance and internal
resistance. The monitoring system also logs discharge
history and provides data for trending that are used to
detect problems before they become real failures. Emerson
Network Power will provide you with a detailed and
professional report which will contain all the findings
that our monitoring system has along with the analysis
of our battery professionals and the necessary action
to be taken. We can also provide you with remote
monitoring service; we'll analyze all your critical battery
parameters and let you know when action needs to be
taken.
Battery Predictive Maintenance Services
Battery systems, like your UPS systems, need regular
maintenance to optimize its performance. Battery
system's performance is affected by the integrity of the
connections to the battery and overall health of the
individual battery; that is if there is one battery failure
the whole string is compromised! Emerson Network
Power's Customer Engineers are factor y trained
professionals who conduct battery PM's following the
IEEE standards. Emerson Network Power predictive
maintenance includes:
Measurement and recording of individual
battery voltages and currents
Measurement and recording of 10% of the
battery temperature
Measurement and recording of the inter-cell
and internal resistances
Visual inspection of the batteries
Checking of electrolyte levels and specific
gravity (wet cells)
Torque check on the battery connections
Preparation of professional reports that
details the findings and the recommendations
for the corrective actions
After the PM, a detailed and professional report will be
provided to you which will contain all the findings that
our CE's had along with the necessary action to be taken.

Battery capacity test service

How long your UPS supports the load during a power
outage depends on the designed capacity of the battery
system used. But the power supplied by the utilities is not
perfect; sags, fluctuations, surges, frequency variations
and outages take its toll on your batteries over a period
of time. Will your battery system have the capacity it was
designed for when an outage occurs? That is why
measuring the capacity of the battery system is very
important. There are different ways of measuring the
capacity of a battery and some even claim that there are
hand held tools that can do the job. But the most accurate
way of testing the capacity of the battery is through a load
test. Emerson Network Power conducts actual capacity
tests that use actual load or an external load to analyze
the capacity of your battery system in accordance
to IEEE standards.
Battery replacement services
Even with the best monitoring system and maintenance,
batteries have a finite life. Prompt replacement of weak
batteries will only be effective after only a certain quantity
of batteries has been replaced. The difference in battery
characteristics brought about by the age difference of the
new and old batteries in a string causes imbalance in the
string. The more new batteries are added as replacement
to weak batteries in a string, the more imbalances are
created resulting in overcharging and accelerated aging.
And as the batteries near its end of life it will be impractical
to replace individual weak cells, instead the whole string
will be replaced. Emerson Network Power ensures that
when you replace your battery string there be will be an
available battery of your choice with ENP coordinating the
delivery and ensuring professional installation which will
cause the least amount or no downtime at all to your
operation. As a responsible organization we help protect
the environment by facilitating the disposal of your spent
batteries through government recognized recycling
facilities.

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