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How this revolutionary power supply saves US farmers $110k a year and how it can cut costs for your business!


Adored for its intelligence and fl exibility, the stunning Artesyn iHP series of power systems has, since its release in 2017, been well renowned for providing accuracy, resolution and stability as either a programmable voltage or current source in both medical and industrial settings.


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The Artesyn line of products from Advanced Energy were designed specifi cally for driving high-power horticultural lighting fi xtures and the name of the game here is minimising power consumption whilst maximising performance to keep systems powerful and effi cient. The diffi culties for horticultural lighting stems from how crucial the control of light sources in ensuring high yields for farms. In the past, artifi cial lighting would require individual control systems for each luminaire as each power supply would need to precisely control the current to ensure the light is emitted at the correct wavelength to stimulate growth. The installation costs and cooling expenses would drive capital and operating expenditure through the roof!


In conventional power distributions, the heat generated by both the driver/power supply and the luminaire would need to be taken into account for cooling calculations, driving down that bottom line:


rtesyn’s parent company Advanced Energy, in a recent study, certifi ed these business gains by observing their product’s effects on operating expenses and capital expenditure in the


horticultural sector and their fi ndings are telling of how the iHP Series can improve the bottom line for your business.


reducing wire size and cooling needs. Artesyn observed the effects of their products in the US horticulture market, and the centralized power delivery model and found that using the iHP Series in LED grow light farms yielded a saving of $110k per year. This shows that the total CAPEX of these farms was recovered within three years of operation – this isn’t just the difference between the costs, but the entire power CAPEX for the whole system. According to the manufacturer, utilising AE’s system allows end users to reduce their power conversion costs by as much as 50 percent, signifi cantly lower installation and operating costs and increase the quality of crop yield.


In a statement released in December 2020, Joe


Voyles, VP for Industrial Marketing at Advance Energy spoke of the iHP revolutionary gains for the horticulture industry: “We are transforming our customers’ operations by both reducing the amount of needed equipment and improving the effi ciency of the lighting systems, thereby reducing cost and energy spend. Not only do these innovative new products increase the effi ciency and quality of fruit and vegetable production, but they also open the door to establishing indoor farming facilities in harsh environments anywhere in the world.”


Using Artesyn’s high level PowerPro confi gurable GUI, end users can seamlessly control and monitor all functions, including input and output variations, monitor system temperature and set time routines using a graphic script creation engine.


Digital control affords greater levels of scalability, as multiple iHP systems can be controlled simultaneously as routines and power variations can be synced or altered from one cloud-based access point.


Using an iHP system as a centralised power supply allows for simpler installation and makes servicing and repair much easier. The outputs can be confi gured as voltage or current sources and customised to the application’s requirements.


Outside of LED growth lighting, the iHP is perfect for medical settings, like pharmaceutical production where the programmable nature of the iHP allows for great precision to ensure safety and effi ciency. Safety approvals secured by Advanced Energy eliminate the need for an isolation transformer in medical equipment. The power rack house EMC fi ltering and digital front-end power factor correction circuits – allowing system designers to maintain the level of reactive power consumption and decrease the likelihood of power instability and equipment failure.


The modular design for output modules allows application specifi c modular development. Precision modules in development help provide low noise output for critical laboratory equipment.


The iHP power supplies position themselves as a central current source to drive an array of LED luminaires. Using a large centralized current source outside growth areas and distributing power directly to all the luminaires leads to massive CAPEX savings as it eliminates the “doubling up” of power infrastructure. OPEX gains can also be had, as the current source can be placed outside of the environment- control area, allowing heat conversation to be controlled independently from the plants’ temperature control. The ability of the iHP to supply higher voltages than individual control systems allows for reductions in installation costs with less insulation needed for wires,


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The Product The iHP is a highly confi gurable and intelligent high power system designed specifi cally for unrivalled control and accuracy in both medical and industrial applications.


Providing up to 24 kW in 3 kW increments, the iHP provides both the resolution and the high-power output needed for your critical application. With up to eight outputs, this power supply is perfect as a central node in any power delivery system and the ability to control the system both through analogue and digital methods affords engineers easy access for confi guration.


For use with semiconductor processing equipment, AE have developed this product to meet the SEMI F47 standard, whereas the compact size and multi-rack paralleling capabilities makes the iHP perfect for large Megawatt installations for chemical processing or high-powered laser applications.


Billing itself as the heavyweight backbone to a highly


confi gurable and effi cient power delivery system, the iHP’s modular fl exibility accelerates the speed of design cycles, shortens development time and allows for greater scalability, qualities that make it perfect for system designers as their next central PSU.


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