'advanced hybrid diesel/battery power solution for telecom base stations'

摘要

A power management system for efficiently managing power resources in a telecommunication facility is disclosed. The power management system comprises of at least one primary source of power for supplying power to the telecommunication facility. A battery bank is provided acting as an alternate source for providing power to the telecommunication facility. The battery bank comprises of one or more main batteries configured for supplying power when the telecommunication facility is unable to receive power h m the primary source of power and one or more emergency batteries configured for supplying power when the main batteries have run out of power and the telecommunication facility is unable to receive power from the primary source of power. A site controller is provided for automatically switching a power load between the primary source of p e r , the main batteries and the emergency batteries and depending on a remaining power load in the main batteries or the emergency batteries, automatically performing switching OFF of one or more non-essential equipments at the telecommunication facility and/or switching OFF a first equipment at the telecommunication facility and switching ON a second equipment at the telecommunication facility, wherein the second equipment is a functional equivalent of the h i equipment and the second equipment consumes lesser power as compared to the first equipment.