What is difference between inverter and converter?

Answer 1

A voltage stabilizer is a device that stabilizes voltage. More often, it is called a line filter. It prevents transients (high voltage spikes, etc.) from making it through to the delicate equipment connected to it. A UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), on the other hand, provides power (for a short period of time - often 15 minutes) when the main power source goes down. This gives you a chance to do a proper shutdown, such as saving files and stopping the computer the correct way. (You should never "just turn off" a computer.) While a stabilizer/filter can actually persist the power, that persistence of usually only a half line cycle - 8 milliseconds - and that is not enough time to do a proper shutdown. A UPS usually also functions as a stabilizer/filter, protecting the equipment.

Answer 2

The difference's between an inverter and a UPS are as follows

1) CHANGE OVER TIME: An off-line ups (the standard) switches to the batteries in 3 to 8 milliseconds, after the main power has been lost.

The typical Inverter changes over in about 500 milliseconds

2) SIZE: Off-line UPS's go up to about 2kVA

Inverters go to 16kVA, 3 phase(what i could find browsing)

3)VOLTAGE REGULATION: UPS's have automatic voltage regulation (AVR) set on average at 220v

Inverters output voltage is the same as the mains input voltage (South Africa = 230V)

An inverter can transform a voltage from say 12volts dc and up to 230v AC. UPS means Uninteruptable Power Supply. If you use an UPS between your computer, and your socket in the wall, and experience a power failure, the UPS will act as a battery and give you some extra minutes work time to save your work, and turn of the machine properly. Without the UPS your machine would die immediately. *note: the UPS is NOT a normal battery, so you cant put a battery between your computer and the mains.

Answer 3

Uninterruptible Power Supply) A device that provides battery backup when the electrical power fails or drops to an unacceptable voltage level. Small UPS systems provide power for a few minutes; enough to power down the computer in an orderly manner, while larger systems have enough battery for several hours. In mission critical datacenters, UPS systems are used for just a few minutes until electrical generators take over.

UPS: The mains power comes to the UPSThe AC is converted to DC and this DC is constantly charging the battery. The output of the battery is fed to the Sine wave inverter and it converts DC to AC and this feeds the equipment. Since power out is always drawn from the battery, there is no time lag when mains switches off; it just stops the battery from being charged and the UPS continues to supply power till the battery runs out.

Inverter: The mains powercomes to the Inverter. This is directly sent to the output but the AC is also converted to DC and this DC is constantly charging the battery. A sensor and relay mechanism checks whether the mains is ON or OFF. When the main switches OFF, the relay actuator triggers to switch from mains to inverter. Rest is same like the UPS. Because of this sensor and relay, there is a gap between triggering

While both provide backup power during mains outage, with the UPS the switch is instantaneous whereas with the Inverter there is a gap of a second or two. This gap is OK for household gadgets such as lights, fans, fridge, etc. but not OK for computers.

Answer 4

both tell the same thing dc to ac voltage conversion, simply synonym. rectification is ac to dc conversion.