"P E Schoen" wrote in message
"nescafe" wrote in message news:
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I have a 1.5 kW VFD that will work on single phase, but larger drives
typically need three phase for full power operation. If you can add enough
capacitance on the DC link to maintain minimum peak voltage during zero
crossing, you might get full rated power. Drive efficiency is typically
95%, so you could get about 7.5 kW from an 8 kW source. However, you need
to consider power factor of the rectifier/capacitor circuit as well as
that of the motor. So if your source is actually 8 kVA, and power factor
is 60%, you might get only about 5 kW for the motor. If you use a PFC
DC-DC converter to get the DC link voltage, you might get the full 7.5 kW
for the motor, but it also depends on the PF of the motor and the power
rating and losses of the VFD.
If you add capacitors to the DC link, you may need to use larger
rectifiers than the 3 phase bridge in the drive. For 50 Hz you need a TC
of at least 10 mSec, and the effective load is about 360V/36A = 10 ohms.
Thus about 1000 uF might be sufficient.
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(nescafe replied by email, 3 times):
Thank you very much for this answer.
I got some additional answers on one other newsgroup but the idea is
almost the same. 2/3 of the power should be reached.
I use siemens micromaster that is connected to 11kw motor so if i have
8kw input and if i calculate the 2/3 of the original power then 7,5
should be reachable. The 8kw is real 8kw input.( 220 - 40A )
I dont understand the dc-dc part. My micromaster has dc-dc input link.
Do you think i have to add something to dc link.
Sorry for this dump question but i didn't work with this kind of
configuration till now.
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My reply (which apparently was not received, perhaps because
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[email protected]> may be bogus?
Actually what I meant was an AC-DC power supply with PFC. If you just use AC
through rectifiers and a capacitor, you will get a very low power factor and
will draw about twice the current compared to a supply with PFC. And it
might be difficult to find a DC supply with the proper specifications. (360V
36A). In fact, if you can get close to unity PF, you only need 22.5 amps for
8 kW at 360V. So you might be able to use seven 48VDC 25A 1200W power
supplies to get the DC power you need.
You might be able to find a 10 kW single phase 240V UPS with PFC. It will
probably have an internal 300VDC bus you could use for the DC link.
Paul