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Is There Any VFD for MV Motor of Voltage Level 11KV?

01/04/2013 4:06 AM

Does any of the vendor supplies a VFD for incoming voltage as 11KV? I have ideas about 6.6KV voltage VFD, but are the VFD's available for 11KV operation.

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Re: Is there any VFD for MV motor of voltage level 11KV?

01/04/2013 4:59 AM

Yes, May visit abb.com for further reading.

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Re: Is There Any VFD for MV Motor of Voltage Level 11KV?

01/04/2013 10:34 AM

Yes, but they are usually LCI (Load Commutated Inverter) drives, which just means they must be engineered with the motor they serve. That typically isn't an issue with motors at that level because even the motors are custom engineered. ABB, Siemens, Converteam (ex Cegelec), GE and TMIC (Toshiba / Mitsubishi joint venture) all have LCI drive offerings last I checked. Robicon also used to have a true 15kV class PWM transistor based drive in their "Harmony" series, but I don't know if they still do since being taken over by Siemens since it would conflict with Siemens' LCI offering. But transistors present some serious risks of reliability at voltages above 7.2kV and often the protection they require starts to out strip the economic viability, that's why nobody else does it.

Rockwell (Allen Bradley) offers 11kV drives that are CSI (Current Source Inverter) design, which uses a transformer at the front and back to do the control at 6.6 kV inside, but that issue is transparent to the user, it is just 11kV in, 11kV out as far as the installation goes. The AB design is good for applications where the motor already exists because unlike LCI designs the drive does not rely on the motor impedance to accomplish the switching, therefore less up-front engineering is required so the drive can typically be built and commissioned faster.

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01/05/2013 9:06 AM

GA! Once again. You certainly know your drives!

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01/05/2013 12:11 AM

Not really.. as stated earlier, you can get them, but you also get a whole world of problems with 'harmonics'

WE in the oil industry use a step down transformer to feed the VSD, then a step up on the output, we also use 'K rated' transformers, active front ends and passive rear end filters for harmonics, which reduce the overall THD to less than 5% I & 8% V, better than IEEE 519.

If you need info on K rated transformers.. PM me and I'll send you a data sheet

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Re: Is There Any VFD for MV Motor of Voltage Level 11KV?

01/05/2013 4:21 AM

Dear Mr.Monirako,

YES, is the Answer for your Question. Siemens are manufacturing VFD MOTORS suitable for 11 KV OPERATION. You have not indicated the application, H.P. range etc. You can log on to www.siemens.com., and find out.

As the personal mail Id. is prohibited, pl. send details through CR4 personal messaging system. I will try to furnish details. By the way, where are you.?

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01/05/2013 6:26 PM

Given the size and potential value of such equipment, it would be worth some telephone calls to suitable vendors to find out.

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