Typical problems encountered with variable frequency drives in the industry

Author

Swamy, Mahesh ; Rossiter, Steve

Author_Institution

Energy Management Corp., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

2-8 Oct 1993

Firstpage

503

Abstract

Typical problems associated with voltage source inverter type VFDs (variable-frequency drives) and their surroundings are discussed. Suggestions are put forward to identify problems and to take corrective steps to reduce the overall down-time of an installation. The suggestions made in certain circumstances may not be the best in all cases. Also, for installations using VFDs, suggestions are made to improve the overall system performance by introducing passive and/or active filters and by making use of programmable logic controllers and computers to monitor and control process parameters

Keywords

industrial computer control; invertors; machine control; programmable controllers; variable speed drives; VSI; active filters; digital control; down-time; industry; monitoring; passive filters; performance; process parameters; programmable logic controllers; variable frequency drives; voltage source inverter; Active filters; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Drives; Frequency; Inverters; Process control; Programmable control; System performance; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1993., Conference Record of the 1993 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1462-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1993.298970

Filename

298970