• DocumentCode
    3107456
  • Title

    Power demand and energy usage of container crane - comparison between AC and DC drives

  • Author

    Tran, Thanh ; Nahavandi, Saeid ; Reid, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Intell. Syst. Res. Lab., Deakin Univ., Geelong, VIC
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    1-4 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    The electrical data of two quay cranes, one has a DC drive system and the other has an AC drive system, in actual working conditions at a container terminal are measured and presented in this paper. Peak demand, energy usage, power factor and power quality are examined and compared.
  • Keywords
    electric drives; power factor; power supply quality; AC drives; DC drives; container crane; energy usage; peak demand; power demand; power factor; power quality; Australia; Containers; Cranes; Employee welfare; Intelligent systems; Marine vehicles; Power demand; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Reactive power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2008. UPEC 2008. 43rd International
  • Conference_Location
    Padova
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3294-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-88-89884-09-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/UPEC.2008.4651655
  • Filename
    4651655