Posted to News on 18th Oct 2019, 08:24
Drives with certifications for marine applications
Yaskawa has gained new marine certifications for its U1000 Matrix Drive, including: NK, BV, DNV/GL, ABS, LR and KR. This innovative technology controls the motor load by directly converting AC input voltage to AC output voltage and offers many advantages compared to conventional AC drive designs, where the power conversion is AC to DC to AC.
A key advantage of this Matrix technology design is that it eliminates the need for a rectifying circuit and DC smoothing circuit typically found in conventional Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) drive systems. Where marine applications demand optimum efficiency and reliability, the U1000 is an excellent choice for ensuring power quality, energy savings and system efficiency.
With a conventional VSI drive there is a need for heavy filtering to avoid input harmonic distortion (THDi) and to keep the IEEE 519 limits within harmonic guidelines. A drive without any external filtering can result in high input current distortion (THDi) or around 88 per cent. While this will keep the input current harmonic level below 10 per cent it does require an additional 12-pulse input transformer and a 12-pulse ready drive. This phase shifting improves the harmonics compared to a conventional drive, but it is large and cumbersome. Furthermore, it does not offer the same space- and weight-saving performance as the Yaskawa U1000 drive, which is a simple three-wire-in, three-wire-out, compact installation.
The U1000 Matrix technology reduces THDi to 5 per cent without the need for external transformers or filters and its low harmonic performance results in a near-sinusoidal input current waveform that reduces energy losses on the system power supply. Additionally, the reduced current distortion improves the power factor (approximately 0.98), which reduces the energy cost and eliminates the need for oversized transformers and associated wiring.
Follow the link to download a data sheet for the U1000 Matrix Drive.
