What causes VFDs to fail?
Loose power connections cause overvoltage or overcurrent, blown fuses, and inevitably VFD damage. Loose wiring can cause erratic drive performance. This can result in unpredictable speed fluctuations and an inability to control your VFD.
What is the most common concern with using VFDs is?
what is the main concern about supply line power quality? The supply line power quality can notvary by more than +/- 10% or most VFDs will trip. Because Voltages induced into the case and shaft of the motor can cause arcing in the bearings and premature bearing failure.
Are VFDs reliable?
The overall reliability assessment showed that VFD failure effects are generally incipient. Average system availability increased marginally when VFD was used instead of the existing throttle valve for condensate flow control.
How do I clear fault on VFD?
But an easy way to reset a fault is to remove line voltage from L1,L2,L3. Allow enough time for the display to go completely blank and then wait another 30seconds. Reapply power. If the fault appears again, it means that the VFD has refaulted.
Why does VFD burn?
If your VFD is supplying multiple motors (which are being separately switched on/off) or has other load-side controls such as contactors, this can cause the output transistors to burn out. Others posting have mentioned inadequate cooling, humidity, vibration, shock, etc.
What is IGBT in VF drive?
IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) provides a high switching speed necessary for PWM VFD operation. IGBTs are capable of switching on and off several thousand times a second. A VFD IGBT can turn on in less than 400 nanoseconds and off in approximately 500 nanoseconds.
What is a VFD for a pump?
Variable frequency drives are used for adjusting flow or pressure to the actual demand. They control the frequency of the electrical power supplied to pumps or fans. Significant power savings can be achieved when using a VFD pump.
Why should I use a VFD?
Unlike the traditional stop-and-go motor, the use of a VFD enables optimizes a process, by making changes in a process. This allows starting at reduced speed, and allows remote adjustment of speed by programmable controller or process controller. Control, in an industrial sense, is always a big bonus for production!
What is disadvantage of VFD?
Cons of Using Variable Frequency Drives Higher initial capital costs. Inverter duty motors should be used with VFDs to optimize motor life. Harmonics may occur if VFDs aren’t installed per manufacturer specifications. You will require additional heat dissipation.
What causes bearing fluting?
Fluting is a form of electrical damage suffered by electric motor bearings when alternating (AC) or direct (DC) current actually passes through the metal bearing. As the currents pass through the bearings, they can leave behind surface damage that results in premature bearing failure.