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Alstom MV Drives Specifications

Alstom medium voltage drives technical data:

Alspa VDM5000

Topology
2-level Voltage Source Inverter

Input section
Diode/SCR 6-, 12-, 18- pulse rectifier; HV IGBT with Active Energy Management

Input voltage
2300-4160V

Efficiency
no data

Input power quality
6-pulse rectifier doesn’t meet IEEE 519 requirements, 12-pulse IEEE 519 compliance – In/Isc ratio dependent, 18-pulse and AFE meets IEEE 519; PF>0.97 at rated load

DC link section
common DC link capacitors

Output [...]

MV Drives Offer Overview

There are few manufacturers of medium voltage drives. Each of them offers different drive topologies with specified advantages and drawbacks. In successively published posts I will provide brief product specification and links to available documentation. At this point I will not compare specific solutions.
In the following posts I will present offer of companies with the [...]