Converteam opened a new rotating machines factory in Yantai, Shandong province. Medium voltage motors and generators will be manufactured there. The company plans also to run a medium voltage drives manufacturing plant in Shanghai and a joint-venture in Wuhan.
More information about the investments and management statements can be found in the company official press release.
Converteam MV7000 medium voltage drive technical data:
MV7000
Topology
3-level Neutral Point Clamped Voltage Source Inverter
Input section
Diode 12-pulse or 24-pulse or HV IGBT based 3L-NPC AFE
Input voltage
3300V or 6600V
Efficiency
98.8% at rated load for drives with diode rectifier, 98.6% for active front end rectifier at PF=0.9 and excluding all auxiliary devices
Input power quality
12-pulse IEEE 519 compliance – In/Isc ratio [...]
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 [...]
