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PowerFlex 750 Series Drives: Centrifugal

Fan/Pump Setup Guide
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Published Date
01/25/2021

Summary
PowerFlex 750 Series Drives: Centrifugal Fan/Pump Setup Guide

Question
How is a PowerFlex 753 or PowerFlex 755 drive configured or setup for a fan or centrifugal pump motor
application?

Are there recommended settings for Centrifugal Fan/Pump application?

Why does the motor sometimes first start in the reverse direction on a large inertia load?

Environment
20F PowerFlex 753 drive

20G PowerFlex 755 drive

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Answer
Pumps are not usually heavy duty applications. Experience shows that drives left in the factory default control
mode (sensorless vector control) sometimes do not want to accelerate fans or pumps above 2 to 3Hz.

This can be caused by several things, autotuning not executed or done so incorrectly, wrong motor data etc.

A quick and easy fix is to set the drive in a V/Hz regulation method. This is an ideal control method for centrifugal
type loads.

Find below a table with some best practice settings. Other common parameters like motor nameplate data are
not mentioned but need to be entered as part of the startup.

Parameter # Definition Best practice setting Comment

35 Motor Control Mode 0 [Induction VHz]  

or Fan-pump (in this case

Parameter 62[Break
65 VHz Curve Custom Voltage] and Parameter
63[Break Frequency ] not
needed)

Assuming 400V motor

Depending on fan or pump
curve, if getting caught in
62 Break Voltage 140V
current limit or IGBT
overtemp calculate voltage
on V/Hz curve and increase

Assuming 50Hz motor

depending on fan or pump
curve normally keep below
minimum running speed. If
63 Break Frequency 25Hz
getting caught in current
limit or IGBT overtemp set
to the frequency this is
occurring.

306 Duty rating Normal Duty Default Setting

If starting into rotating fan ,

356 Flying Start Enhanced
must be set

422 Current limit 1 set to 130% of motor FLA  

set so no current limit

535 Accel Time 1 setting subject to inertia
appears
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537 Decel Time 1 setting subject to inertia   Top

 Set Parameter 70 to Ready
in order to change. Not
621 Slip RPM at FLA 0 doing this can result in over
current on start or speed
fluctuations

Reference Curve: PowerFlex 750-Series AC Drives, Programming Manual, Publication 750-PM001.

Common Problem:
In some applications, the motor will be spinning backward when the drive is stopped (i.e. there is a backdraft on
the fan causing the fan to wind mill in the reverse direction). Flying start, may be able to catch the reverse
spinning motor, but cannot produce the torque to reverse the direction to forward and bring the motor up to
speed. To remedy this change the following parameters:

1. Set Parameter 388 [Flux Braking En] = 1 [Enable]

2. Set Parameter 428 [Current Limit Kd] = 0
3. Set Parameter 429 [Current Limit Ki] = 340 (1/2 default).

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486982 28-May-2015.mht

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486982 30-Jul-2018.pdf

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