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Craig Patterson, Project Engineer, Meurer & Associates Paul D. Goldfain, Associate Principal, Meurer & Associates Robert Anderson, Electrical Engineer, The RMH Group David Kaunisto, District Manager, East Cherry Creek Valley Water & Sanitation District
VFD
PUMPING WATER LEVEL (PWL) 1-YEAR
10-YEAR
2000
10 Year PWL
50 Hz
1 Year PWL
Transformers
Utility
Stepup
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Goal
Equipment combination that will: Provide adequate power factor Reduce noise to acceptable level Provide operating flexibility to meet varying demands.
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Electrical Analysis
RMH Group analyzed the power systems at several pump stations. They determined that problem was caused by voltage and current harmonics generated in the VFDs.
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Variable-Frequency Drive
Accusine Active Filter VFDs
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Electrical Harmonics
Graph of harmonics
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Electrical Harmonics
Graph of harmonics
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Transformer Vibration
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Decibels (dB)
Equipment Tested
12-step or Pulse-Width Modulated VFD
More frequent pulsing reduces distortion.
Transformer Vibration
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6-STEP VFD
STEP-UP TRANSFORMER
STEP-UP TRANSFORMER
Equipment Tests
6-Pulse VFD Utility Transformer 72 dB Step-up Transformer 68 dB
P.S. SA-8/SL-8
SWE Quiet Step-up Transformer 60 dB 12-Pulse VFD with Phase-Shift Transformer Utility Transformer 68 dB SWE Quiet Step-up Transformer 60 dB TAPS Phasor Step-up Transformer 63 dB
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Equipment Tests
Before:
P.S. SA-8/SL-8
After adding Accusine Active Filter and Quiet Xfmrs: Utility Transformer 66 dB SWE Quiet Step-up Transformer 60 dB Utility Power Factor 97%
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Equipment Tests
P.S. A-19/L-19
Well A-19 equipped with Toshiba PWM 12-pulse VFD Well L-19 equipped with Toshiba PWM 6-pulse VFD A-19 Step-up Transformer 81 dB L-19 Step-up Transformer 82 dB Utility Transformer 69 dB Installed MTE Output (Load) Filters A-19 Step-up Transformer 64 dB L-19 Step-up Transformer 69 dB Utility Transformer 62 dB, Power Factor 99%
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Equipment Tests
P.S. SA-1/SL-1
Both wells equipped with Centrilift 6-step VFDs and SWE Quiet transformers. Without Accusine operating: SA-1 Step-up Transformer 57 dB SL-1 Step-up Transformer 50 dB Utility Transformer 66 dB, Power Factor 25% With Accusine operating: SA-1 Step-up Transformer 55 dB SL-1 Step-up Transformer <50 dB Utility Transformer 59 dB, Power Factor 95%
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$ Equipment Costs $
6-pulse drive $18,000 - $22,000 12-pulse drive $22,000 $24,000 Regular Step-Up Xfmr SWE Quiet Xfmr
130 KVA $7,600 260 KVA $11,300 130 KVA $13,000 260 KVA $17,600
PCS300 Accusine Active Filter $36,900 MTE Load Filter $4,500 Transportation and Installation Add 20 - 30%
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Results
Installation of Quiet transformers generally
reduced transformer noise by 1/2.
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Questions?
Craig Patterson, Project Engineer, Meurer & Associates Paul D. Goldfain, Associate Principal, Meurer & Associates Robert Anderson, Electrical Engineer, The RMH Group David Kaunisto, District Manager, East Cherry Creek Valley Water & Sanitation District
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PWM Wave
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