MEGADRIVE-LCI Drives
Well‑proven, reliable medium voltage drives deliver robust performance for high power applications with maximum uptime and operational safety.
Overview
Description
The well-proven technology offered in the MEGADRIVE-LCI medium voltage drive controls your high power applications and provides soft starting of large synchronous motors and generators, reducing the impact on your network and machinery. Thanks to many years of successful performance, the drive is renowned for its high availability and reliability.
Key Benefits
- High reliability through simple design: The MEGADRIVE-LCI features a simple, well-proven, fuseless drive design and robust thyristor components ensuring high reliability benefit from the drive’s easy voltage scalability, minimized harmonic influence on the supply system and a converter efficiency of more than 99 percent.
- Top performing for high power applications: Optimized network performance with optional passive power factor compensation and highest partial-torque ride-through capability for continuous operation under challenging grid conditions.
- Industry-specific solutions for individual needs: Tailored to your specific requirements, the MEGADRIVE-LCI is designed to perfectly fit your application. Use the drive to control large synchronous motors, for soft starting of large synchronous machines, or as a gas turbine starter for large synchronous generators.
- Highest level of safety: Your workforce and goods are protected from dangerous electric arcs with the arc-resistant design of the MEGADRIVE-LCI. The drive is equipped with certified functional safety features making your systems safe and reliable.
- Model Predictive Control ensures high availability: Highest availability is achieved by using MPTC (Model Predictive Torque Control). MPTC ensures that the variable speed drive system is optimized online, and partial torque can be provided during grid disturbances.
- Increase productivity: Increase productivity with smoother integration and easier operation, precise process control, regenerative operation and high converter efficiency above 99%.
Specifications
- Power range
- 5MW - 150 MW
- Output voltage range
- 2 x 25 kV
- Output frequency
- 120 Hz
- Converter efficiency for maximum drive system effectiveness
- 99%
- Degree of Protection
- IP 30, 31, 41