Power Quality in Motor Control Applications - Course Outline
Input Circuit power quality – AC Motors
- Across the line motor starting
- Power Factor
- Voltage sags due to inrush current
- Reduced Voltage Solid State Starters
- Harmonics during starting
- Power factor after started
Input Circuit power quality – AC motor drives
- 6-pulse, 12-piulse & 18-pulse input rectifiers
- Problems caused by harmonics
- Harmonic resonance
- IEEE-519 limits for harmonic distortion
- Harmonic mitigation
- Input transient suppression
Input circuit power quality – Other power electronics equipment
- 1-phase motor drives
- Typical distortion
- Harmonic mitigation
- Active front end converters
- Typical harmonics
- Harmonic mitigation
- SCR Controllers (DC motor drives)
- Voltage notching
- Remedies for notching
Output Circuit power quality
- Effect of Pulsed voltage on motors
- Voltage reflection & voltage doubling
- Motor Bearing current
- Typical solutions for motor protection
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
- Definition of EMI and RFI
- Sources of EMI
- Typical remedies to protect against EMI
Wrap up
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Start: 10 a.m. Eastern Time
Finish: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time