Electrical drives (ED) have been an indispensable part of industry for many years. The ability to manage and adapt to the load enables greater flexibility and reliability in the system, and moreover, a more economical use of electrical energy. From this point of view, the efficiency of the ED is very important, if we can determine the operating points and look for optimal efficiency in relation to the current configuration.
The master thesis deals with the method of determining the actual performance of ED in an industrial plant. The goal was to obtain necessary data for the calculation of efficiency of the installed ED during its operation, in the course of the industrial production process. At the beginning, the individual components of the ED are described, their operation and the systems in which they operate. It is central cooling of the technological water of consumers and cooling of the cooling unit. In the first, the ED adapts to the load requirements and the rotational speed is variable, while in the other the speed of rotation is constant. The systems are also shown schematically.
In continuation it follows description of measuring method, according to which the measurements of the drive with constant speed and variable-speed drive are carried out. At the ED input, electrical parameters were measured using the power analyzer, while hydraulic parameters were measured at the output, using a differential pressure gauge and an ultrasonic flowmeter. Measurements were carried out in an industrial environment, not being interrupted by production process. We were also limited in time, as in the case of long lasting measurements, there could be critical breaks in the operation of the production process.
On the basis of data and measurements obtained, we analyzed the actual ED efficiency of the annual level and described the operating points for the entire operating year. The analysis of the measured results shows the operating state of ED at the annual level. We found out that ED P195.60 is the most loaded in the summer, and the least in the winter. The efficiency of ED is lower than expected and never exceed 60 %. We also found out that this ED is oversized, since the highest value of the current at the annual level represents 57 % of the nominal value. Based on the developed model, we simulated how the ED P195.60 would behave in different conditions and how this would affect the final consumption of electrical energy. We did this by changing the input data (Δp and Q) by 10 % and found out that the efficiency of ED does not change significantly.
Finally, conclusions and suggestions for upgrading the current model of ED are given.
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