2 Phase drive
2 Phase drive
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We are working on a project an are trying to source a 0-240V, 40A, two phase VFD. So far the electrical engineers have had no success, I thought i'd give this forum a go and see if anyone can help.
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RE: 2 Phase drive
I think your problem might be in the semantics here. If you have 240V as an input source, either as two hot lines and a neutral coming from a utility distribution transformer, or 2 hot lines off of a 3 phase system, that is considered "Single Phase" power. There are HUNDREDS of VFDs capable of single phase input which will give you three phase output, in fact with attention to details, you can do that with almost any VFD. At 40A, you will need to double the size of the VFD because the input current is higher per-pole than the 3 phase it was designed for.
If your motor is single phase, that is an entirely different problem.
Please state EXACTLY what you have so we can help you through it.
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RE: 2 Phase drive
What we do, is use a three phase drive with twice the rating of the motor so that we do not kill the capacitors.
The ripple current is much higher than with three phase input for which the drives are designed.
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Mark Empson
L M Photonics Ltd
RE: 2 Phase drive
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RE: 2 Phase drive
Actually, that happens a lot here too with 480V systems fed out to far flung farms, but we still call it single phase.
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RE: 2 Phase drive
What I think of when I see two phase is the old original systems with 3, 4, or 5 wires and 90 degree phase separation.
We have three phase with three or 2 transformers (Open delta).
And we have single phase supplies derived from a single phase transformers or from one side of a three phase bank.
A possible point of ambiguity is supplies derived from two phases and neutral of a wye system. We usually, (us old dinosours anyway) call such a supply a 120/208, or two phases rather than two phase. These systems all have the well known 120 degree phase separation. Some of us reserve the term Two Phase for systems with 90 degree separation.
I understood the OP to mean two phase output. We'll have to wait and see.
Bill
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RE: 2 Phase drive
Is it just 2 phases of a 3 phase system or are the phases 90 degrees from some special transformer connection?
I have seen 2 phase motors in shearing sheds, are they specially wound or 3 phase motors adapted?
Roy
RE: 2 Phase drive
Motors were specifically wound for two phase duty.
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RE: 2 Phase drive
Single wire earth return systems were also quite common. The house I was raised in was wired for DC (but connected to 230AC) with a marble switchboard. To replace a blown fuse you turned off the main switch and put in a new piece of wire across a couple of terminals because the fuses were not removable.
Roy
RE: 2 Phase drive
I trialed a thyristor unit but the waveform it produced effected the conveying severely. a vsd would be better as it would give more of a sine wave output rather than a chopped wave produced by the thyristor chopping the peaks of the voltage.
RE: 2 Phase drive
After reviewing the posts above, can you tell us if you are using:
True 2 phase, (Only two phases supplied at a 90m degree phase angle).
Two phases and a neutral from a three phase system, (Two phases at a 120 degree phase angle).
or
Two lines from a three phase system (Actually single phase at the load).
Can you describe your conveyor drive? I have never seen a vibratory drive with brushes anywhere.
Bill
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RE: 2 Phase drive
Roy
RE: 2 Phase drive
RE: 2 Phase drive
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter