• DocumentCode
    2585077
  • Title

    Measurement of a variable frequency drive loss and efficiency using both calorimeter and powermeter

  • Author

    Gong, Xiaofeng ; Lu, Haihui ; Flek, Ondrej ; Wei, Lixiang ; Morris, Garron ; Lukaszewski, Richard A. ; Zhang, Shaofeng

  • Author_Institution
    Rockwell Autom., USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    28-31 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    700
  • Lastpage
    707
  • Abstract
    Variable frequency drive efficiency plays an important role in green energy applications. However, how to accurately measure drive loss and efficiency is still a question to the industry. This paper reviews the powermeter method, calorimeter method, and factors that affect accuracy. After a calorimeter is constructed and calibrated, a variable frequency drive is tested using both methods. Test results are compared and uncertainty analysis is given.
  • Keywords
    calorimeters; losses; power measurement; variable speed drives; calorimeter method; green energy applications; powermeter method; uncertainty analysis; variable frequency drive efficiency; variable frequency drive loss measurement; Accuracy; Heating; Loss measurement; Power measurement; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Hangzhou
  • ISSN
    2163-5137
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0159-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2163-5137
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISIE.2012.6237174
  • Filename
    6237174