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Frequently Asked Question

Topic:

How to calculate AC Choke for Mains Supply and

DC Choke for DC Bus

Author

Yaskawa

Product:

All

Date

31-Aug-2010

Keywords:

Choke, Reactor, DC bus voltage, harmonics

Pages

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Distribution:

I.

Internal Use only

Customer

Generally

An AC reactor and also a DC reactor reduce the harmonics on the current drawn from the
Mains Power Supply.
An AC reactor has to be connected between mains and input rectifier of the inverter. In
addition to the reduction of harmonics it does help to protect against nuisance tripping
due to voltage spikes, but it causes a voltage drop which reduces available propulsion
power.
A DC reactor has to be connected between input rectifier and DC Bus capacitors. The
voltage drop is much less than with an AC reactor, but inductance shall be twice as
much to get the same effect to harmonics.

II.

Calculation of the Inductance

Generally, a DC reactor has less performance than an AC reactor with same inductance.
Therefore, a DC reactor has to have a bigger inductance than an AC reactor (per phase) to
accomplish the same performance. This does not mean that the total voltage drop in the circuit is higher with DC choke, in fact it is much less, because the DC reactor is incorporated
into the DC Bus circuit, which provides mainly a DC current to the capacitors, but the DC reactor operates only on the overlaid harmonics.
To calculate a choke inductance for given percentage short circuit voltage (vsc%), the following formulas can be used:

L Mains Choke = vsc%

U Mains
3 2 f Mains I Inverter Input

U DC average = 1.35 U Mains

P

I DC average = U DC averageM M inv

U DC average

L DC Choke = vsc% 2 f Mains I DC average

UDC average
IDC average
PM
M
inv
vsc%

average value of DC bus voltage

average value of DC bus current
maximum motor power
motor efficiency
inverter efficiency
percentage short circuit voltage
(E.g.: Use 0.03 for 3% short circuit voltage)

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Example (HD)
Motor data:
Inverter data:

PM = 55kW / UM = 400V / IM = 98.5A / M = 0.935 / cos M = 0.86

CIMR-AC4A0139: IInverter Output = 112A(HD) / UMains = 400V
inv = 0.96 / Motor Power = 55kW(HD) / IInverter Input = 105A(HD) /
Percentage Short Circuit Voltage (Vsc%): 3%

L Mains Choke = 0.03

400 V
= 0.21 mH
3 2 50 Hz 105 A

The inductance of the 3 phase mains reactor is 0.21 mH with a current rating of 105 A.

55000 W
= 118 A
1,35 400 V 0.9 0.96
400 V 1.35
L DC Choke = 0.03 2 50 Hz 118 A = 0.437 mH

I DC average =

The inductance of the DC reactor is 0.44 mH.

III.

Calculation of the Rated Current for the DC Choke

The (distortion) power factor for a B6 rectifier bridge is 0.955. The rated current of the DC
choke shall consider this value.

I DC Choke rms =

118 A
= 124 A
0.955

The rated current of the DC choke is 124 Amps.

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