ABB Power Quality Products, April 2016

Introduction
Active Filters range

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THE solution to poor Power Quality
ABB premium class Active Filters

PQFI PQFM PQFS

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The best solution to harmonic problems
ABB active harmonic filters
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Waveforms 1, 3
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CLEAN FEEDER LOAD CURRENT ACTIVE FILTER

CURRENT CURRENT
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Harmonics

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ABB filtering principle: cancellation of harmonics by equal

and opposite harmonic generation by an active filter device

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The PQF
The new generation: full-redundancy feature

§ Master-Master operation or master-

slave operation
§ Master-slave operation gives automatic
redundancy of slaves units
§ Master-master operation gives full
redundancy
§ Benefits:
§ Compliance with redundancy
requirements for critical applications
§ Allows to switch off individual units in
a filter system while other units keep
running.
§ This feature is implemented in all PQF-
models
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ABB active filter types: The PQFS
The most compact member of the PQF family

§ Wall-mounted and compact design

(W x D x H: 588 x 326 x 795 mm)
§ 3-Wire and 4-Wire connectivity with
same unit
§ 3-Wire: 20 harmonics from 2nd to 50th
order
§ 4-Wire: 15 harmonics from 2nd to 50th
order
§ Reactive power compensation feature
§ Capacitive loads
§ Inductive loads
§ Target power factor settable [0.6-1]
§ Full and limited redundancy

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The PQFS
The existing generation

§ Load balancing feature : line to line, line to neutral or both

§ Ratings: 50/60 Hz
208 V £ U £ 240 V and 380 V £ U £ 415 V
30
Line current [A] 45
60
70
80
90
100
120
Neutral current = 3 x line rating limited to 300 Arms for 120 A

§ Up to four units of equal rating in parallel

§ Bottom cable entry
§ Enclosure protection degree: IP30
§ Backlit user interface
§ CE & C-Tick versions available

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ABB active filter types
The PQFS

§ Load balancing
§ Phase to phase (as in PQF-I-M series)
§ Phase to neutral
§ Allows to eliminate the 50/60 Hz neutral current due to
unbalanced loads connected between phase and
neutral, e.g. load in a data centre
§ Reduces voltage between neutral and ground conductors

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ABB active filter types
The PQFS

§ Newly added features:

§ More compact – 120A in the same enclosure
§ Improved thermal design
§ Improved protection (hardware & software)
§ Increased life of output filter: disconnected while filter
not running
§ Improved lifting and wall mounting facilities

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ABB active filter types
The PQFM

§ 3-wire active filter for line current

filtering
§ 20 harmonics from 2nd to 50th order
§ Reactive power and line balancing
feature
§ Full redundancy and limited redundancy
versions available for CE and C-Tick
versions
§ Load balancing Phase to phase

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ABB active filter types
The PQFM

§ Ratings for CE filters: 50/60 Hz

208 V £ U £ 480 V 480 V £ U £ 690 V
I [A] Small 70
I [A] Medium 100 100*
I [A] Large 130
I [A] Large 150

§ Up to eight units of equal or non-equal rating in parallel

§ Top and bottom cable entry
§ Available in cubicle (IP21) and in plate version (IP00)
§ Cubicle dimensions: 600*600*2150 mm
§ Plate dimensions: 498*400*1696 mm
§ CE, C-Tick and cUL versions available

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ABB active filter types
The PQFI

§ 3-wire active filter for line current

filtering
§ 20 harmonics from 2nd to 50th order
§ Reactive power and line balancing
feature
§ Full redundancy and limited redundancy
versions available for CE and C-Tick
versions
§ Load balancing Phase to phase

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ABB active filter types
The PQFI

§ Ratings for CE filters: 50/60 Hz

208 V £ U £ 480 V 480 V £ U £ 690 V

I [A] 300 180*

I [A] 450 320*

Nr harms 20 20

* For system voltages > 600V, the current ratings may be derated automatically
depending on the operating temperature.

§ Up to eight units of equal or non-equal rating in parallel

§ Bottom cable entry standard
§ Available in cubicle (IP21)
§ Cubicle dimensions: 800*600*2150 mm
§ CE, C-Tick and cUL versions available

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PQF-Range
Application area

§ PQFS
§ Four wire commercial applications (e.g. office
applications, hotels, banks)
§ Three wire Industrial applications (e.g. pumping
stations) without notches
§ PQFM : medium scale industrial three wire applications
§ PQFI: extra heavy, high power industrial applications

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