VLT® AQUA Drive

VLT® AQUA Drive
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VLT® AQUA Drive

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Overview: The Danfoss VLT® AQUA Drive is designed for water, wastewater, and irrigation applications, focusing on energy efficiency, system protection, and environmental benefits. It aims to reduce ownership costs and improve operational efficiency.
Energy Efficiency: The drive achieves up to 98% efficiency with features like sleep mode, automatic energy optimization, and flow compensation, particularly effective under low flow conditions.
System Protection Features: It includes a cascade controller, dry run detection, end of curve detection, motor alternation, and overload trip protection to enhance system safety and reduce maintenance costs.
Environmental Protection: Supports clean water initiatives and energy conservation, minimizing chemical use and water loss.
Space and Installation: The compact design features built-in DC coils for harmonic suppression and optional RFI filters, available in various enclosure types like IP 54/55 and IP 66.
Applications: Suitable for water treatment plants, desalination plants, groundwater pumps, wastewater plants, irrigation systems, distribution systems, and water fountains, offering precise control and energy savings.
Modular Design: Features a modular design with options for fieldbus communication, local control panels, I/O options, and coated PCBs for durability in harsh environments.
Advanced Features: Includes auto-tuning of PI controllers, pipe fill mode, end of pump curve detection, check valve ramp, and sleep mode for efficient operation and reduced wear.
Harmonic Dissipation: Built-in DC coils reduce harmonic interference, with additional passive and active filtering options available.
User Interface: Features a graphical display supporting 27 languages, quick menus, and illumination for ease of use.
Technical Specifications: Offers various power, current, and enclosure ratings, supports multiple power sizes and AC line voltages, and includes programmable digital and analog inputs and outputs.
Configuration and Options: Online configurator for custom specifications, with options like real-time clock, I/O options, and cascade control.
Complementary Products and Software: Includes soft starters, decentralized drive solutions, MCT 10 software for commissioning, and VLT® Energy Box for energy analysis.
Global Applications and Case Studies: Highlights significant energy savings and carbon reduction in projects across Colombia, Singapore, Australia, Turkey, Greece, and Austria.
USB Extension for Enclosures: USB extensions for IP 55 and IP 66 enclosures facilitate easy PC communication.
VLT® Advanced Harmonic Filters – AHF 005/AHF 010: Reduce harmonic current distortion, offering high efficiency and easy commissioning.
VLT® Sine-Wave Filters – MCC 101: Smooth output voltage, reducing motor insulation stress and electromagnetic interference.
VLT® du/dt Filters – MCC 102: Reduce voltage spikes and stress on motor windings, ideal for dynamic applications.
VLT® Common Mode Filters – MCC 105: Mitigate high-frequency noise and reduce bearing currents, extending motor bearing life.
Environmental Responsibility: Danfoss VLT Drives adheres to ISO 14001 standards and EU Directives, emphasizing energy savings and sustainable practices.
Company Overview: Danfoss VLT Drives is a leader in dedicated drives, focusing on innovation and modular design, supporting customers globally with expert advice and service.
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MAKING MODERN LIVING POSSIBLE New photo VLT® AQUA Drive The ultimate solution for Water, Wastewater & Irrigation

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The VLT® AQUA Drive is innovative – Reduces system, installation and operating costs Danfoss VLT® AQUA Drive is dedicated to water and wastewater applications. With a wide range of powerful standard and optional features, the VLT® AQUA Drive provides the lowest overall cost of ownership for water and wastewater applications. Save energy The VLT® AQUA Drive offers considerable energy savings: • VLT® efficiency (up to 98%) • Sleep Mode • Automatic Energy Optimisation AEO: Typically 3-5% energy saving • Flow compensation, lowering pressure set point and thus energy consumption under low flow conditions...

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• Intuitive user interface with the award-winning control panel (LCP) • Same user interface for the full power range • Modular VLT® design enables fast installation of options • Auto tuning of PI controllers • Robust design and efficient monitoring make the VLT® AQUA Drive maintenance free. • 2-step ramps (initial and final ramp) • Check valve protection • Safe stop • Low flow detection • Pipe fill mode • Sleep mode • Real-time clock • Password protection • Overload trip protection • Smart Logic Controller Can be set to either variable or constant torque operation in the full speed range. Save...

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Water and Wastewater processes – Improved control using less energy 5 2 1 6 3 4 1 Water treatment plants Meeting the varying flow demands on a daily or hourly basis requires reliable control. The VLT® AQUA Drive software provides unique pump control features that will help control even the most demanding applications. protection against corrosion. The optional high grade PCB coating and a mechanical design, which separates the electronics from the cooling air, makes the VLT® AQUA Drive the perfect solution for this application. 3 2 4 Desalination plants Desalination plants are used to provide...

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tighter control of chemical feed hammering and reduces leakage cost-effective alternative to water pumps, mixers and other equip- when empty pipes are filled. towers. The Cascade Controller ment. has advanced distribution func- □ Distribution tions built-in. □ Irrigation systems As areas become more populated, The irrigation market is focusing the increasing demand for reliable Q Water fountains and pools more and more on efficiency and and precise pressure control Water fountains are used to energy savings for water manage- becomes a challenge to many enhance the aesthetics of build- ment. Meeting...

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The modular VLT® AQUA Drive Extremely compact panel mount cabinets 1 – – – – – – 2 Mains and motor cable terminals are located in the bottom of the cabinet for fast and easy installation. C3 – frame IP 20 compact panel mounting drive. Fieldbus option Modbus RTU (std.) Modbus TCP IP PROFIBUS DeviceNet EtherNet/IP PROFINET Local Control Panel (LCP) Choose numerical, graphical or no display 3 I/O option – General Purpose I/O (3DI + 2AI + 2DO + 1AO) – Cascade controller (2 – 8 pumps) – Sensor input (3 x PT100/1000 + 1AI) – Relay output (3 x relays) 4 The aluminium front hinged door ensures easy access...

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9 The option protects significantly better against chlorine, hydrogen sulphide, ammonia and other gasses. 9 Unique cooling concept – No ambient air flow over electronics up to 90 kW – Above 90 kW designed with back channel cooling (85% heat dissipated via back channel) 10 10 1 2 Advanced cascade controller option Controls up to 9 pumps 3 8 4 VLT® quality up to 1.4 MW The VLT® AQUA Drive is available from 0.25 kW to 1.4 MW. Drive experience since 1968 lies behind the clever design of VLT® drives. All enclosures are mechanically designed with focus on: • • • • • 5 Robustness Easy access and installation...

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Dedicated water features Auto tuning of the PI controllers With auto tuning of the PI controllers, the drive monitors how the system reacts on corrections made by the drive – and learns from it, so that precise and stable operation is achieved quickly. Gain factors for PI are continuously changed to compensate for changing characteristics of the loads. This applies to each PI controller in the 4-menu sets individually. Exact P and I settings at start-up will not be necessary – which lowers the commissioning costs. Pipe Fill Mode Enables controlled (closed loop) filling of pipes. Useful in all...

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Dry Run Detection lowers maintenance costs The VLT® AQUA Drive constantly evaluates the condition of the pump, based on internal frequency/power measurements. Sleep Mode Sleep Mode keeps pump wear and power consumption to an absolute minimum. In low flow situations, the pump will boost the system pressure and then stop. In case of a too low power consumption – indicating a no or low flow situation – the VLT® AQUA Drive will stop. Monitoring the pressure, the VLT® AQUA Drive will restart when the pressure falls below the required level. Flow compensation The flow compensation feature in VLT® AQUA...

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Harmonics dissipation solutions for water and wastewater plants Danfoss understands that water and wastewater treatment plants are frequently significant users of high power drives for pumps, compressors, aerators and so on, which by their very nature can generate substantial harmonic disturbance to the mains supply. This can be exacerbated when the plant is in an isolated location and supplied by a lengthy, high impedance power line. Add to this the fact that such plants also employ a great deal of sensitive electronic equipment such as sensors, telemetry, computer control systems and the like...

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cost-effective solution for your site, taking into consideration the installed load, the regulatory norms to be met, the diversity factor of your operations and the needs of your installation for a high quality supply. Danfoss also offers free MCT 31 Harmonic Calculation software to help you calculate the harmonics and power quality of your site. Calculate the harmonic disturbance Free to download, the VLT® Harmonic Calculation Tool MCT 31, is a simple to use, fast and accurate software tool for calculating the harmonic disrup- tion from your existing or intended drives installation. An accurate...

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