Buck XMFR questions

Oct 27, 2012 25 Replies

I have real 2 phase high voltage (two of 3 legs from the power substation). (The Two phase high voltage was used here when this place had a Sawmill on the site. Three phase is on both sides of the highway with local poles for houses. My trunk off the main line is 1400' long. I had 1600' but lost 200 in a bad storm and a tree fall.)

I have only single phase 240 in the shop. I spin up 3 phase in a rotary and drive six transformers. Six ? - yes three large voltage step up transformers with boost transformers on each output.

It has been working just fine. The core of the transformer absorbs energy from voltages / currents dumped to it in the primary or secondary.

Since it goes into the core, it can come back out. When the tool goes below that voltage / current value the transformer magnetic field will start to collapse and will generate voltage / current as it needs.

Just like the motors do when they come under load and the load eases off. Under load it draws more current to keep on going when the load slacks off the magnetic field in the core begins to collapse and generates the voltage/current.

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The typical VFD (not the regenerating type) has a transistor that switches the braking resistor on when the DC bus voltage rises from energy coming back from the motor during deceleration. It is only switched on for a fraction of a second to keep the DC bus voltage below some preset threshold. So, the braking resistor will not be dissipating power until it is needed.

Regenerating type VFDs would not have a braking resistor.

Jon

technically, he only needs 2 buck boost transformers to do the job but 3 smaller ones would do it just as well.

And in your your case, it sounds like (probably) you actually do have three phase power, just that it's in the form that is commonly called "open delta"

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The phase converter output is wired Wye. The spindle motor is 15 HP. And some jobs peg the load meter at 120%. Just briefly. The chips coming off sound like hail hitting the inside of the lathe. Eric

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Wye -- good! That makes the buck-boost easier to set up.

O.K. 15 HP *That* is impressive.

Make sure that the interlock on the door is good. :-)

I'm not sure when I will lose connection -- but the way they are talking, we should have a significant period without power, so don't be surprised if I stop posting in the next few days. (Just to the west of the Washington DC Beltway in Virginia, and lots of rain and wind promised. :-(

Good luck, DoN.

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Now at the plant to make two people working the second shift. Hope this is the last week!

The transformers are: Square D Cat. # 1.5S46F, 1.5KVA, 115C temp rise.

HV: 240 or 120 LV 32 or 16.

Each weighs 35.5 lbs. Three transformers.

I will send a private email with pictures.

Paul

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