Comparison of various Manufacturers of MV VFD

Description Yaskawa Nidec Siemens GE Power Conversion Schneider Rockwell

S.No

1 MV Drive Series

MV 1000 Silcovert TN Sinamics GM 150 MV 4000 Altivar 1200

2 Country of Origin Japan Italy Germany ?? China US/Canada

Multilevel PWM with 3 Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) Multilevel PWM with 2 Level
Multilevel PWM Self Commuted Current Source
3 Technology Level Power Cell PWM PWM Power Cell
(Voltage Source Inverter) Inverter
(Voltage Source Inverter) (Voltage Source Inverter) (Voltage Source Inverter) (Voltage Source Inverter)

4 No of Pulses 36 Pulse 24 Pulse 24 Pulse Active Front End ?? 6/18 Pulse / Active Front End

5 Input Voltage Tolerance ‐20% to +10% ‐10% to +10% ‐10% to +10% ‐5% to +10% ‐10% to +10% ‐10% to +10%
Input Frequency
6 +/‐ 5% +/‐ 3% +/‐ 3% +/‐ 5% +/‐ 5% +/‐ 5%
Tolerance
7 Output Frequency range 0 to 120 Hz 5 to 70 Hz 0 to 66 Hz 0 to 90 Hz 0 to 120 Hz 0.2 to 85 Hz
97% or Better (including
8 Efficiency 98% excluding Transformer 98% excluding Transformer 97.5% at Full Load 96% including Transformer 97.5% at Full load with AFE
transformer)
MTBF (Mean Time
9 Between Failure) 200,000 Hours 60,000 Hours 100,000 Hours 100,000 Hours 50,000 Hours 60,000 Hours
Reliability Factor

10 Output

Sinusoidal wave 5‐level line‐to‐line 5‐level line‐to‐line 5‐level line‐to‐line 9 Level Sinewave after Filter
Input Harmonic Filter
11 Not Required Not Required Not Required Required Not Required Required
Filter
12 Output Filter Not Required Required Required Required Not Required Required