Jan 29 – The new ACS2000 air-cooled general purpose AC drive which is designed for high reliability, easy installation and fast commissioning; reducing the total cost of ownership has been launched in South Asia recently.
The event was held in Malaysia, the headquarters for ABB’s South Asia (SAS) region and attended by Ewan Morris, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Medium Voltage Drives; Jonas Wernli, Head of Channel Management, Medium Voltage Drive; Robert Soucek, Regional Sales Director, Medium Voltage Drive; and Pritesh Dalal, Regional Sales Manager for Medium Voltage Drive. Also present were product managers from the SAS and North Asia (NAS) region.
The ACS 2000 air-cooled general purpose AC drive is specifically targeted at fan, pump, compressor and other common applications in industries such as water, cement, minerals and mining, metals, oil and gas, pulp and paper, power generation and chemical.
The drive is rated from 400 to 1,000 kVA in voltages up to 6.9 kV and is ideal for applications that do not require an engineered drive. The ACS 2000 is packed with innovative technology to meet industry challenges, such as the need for flexible line supply connections, lower harmonics, reduced energy consumption, static VAR compensation and easy installation and commissioning.
Flexible line supply connections
Depending on the preference or the existing installation, the ACS 2000 can be used without an input isolation transformer, therefore allowing a direct connection to the line supply (direct-to-line), or it can be connected to an input isolation transformer.
Lower harmonics
With the integration of an Active Front End (AFE), line side harmonics are minimized without the use of expensive, specialized transformers and with the added benefit of four-quadrant operation and reactive power compensation.
Reduced energy consumption
For minimal energy consumption, the AFE enables four-quadrant operation which feeds back braking energy into the line supply.
Reactive power compensation
The AFE can also provide reactive power (VAR) compensation. With static VAR compensation, a smooth network voltage profile can be maintained and reactive power penalties can be avoided.
Easy installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance
The design of the ACS 2000, with its withdrawable phase modules, allows easy front access to all drive components and provides quick replacement resulting in industry leading Mean Time To Repair (MTTR).
High reliability
The drive is designed for extremely high reliability, achieved through the use of proven technologies such as multilevel Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) topology; established high-voltage IGBT power semiconductors and Direct Torque Control (DTC) motor control platform. These technologies increase reliability, extend Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and improve availability.
Lower total cost of ownership
Flexible line supply connections, lower harmonics, reduced energy consumption, ease of installation and commissioning and high reliability, combine to give the ACS 2000 an extremely low total cost of ownership over the life cycle of the drive.
For more information, please visit www.abb.com/drives
One for the album - participants in a group photo. | 
Robert Soucek (second from left) explaining features of the product to participants at the launch. |