The company supplies steel and related services to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other demanding markets worldwide.
At Tata Steel , Stocksbridge Halcyon Drives were asked to provide an Inverter Panel to control a 132kW Scarfer Exhaust Fan motor. The following requirements were specified by the Engineers at Stocksbridge:-
- To replace existing damper controlled Scarfer Precipitator Fan Control Panel
- Panel would be mounted outside, open to year round climatic conditions
- Save energy by utilising the cube law for Centrifugal fans.
In 2009, Halcyon Drives, designed, supplied and commissioned a suitable Control Panel. The panel has IP 55 protection, with internal thermostatically controlled heaters to prevent condensation and side panel mounted air/air heat exchanger, for dispersing heat generated from the inverter and protection for high ambient summertime ambient temperatures. The Inverter is an ABB 132kW ACS800-04-0165-5, 500 volt supply Industrial Drive and is programmed to accept two external signals each selecting a pre- set speed in the inverter. One is set at 30% and the other at 100% motor speed.
The benefits to Tata Steel are:
- Better control options
- Reduced reactive power
- Lower Maintenance costs
- Energy saving in excess of circa £9700 per annum
- Circa 82500 kg of CO2 per annum saved
- Circa 165,000 kWh saved
- Return on investment less than one year
NOTE:- These savings are Stocksbridge's projected figures.
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