Converter Applications and their Influence on Large Electrical Machines

Converter driven applications are applied in more and more processes. Almost any installed wind—farm, ship drives, steel mills, several boiler feed water pumps, extruder and many other applications operate much more efficient and economic in case of variable speed solutions. The boundary conditions for a motor or generator will change, if it is supplied by a converter. An electrical machine, which is operated by a converter, can no longer be regarded as an independent component, but is embe...