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ABB ACH480 drive is a variable frequency drive (VFD) specifically designed for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) applications. It includes HVAC-specific features designed to enhance comfort and energy efficiency.
- Power rating:
- from 0.75 to 22 kW
- from 200 to 480 V
- IP20
Features
The ACH480 drives offer precise control over fans, pumps, compressors, and complex HVAC equipment like air-handling units. Built-in features streamline installation, while the HVAC-specific control panel simplifies startup, commissioning, and operation.
- Dedicated HVAC Functionality: The ACH480 is optimized for controlling fans, pumps, and compressors, which are common components in HVAC systems.
- Energy Efficiency: These drives are built to optimize energy consumption in HVAC systems, contributing to lower operating costs.
- Ease of Use: Designed for straightforward installation, commissioning, and operation.
- Features an intuitive control panel, often with optional for Bluetooth connectivity.
- Compact Design: The ACH480 is designed to be space-saving, making it suitable for installations where cabinet space is limited.
- Reliability: Robust design with features like coated circuit boards to ensure reliable performance in HVAC environments.
- Connectivity: Supports various communication protocols, including Modbus and BACnet, for seamless integration with building automation systems.
Key benefits
The ACH480 drives offer seamless integration with a wide range of motors and communication protocols, combining compact design with advanced HVAC-specific features for reliable and efficient operation in space-constrained installations.
- Shared resources: Share components like chokes and control panels across drives, reducing costs and simplifying setup.
- Enhanced protection: The UL Type 1 kit adds protection, enabling compliant wall mounting worldwide.
- Space saving: Uniform drive dimensions save valuable cabinet space, keeping installations compact and organized.
- Flexible installation: Uniform enclosure size, DIN-rail and screw mounting, and zero side clearance offer versatile installation options.
- Reliable performance: Coated boards, fault protection, and operation at up to 50 °C ensure dependable performance.
Drive Software Features
- Startup assistant allows first-time users to quickly customize the drive according to their needs. Complemented by a built-in help function to make parameter-by-parameter setting easy
- Motor control is implemented in scalar and vector modes for induction, permanent magnet and synchronous reluctance or permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motors. Motor protection features like thermal and overload protection are also established
- The energy optimizer feature optimizes the motor flux so that motor energy consumption and noise level are reduced when operating below the nominal load. The total efficiency can be improved by 1…20% depending on load torque and speed.
- Energy counter monitors used and saved energy and displays it in kWh, currency or CO₂ emissions, to know how much exactly was saved
- Drive safety and protection features include overcurrent, DC over- and undervoltage, drive
- overheating and short circuit protection, motor phase loss and supply phase loss detection, local control loss detection and many more.
- Diagnostic assistant helps in locating the cause of any disturbance to the drive, and suggests possible remedies. This reduces downtime by making repairs or adjustments effortless
- A built-in process PID/loop controller makes the drive a self-governing unit that requires no external logic input from the control room but only an external process measurement.
- Backup and restore feature makes automatic and manual backups of the drive settings to the assistant panel. A backup can be restored to another drive.
Applications
- Cooling tower: The drive controls the speed of multiple fans simultaneously to achieve high energy savings, while optimising the installation cost.
- Chiller: Chills water or other liquid to cool down and dehumidify the indoor air.
- Condenser water pump: Circulates water between the cooling tower and the chiller.
- Chilled and hot water circulator pumps: Circulate water (or other liquid) between heating coil and boiler or cooling coil and chiller: Boiler Heats up the water for heating/domestic hot water supply.
- Air handling unit: Supplies, mixes, cleans, humidifies/dehumidifies, heats/cools air.
ABB ACH480 is a specialized VFD that provides precise and efficient control of HVAC equipment, contributing to improved comfort and reduced energy consumption in buildings.