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1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this Design Guide
This Design Guide is intended for qualified personnel, such as:
Project and systems engineers.
Design consultants.
Application and product specialists.
The Design Guide provides technical information to understand the capabilities of the VLT AQUA DriveFC 202 for integration into
motor control and monitoring systems. Its purpose is to provide design considerations and planning data for integration of the
drive into a system. It caters for selection of drives and options for a diversity of applications and installations. Reviewing the de-
tailed product information in the design stage enables developing a well-conceived system with optimal functionality and efficien-
cy.
This manual is targeted at a worldwide audience. Therefore, wherever occurring, both SI and imperial units are shown.
1.2 Trademarks
VLT
®
is a registered trademark for Danfoss A/S.
1.3 Additional Resources
Various resources are available to understand advanced drive operation, programming, and directives compliance.
The
Operating Guide
provides detailed information for the installation and start-up of the drive.
The
Programming Guide
provides greater detail on how to work with parameters. It also contains application examples.
The
VLT® AQUA FC 202 Cascade Controller Installation Guide
provides information about features of the cascade controller
and about configuration and programming of the controller.
The
VLT® Safe Torque Off Operating Guide
describes how to use Danfoss VLT® drives in functional safety applications. This
manual is supplied with the drive when the Safe Torque Off option is present.
The
VLT® Brake Resistor MCE 101 Design Guide
describes how to select the optimal brake resistor.
The
VLT® Advanced Harmonic Filters AHF 005/AHF 010 Design Guide
describes harmonics, various mitigation methods, and
the operation principle of the advanced harmonic filter. This guide also describes how to select the correct advanced harmonics
filter for a particular application.
The
Output Filter Design Guide
explains why it is necessary to use output filters for certain applications and how to select the
optimal dU/dt or sine-wave filter.
The
VLT® Condition-based Monitoring Programming Guide
provides information about the features of the condition-based
monitoring and details how to work with the parameters.
Supplemental publications, drawings, and manuals are available at
Optional equipment is available that may change some of the information described in these publications. Be sure to follow the
instructions supplied with the options for specific requirements.
Contact a Danfoss supplier or visit
for more information.
1.4 Document Version
This manual is regularly reviewed and updated. All suggestions for improvement are welcome.
The original language of this manual is English.
Table 1: Document Version
Version
Remarks
AJ300847815559, version 0101
New document structure. All chapters updated.
AJ300847815559en-000101 / 130R0337 | 11
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Introduction
VLT® AQUA Drive FC 202
Design Guide