Advanced commissioning
7.14 Inverter protection using temperature monitoring
SIMATIC ET 200pro FC-2 converter
Operating Instructions, 04/2018, FW V4.7 SP10, A5E34257324B AF
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7.14
Inverter protection using temperature monitoring
The inverter temperature is essentially defined by the following effects:
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The ambient temperature
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The ohmic losses increasing with the output current
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Switching losses increasing with the pulse frequency
Monitoring types
The inverter monitors its temperature using the following monitoring types:
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I
2
t monitoring (alarm A07805, fault F30005)
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Measuring the chip temperature of the Power Module (alarm A05006, fault F30024)
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Measuring the heat sink temperature of the Power Module (alarm A05000, fault F30004)
Inverter response to thermal overload
Parameter Description
r0036
Power unit overload I
2
t [%]
The I
2
t monitoring calculates the inverter utilization based on a current reference value
defined in the factory.
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Actual current > reference value: r0036 becomes higher.
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Actual current < reference value: r0036 becomes lower or remains = 0.
r0037
Power unit temperatures [°C]
p0290
Power unit overload response
Factory setting and the ability to be changed depends on the hardware. The dependency
is described in the List Manual.
A thermal overload is present if the inverter temperature is greater than that specified in
p0292.
You define how the inverter responds if there is a risk of thermal overload using this
parameter. The details are described below.
p0292
Power unit temperature warning threshold (factory setting: Heat sink [0] 5 °C, power
semiconductor [1] 15 °C)
The value is set as a difference to the shutdown temperature.
p0294
Power unit warning at I2t overload (factory setting: 95 %)
Overload response for p0290 = 0
The inverter responds depending on the control mode that has been set:
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In vector control, the inverter reduces the output current.
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In U/f control, the inverter reduces the speed.
Once the overload condition has been removed, the inverter re-enables the output current or
speed.
