2 Engineering
2.7 Braking resistances
DC1…20… and DC1…OE1 Variable Frequency Drives
02/20 MN040059EN
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Selecting brake resistors
Brake resistors are selected based on continuous power dissipation P
DB
and
maximum peak pulse power P
Peak
.
The brake resistor must be adequate for both powers.
The maximum pulse power is defined by the braking torque – kinetic energy
W
kin
during braking – that is fed back by the motor during braking.
A simplified method that can be used is to take the variable frequency drive’s
braking power P
max
or the rated motor output and use it as peak pulse power
P
Peak
for sizing purposes, since the mechanical braking power will be
reduced by the motor’s and inverter’s efficiency.
The required rated power / continuous rating for braking resistance P
DB
is
calculated using braking energy W
kin
and cycle time t
C
:
If the kinetic energy is not known, you will need the ratio of braking time
t
Braking
to cycle time t
C
:
The required continuous rating for a duty factor of 10% (= DF[%]),
for example, can be calculated as follows:
This means that the brake resistor’s continuous rating P
DB
will always be
lower than maximum pulse power P
Peak
by the DF[%] factor.
Resistance R
B
must be at least as high as the breaking transistor’s minimum
permissible resistance R
min
.
P
Peak
∼
P
max
=
1
x
W
kin
2
t
Braking
P
DB
=
W
kin
t
C
DF[%] =
t
Braking
x 100 %
t
C
P
DB
= P
Peak
x 10 %
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Use brake resistors with the recommended R
Brec
resistance
values for the DC1 variable frequency drives’ ratings.
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For the rated braking resistances for DC1 variable frequency
drives, please refer to
