CHAPTER 6 - DETAILED PARAMETER DESCRIPTION
P151 defines the level for the DC Link voltage regulation during braking.
The timeofthedeceleration ramp isautomaticallyextended, thusavoiding
The DC Link voltage regulation has two modes of operation:
With losses (Optimal braking) – set P150 to 0. In this mode the flux
current is modulated so as to increase the losses in the motor, there
by increasing the braking torque. It works better with lower efficiency
motors (smaller motors). It is not recommended for motors bigger
than 75 hp/55 kW. Refer to explanation below.
Without losses – set P150 to 1. Only the DC Link voltage regulation
P151 factory setting is set at maximum this disables the DC Link
voltage regulation. To enable it, adjust according to table 6.8.
The Optimal Braking is a unique method of stopping the motor that
provides morebraking torque thanDCInjectionBraking withoutrequiring
Dynamic Brakingcomponents.In the case of DC Braking, except for the
friction losses, only the rotor losses are used to dissipate the stored
energydue to the driven mechanical load.
WithOptimal Braking, boththe total motor losses andthe inverterlosses
are used. In this way, it is possible to achieve a braking torque of
approximately 5 times higher than with the DC braking (Refer to figure
This feature allows high dynamic performance without the use of a
Dynamic Braking resistor.
Figure 6.15 shows a Torque x Speed curve of a typical 7.5 kW/10 hp, IV
polemotor. Thebrakingtorque developedat fullspeed,with torque(P169
and P170) limited by the CFW-09 at a value equal to the motor rated
torque, is given by TB1 point (figure 6.15).
TB1 value depends on the motor efficiencyand disregarding the friction
losses it is given by the following equation:
For the case in figure 6.15, the motor efficiency at full load condition is
= 0.84, that results in TB1 = 0.19 or 19 % of the motor rated
torque. Starting at TB1 point, the braking torque varies in the reverse
proportion of the speed(1/N).At lowspeeds, thebraking torque reaches
the torque limit level set by the inverter. For the case of figure 6.15, the
torque limit (100 %) is reached when the speed is 20 % of the rated