
5 Application Examples
5.1 Motor Overload Protection
The thermal model used for motor overload in the MCD 500
has two components:
•
Motor windings: These have a low thermal capacity
and affects the short term thermal behaviour of the
motor. This is where the heat is generated by the
current.
Motor Body: This has a large thermal capacity and
affects the long term behaviour of the motor. The
thermal model includes considerations for the
following:
Motor current, iron losses, winding
resistance losses, motor body and
winding thermal capacities, cooling
during run and cooling at standstill.
The percentage of the rated capacity of
the motor. This sets the displayed value
for the winding model and is affected by
the motor FLC setting amongst others.
NOTE
Par. 1-1 Motor FLC should be set to the motor's rated FLC. Do
not add the overload rating as this is c
omputed by the
MCD500.
The thermal overload protection used in MCD500 has a
number of advantages over the thermal relays.
The effect of fan cooling is accounted for when the
motor is running
The actual full load current and locked rotor time
can be used to more accurately tune the model.
The thermal characteristics of the windings are
treated separately from the rest of the motor (ie.
the model recognises that the windings have low
thermal mass and high thermal resistance).
The winding portion of the thermal model
responds very rapidly compared with the body
portion, meaning the motor can be run closer to its
safe maximum operating temperature while still
being protected from thermal damage.
The percentage of motor thermal capacity used
during each start is stored in memory. The starter
can be configured to automatically determine
whether or not the motor has sufficient thermal
capacity remaining to successfully complete
another start.
The memory function of the model means that the
motor is fully protected in “warm start” situations.
The model uses data from the real time clock to
account for elapsed cooling time, even if control
power has been removed.
The overload protection function provided by this model is
compliant with a NEMA 10 curve, but will provide superior
protection at low levels of overload due to the separation of
the winding thermal model.
100 200 300
1
10
100
1000
10000
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Time in seconds to reach 100% of thermal model
Current (%motor full load current)
3
1
2
400 500
600 700
800 900 1000
1.
MSTC
1
= 5
2.
MSTC
1
= 10
3.
MSTC
1
= 20
1
MSTC is the Motor Start Time Constant and is defined as the
Locked Rotor Time (par. 1-2) when the Locked Rotor Current
is 600% of FLC.
5.2 AAC Adaptive Acceleration Control
AAC Adaptive Acceleration Control is a new form of motor
control based on the motor's own performance character-
istics. With AAC, the user selects the starting or stopping
profile that best matches the load type and the starter
automatically controls the motor to match the profile. The
MCD 500 offers three profiles - early, constant and late
acceleration and deceleration.
AAC uses two algorithms, one to measure the motor's
characteristics and one to control the motor. The MCD 500
uses the first start to determine the motor's characteristics at
Application Examples MCD 500 Operating Instruction
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