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Advanced Energy AE 500 User Manual

Advanced Energy AE 500 User Manual (152 pages)

Brand: Advanced Energy | Category: Inverter | Size: 2.65 MB

Table of Contents

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
4
Table of Contents
7
List of Tables
11
List of Figures
13
Chapter 1. Safety and Product Compliance Guidelines

15
Chapter 2. Product Overview

25
- General Description
  25
  - Advanced Energy Inverter Models
    25
    
    Design Features
    25
- Product Features
  26
- Major Components and Functional Parts
  27
  - Figure 2-1. Components of the AE 500 Inverter
    27
  - Control Electronics
    28
  - Figure 2-2. Power Module Assembly
    28
  - Power Module Assembly
    28
  - Data Monitoring Card Cage
    29
    
    Figure 2-3. Control Electronics Compartment
    29
    
    Communications Interface PCB
    30
  - Figure 2-4. Data Monitoring Card Cage Assembly
    30
  - Operator Interface Controls
    30
  - Active Cooling System
    31
  - DC Combiner Sub Panel
    31
  - DC Sub Panel
    31
  - Figure 2-5. DC Combiner Sub Panel
    31
  - AC Sub Panel
    32
  - Figure 2-6. DC Sub Panel
    32
  - Figure 2-7. AC Sub Panel
    32
  - Housekeeping Transformer
    33
  - Magnetics Compartment
    33
Chapter 3. Planning

35
- General Requirements for Planning and Installation
  35
- Handling the Inverter
  35
  - Handling Options
    36
- Storage
  36
- Location and Clearances
  36
  - Location
    36
  - Noise
    36
  - Recommended Clearances
    36
  - Table 3-1. Inverter Clearances
    36
- Conduit and Conductors
  37
- Figure 3-1. Inverter Clearances
  37
- Environmental Requirements
  38
- Grounding and Neutral Requirements
  38
- Utility Grid Interconnection
  40
- Inverter Monitoring
  40
- Calculating DC Input Voltage
  41
- DC Combiner Sub Panel Options
  41
  - Breaker Protection for DC Input
    42
  - Figure 3-2. DC Subcombiner Options
    42
Chapter 4. Installing

43
Chapter 5. Operation

73
Chapter 6. Data Monitoring and Controls

83
Chapter 7. Maintenance

111
- Advanced Energy
  112
  - Visual Inspection
    112
  - Maintenance Schedule
    112
  - Replacement Parts
    113
  - Table 7-1. Maintenance Checklist
    113
  - Checking and Replacing the Air Filters
    114
    
    Maintaining the Air Filters
    114
    
    Table 7-2. Inverter Replacement Parts
    114
    
    Figure 7-1. Air Intake Hoods
    115
    
    Figure 7-2. Air Intake Hood in Raised Position
    115
    
    Maintaining the Card Cage Air Filter
    116
  - Replacing the Battery on the Communications PCB
    116
  - Figure 7-3. Card Cage Air Filter
    116
Chapter 8. Troubleshooting and Solar Energy Technical Support

119
- Troubleshooting LAN Connectivity
  119
  - To Test the LAN Cable
    120
- Troubleshooting Warnings and Faults
  120
  - Troubleshooting Warnings
    121
    
    System Warnings
    121
    
    Figure 8-1. Warning Screen
    121
  - Troubleshooting Inverter Faults
    122
    
    Table 8-1. Inverter System Warnings
    122
    
    AC under Voltage Fault
    123
    
    Figure 8-2. Screen Sequence When an Inverter Faults
    123
    
    Ground Faults
    123
    
    To Resolve a Ground Fault
    124
    
    Inverter Fault Codes
    126
    
    Table 8-2. Fault Categories
    126
    
    Table 8-3. Drive (DRV) Faults
    127
    
    Table 8-4. Voltage (VLT) Faults
    128
    
    Table 8-5. Grid (GRD) Faults
    129
    
    Table 8-6. Temperature (TMP) Faults
    130
    
    Table 8-7. System (SYS) Faults
    130
- PCB Status Leds
  131
  - Controller PCB Status Leds
    131
  - Table 8-8. Controller PCB Leds
    131
  - Communication PCB Status Leds
    132
  - Figure 8-3. Communication PCB with Status Leds
    132
  - Table 8-9. Link LED
    133
  - Table 8-10. Activity LED
    133
  - Figure 8-4. Communication Interface PCB with Leds
    133
  - Table 8-11. Status LED
    134
  - Table 8-12. Modbus LED
    135
- AE Solar Energy Technical Support
  136
- Table 8-13. AE Solar Energy Technical Support 24 X 7 Contact Information
  136
Appendix A. Specifications

137
- Physical Specifications
  137
- Electrical Specifications
  137
  - Efficiency Specifications
    140
    
    Efficiency Curves for the Pvp500Kw (480 VAC) Model
    140
- Cooling Specifications
  140
- Environmental Specifications
  141
Appendix B. System and Mechanical Diagrams

143
- System Diagram
  143
- Mechanical Diagrams
  143
- Mechanical Diagrams
  144

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