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Advanced Energy AE 600 User Manual (152 pages)
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Advanced Energy
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Inverter
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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
Important Safety Instructions
15
Save These Instructions
15
Danger, Warning, and Caution Boxes in the Manual
15
Safety Guidelines
16
Rules for Safe Installation and Operation
16
Personal Safety
17
Medical and First Aid Treatment
17
Safety Equipment Requirements
17
Interpreting Product Labels
17
Product Compliance
18
Safety and EMC Directives and Standards
19
Safety Directives and Standards
19
Electrical Safety
19
Disconnect Switch
19
Wiring Requirements
20
Wiring Information
20
Table 1-1. Branch Breaker Size Recommendations
20
Fire Prevention
22
Lockout and Tagout Requirements
22
Acronyms and Frequently Used Terms
23
Table 1-2. Acronyms and Frequently Used Terms
23
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
PV Array Frame Grounding
38
Table 3-2. Cooling and Heat Rejection Rate Requirements
38
System Neutral
39
Utility Grid Interconnection
40
Utility Connection Requirements
40
Contacting Your Local Utility
40
Voltage Output
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
Handling and Unpacking
43
Packaging Contents
43
Handling and Unpacking the Inverter
43
Tools Required
43
Installing the Air Intake Hoods
44
Figure 4-1. Stacked Air Intake Hoods
45
Figure 4-2. Placing the Air Intake Hood on the Inverter
46
Figure 4-3. Hinge on the Air Intake Hood - Locked and Open Positions
46
Pre-Installation Inspection
47
Pre-Installation Inspection Tools
47
Figure 4-4. Attaching the Hood's Gas Springs to the Inverter
47
Step 1: External Inspection
48
Step 2: Inspection of Rear Magnetics
48
Figure 4-5. Inductor and Transformer Connections
48
Step 3: AC and DC Sub Panel Compartments
49
Figure 4-6. Bus Bar Connection Inspection
49
Step 4: Power Module Compartment
50
Figure 4-7. Pull Test of Cable Screw Terminal Connection
50
Figure 4-8. Screen Inspection
50
Step 5: Upper Active Cooling Compartment
51
Figure 4-9. Check the Bus Bar Connections
51
Figure 4-10. Fan Inspection
51
Lifting and Mounting the Inverter
52
Figure 4-11. Air Filter Check
52
Conduit Entry Points
54
Using Gland Plates for Cable Conduit Entry and Exit
54
Figure 4-12. DC Bottom Entry Gland Plates
55
Figure 4-13. DC Side Entry Gland Plates
56
Figure 4-14. Installation of Conduit Hub
56
Electrical Connections
57
AC Wiring
58
Table 4-1. Subcombiner Wire Sizing and Torque Values
58
Table 4-2. Branch Breaker Size Recommendations
59
Connecting to the Electrical Grid
60
Table 4-3. Operational Voltage Ranges Per Electrical Panel
60
Figure 4-15. AC Connections
62
Figure 4-16. Bus Bar Connections
62
DC Wiring
63
Connecting to the PV Arrays
64
Figure 4-17. DC Connections
64
Figure 4-18. DC Subcombiner Configurations
65
Figure 4-19. DC Dead Front
66
Using the Integrated Remote Disable Input
67
Figure 4-20. DC Inverter Connections
67
Making the Remote Disable Connection
68
Figure 4-21. Remote Disable Wiring Diagram
69
24 V Power Supply
70
Figure 4-22. Remote Disable Terminal Block
70
Figure 4-23. 24 V Power Supply Terminal Location
71
Wiring the 24 V Power Supply
71
Figure 4-24. 24 V Wiring Example
72
Chapter 5. Operation
73
System Startup Procedure
73
Inverter Operating States
74
Figure 5-1. Inverter with AC Disconnect Power on
74
Figure 5-2. Inverter State Diagram
75
Display Screens and Operation
76
Figure 5-3. Initialize State Screen
77
To Operate the Display
78
Ground Fault Interrupt Device
78
Figure 5-6. Warning State Screen
78
Figure 5-7. Disabled State Screen
78
Figure 5-8. Inverter Display and Switch
78
Figure 5-9. Ground Fault Error Message
79
To Respond to a Ground Fault
79
To Shutdown the Inverter
80
Figure 5-10. AC Disconnect Power off
80
De-Energize/Isolation Procedures
81
Inverter Enable/Disable Controls
82
Table 5-1. Inverter Enable/Disable
82
Chapter 6. Data Monitoring and Controls
83
Networking and Performance Monitoring
83
Ethernet Network Connection
83
Connecting the Ethernet Cable
84
Figure 6-1. T-568B Compliant Ethernet Cable
84
To Establish an Internet Connection with the Inverter
85
Figure 6-2. Communication Interface PCB Ethernet Port Location
85
To Verify Data Monitoring Connectivity
86
Modbus Overview
86
Modbus Communication Protocol
86
Networking Using the Modbus Option
86
Modbus TCP Installation
87
Modbus TCP Network Configuration
88
Figure 6-3. Communication Interface PCB in the Data Monitoring Section
88
Network Layout
89
Figure 6-4. Daisy Chain Layout for RS-485 Network: Option a
89
Figure 6-5. Daisy Chain Layout for RS-485 Network: Option B
89
Figure 6-6. Daisy Chain Layout for RS-485 Network: Option C
89
Installing the Modbus RS-485 Cable
90
Setting the DIP Switches
91
Figure 6-7. Communications Interface PCB with Modbus Slave Port Location
91
Figure 6-8. Termination Switches on the User Interface PCB
92
Table 6-1. Maximum Network Length Per Modbus Bit Rate
92
To Terminate the Inverter Network
92
To Set Network Biasing
93
To Set the Center Inverters for the Network
93
To Terminate the Network and Enable Biasing
93
Setting the Modbus Address
93
Figure 6-9. Setting the Modbus Address
94
Table 6-2. Inverter Address Table
95
Modbus Commands
98
Modbus Command Format
98
Table 6-3. Modbus Commands
98
Table 6-4. Format for Read Holding Register Command
98
Table 6-5. Response Format for Read Holding Register Command
99
Table 6-6. Format for Write Single Register Command
99
Table 6-7. Response Format for Write Single Register Command
99
Return Slave ID
100
Table 6-8. Format for Return Slave ID
100
Table 6-9. Format for Return Slave ID Command
100
Modbus Data Types
101
Modbus Register Mapping
101
Modbus Fixed Information Registers
101
Table 6-10. Data Types
101
Table 6-11. Modbus Fixed Information Registers
102
Table 6-12. Inverter Model Number
103
Table 6-13. Bit Mapping for Inverter Configuration Register
103
Modbus Data Registers
104
Table 6-14. Modbus Data Registers
104
Modbus Status and Fault Code Registers
105
Table 6-15. Modbus Status and Fault Code Registers
105
Table 6-16. Modbus Inverter Operating Status Register Values
106
Table 6-17. PVM Status Register Status Code Values
107
Modbus Command Registers
108
Table 6-18. Modbus Command Registers
108
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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