The ABB ACQ810 industry-specific drive is designed for all of the applications commonly used in the water and waste water industry. The specifically designed modules feature tailor-made pump control functions for single and multi-pump systems. These functions ensure smooth, disturbance-free operation of water and waste water processes, maximising energy efficiency while reducing unnecessary downtime. The drives’ pump-specific functions decrease the lifecycle cost of the pumping system, helping to save time and money.

Where is ACQ810 used?

The ABB ACQ180 can be used for most variable-speed applications in the water and wastewater industry, to optimise the system and to save energy.  The modules are designed for MCC assembly and are easily mounted side-by-side. Intelligent start-up assistants ensure that drive commissioning is straightforward, and the functions needed for most pumping systems can be easily implemented with the pre-programmed macros. Starting up a pumping system and optimising its performance is extremely easy.

Water industry specific functions

Soft pipe filling

Provides a pump with a smooth build-up of flow in pipes to avoid pressure peaks and reduces the stresses on weak or ageing water mains when demand changes.

Pump cleaning or anti-jam

Used in wastewater pumping stations to prevent pump and pipe clogging and expensive maintenance activities and can be set to trigger against different commands such as: on each pump start; on monitoring if the pump is becoming blocked; in response to a digital input or PLC command. If the pump cleaning function runs too often, an alarm is raised.  See ACQ810 pimp cleaning video on YouTube

Flow calculation

The drive has a flow meter routine that very accurately determines the flow rate within a process.  It avoids the need for costly external flow meters and is suitable for applications where the flow data is not needed for invoicing purposes.

Level control

Used to effectively control the filling or emptying of water or waste water storage tanks.  Fast-ramp starting creates a flush effect to keep pipes clear, and users can define the “efficiency speed” based on the pump’s best efficiency point.

Multi-pump control

Provides optimal control of applications where several parallel pumps are operated together and the required flow rate is variable.  It maintains stable process conditions optimising the speed and number of the pumps needed.

Pump priority

Optimal control of applications where the consumption rate varies based on demand.  Users can operate higher capacity pumps during daytime and smaller units at night, allowing pumps to be operated closer to their best efficiency point.

Pump specific protection features

The protection functions indicate if the pre-defined process conditions change.  Under-load and overload functions are pre-defined across the speed range at five distinct points. Belt breaks or dry sumps can be detected.

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