Automatic Energy Optimization saves AEL Intelligent Blasting 500 kWh per hour
Automatic Energy Optimization saves AEL Intelligent Blasting 500 kWh per hour
2 Pages18 months payback time AEL (African Explosives Ltd.) Intelligent Blasting 720 Mtpd nitric acid plant saves 3.6 M Rand annually on operating costs, thanks to an upgrade from direct-on-line operation to VL T® drive control of electric pumps and motors. “The drives were selected based on the kinetic back-up feature, which is valuable to us because of our unstable electricity supply and a lot of small voltage dips causing our facilities to trip out. With this feature we can keep the plant online without any issues, therefore saving millions .” Johan Engelbrecht, AEL Nitrates MV Electrical Engineer Case study | VLT® AQUA Drive FC 202 and VLT® HVAC Drive FC 102 Automatic Energy Optimization saves AEL Intelligent Blasting 500 kWh per hour drives.danfoss.com More reliability whilst savi
