Product Short Description
System Scope
The PCS6000 family is ABB’s integrated medium-voltage power-conversion and process-control platform. It merges advanced AC-AC/AC-DC-AC converters with high-availability PLC/DCS controllers, covering wind, solar, storage, industrial drives and grid-tied applications in the 1 MW – 15 MW range.
Description
Converter Hardware
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Power range: 1 MW – 15 MW (parallelable to >100 MW)
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Topology: three-level NPC VSI, 4-quadrant, fuseless IGBT or IGCT/SiC devices
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Voltages
– DC link: 600 V – 1 500 V (PV/wind)
– AC grid: 400 V, 10 kV, 35 kV configurable -
Frequency: 50 Hz / 60 Hz ±2 Hz adaptive
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Efficiency: ≥ 98.5 % at rated point
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Power factor: ≥ 0.99 leading or lagging
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THD: < 3 % (IEEE 519 compliant)
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Cooling: air or liquid, coolant inlet ≤ 45 °C, IP54/IP65
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Response: LVRT / HVRT ride-through < 100 ms, black-start capable
Control & Communication
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Controller family: AC 800M and variants, hot-standby redundancy
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I/O: digital, analog, HART, temperature, high-speed counter
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Protocols: PROFINET, PROFIBUS DP, Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, IEC 61850, DNP3, CANopen
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Engineering: Control Builder M, PCM600, remote VPN service access
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Diagnostics: built-in event recorder, 1 ms SOE, self-test every 100 ms
Environmental Ratings
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Ambient: –40 °C to +70 °C operating, –55 °C to +85 °C storage
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Altitude: 0 – 1 000 m (derating available > 1 000 m)
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Certifications: CE, UL, IECEx, ATEX, DNV-GL
Key Features
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Modular, hot-swappable power and control cards enable expansion without shutdown
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Bidirectional power flow supports grid-connected, off-grid and micro-grid modes
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Advanced MPPT, vector control and direct-torque algorithms maximise energy harvest
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Redundant controllers, power supplies and networks deliver > 99.999 % availability
Applications
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Onshore & offshore wind turbines (4 MW – 15 MW)
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Utility-scale PV plants (1 MW – 100 MW+ blocks)
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Battery energy storage for peak-shaving, frequency regulation and black-start
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Industrial medium-voltage drives: steel, mining, marine, railway traction
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Microgrids combining wind, solar, storage and gensets for autonomous operation
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