The energy revolution has many facets. One of them is the power supply of factories. Here lies the origin of the upheaval in drive technology, which today is already based on direct current, while the grid supplies alternating current. In this book you will learn the advantages of building a comprehensive direct current factory network into which all power generators feed their energy and from which all consumers are supplied directly.

All related conceptual, economic, technical and organizational issues are dealt within this book:

Potential and economic assessment of the direct current factory in comparison with a current factory supplied with alternating current
System concept draft for the necessary system and device adjustments with concrete solutions for implementation
Detailed treatment of all relevant technical topics, such as topology, voltage level, supply concepts, grounding and network types, EMC, pre-charging
Characteristic-based control of a direct current network with different supply devices and loads
Guarantee of network stability, even with highly dynamic loads and without additional communication
Treatment of essential security aspects
Planning and design of a direct current network in your own factory, including presentation of the planning tasks and instructions for the user

The book also shows four real applications that were implemented with the manufacturer-independent direct current network described. Different conceptual focal points are explained in each case in order to demonstrate the possible range of use.

Autorentext
Alexander Sauer, Head of the IPA and Head of the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (University of Stuttgart)
Karl-Peter Simon, Managing Director of BauerGearMotors & Chairman of the ZVEI Department of Electrical Drives
Sebastian Weckmann, Head of the Efficiency Systems Department, Fraunhofer IPA
Timm Kuhlmann, Research Associate and Project Manager at Fraunhofer IPA
Patrick Spanier, Research Associate at the OWL University of Applied Sciences
Simon Puls, Lenze
Jan Schupp, Danfoss
Herbert Graf, Homag AG
Patrick Kröhner, Mercedes-Benz AG
Tobias Laubscher, KHS
Frederic Blank, LTI Motion
Holger Borcherding, technical head of the Innovation research area at Lenze SE in cooperation with the OWL University of Applied Sciences
Martin Ehlich, Lenze
Benno Weis, Siemens AG
Werner Hinderer, Bosch Rexroth AG
Leopold Ott, Research Associate and Project Manager Fraunhofer IISB
Darian Schaab, Research Associate and Project Manager at Fraunhofer IPA
Alexander Männel, Bosch Rexroth AG
Johann Austermann, Research Associate at the OWL University of Applied Sciences
Olaf Grünberg, Weidmüller GmbH & Co.
Frank Jungnickel, Siemens AG
Hartwig Stammberger, EATON
Wolfgang Feil, Siemens AG
Wolfgang Veit, FIG
Wolfgang Hauer, EATON