COMPARISON BETWEEN AC DRIVE AND DC DRIVE FOR CRANES AT PORT SAID CONTAINER TERMINAL

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Engineering – port said university

2 Port Said container terminal

Abstract

This paper presents a comparison between the control system performances of different cranes work at Port Said Container Terminal. These cranes work with different control systems such as DC drive, AC drive and Active Front End drive. Comparison has been done between two drive systems, DC drive and Active Front End drive (AFE). The advantages and disadvantages are discussed and summarized