VFD: Applications

VFDs are frequently used to control motors for:

  • Fans
  • Pumps (centrifugal, positive displacement or slurry pumps)
  • Compressors
  • Mills, conveyors, kilns, extruders, lifts

Used in the following industries:

  • Power generation e.g. induced draft fans, forced draft fans, condensate pumps, water supply pumps, etc.
  • Metallurgy: dusting fans, furnace fans, oxygen-generators of steel production, etc.
  • Oil & Gas, petroleum, petrochemistry: oil transfer pumps, compressors, pumps, etc.
  • Mining: mortar pumps, fans, etc.
  • Water and waste water: water supply pump, etc.
  • HVAC: large air conditioning compressors.
  • Cement plants.