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Sustainability verified
Like HiPerGuard, ABB’s SureWave is accredited with the PEP Ecopassport®, having scored leading results for the frequency converter. This assessment measures SureWave’s sterling environmental sustainability across its entire lifecycle – from its manufacture and distribution to its installation and use, all the way to its end -of- life, thanks to ABB. By choosing ABB’s static conversion technology, ship operators can easily lower CO₂ emissions, ship vibrations and noise pollution while in port; and eliminate any penalties associated with using diesel burning generators while berthed. During SureWave’s estimated 15-year lifetime, ship owners’ and operators could potentially reduce their CO₂ emissions by approximately 350 tons and deliver operational cost savings of approximately 1.4M USD¹ (compared to traditional rotary systems over the same interval) [6-7].

More flexible, stable and greener
The ability to stabilize both frequency and voltage allows the proper operation of sensitive equipment even when the supply is not adequately regulated; this is an advantage over conventional rotary frequency converter systems [7]. Further, SureWave SFC has, like HiPerGuard, added flexibility compared to rotary counterparts. The modular design of SureWave allows higher power to be reached with a capacity rating from 250 kVA up to 2.25 MVA.

Thanks to the smart controller, SureWave SFC can be connected in parallel with other voltage sources, either generators or multi-SFC units. If required, SureWave SFC can also support higher loads up to 10 MVA with multiple system parallel connections. Parallel load sharing is attained by using frequency and voltage droop profiles programmed into the converters [7] →05.

Added flexibility is assured as SureWave can be installed on the vessel or portside. It is the ultimate static frequency converter for small to medium port- and shipyard installations, and marine vessels ranging from super yachts to super tankers.

Better decisions
With the Ecopassport® label, customers can not only be confident that HiPerGuard and SureWave meet established sustainability criteria, they can also make better decisions about their choice of products to ensure a more sustainable future, even as ABB moves further along its path toward carbon neutrality. 

Footnotes
¹Assuming 25 percent of the time at 2 percent load, 50 percent of the time at 50 percent load and 25 percent of the time at 75 percent load, with no time spent at 100 percent, the average efficiency is 97.5 percent, rounded up to 98 percent.
² Using the reference value of 295.8 g CO₂ per kWh.