In metallurgical steel production, sintering main exhaust fans consume significant energy, and traditional starting methods suffer from high inrush current and severe energy waste. Nancal Electric retrofitted a steel plant's sintering main exhaust system with medium voltage VFDs, achieving soft start and variable frequency speed regulation in a "two-drive-two" configuration with manual mutual backup. Committed to energy savings and customer cost reduction, we are always taking action.
Recently, the first in-service gas-to-electric compressor unit of PipeChina successfully completed its 72-hour trial operation and was officially commissioned at the Quzhou Station of Zhejiang Natural Gas Pipeline Company. All equipment of the project was fully localized, with two 23,500 kVA water-cooling medium voltage drives supplied by Shanghai Nancal Electric Co., Ltd. Nancal Electric contributed to the project's energy savings and emission reductions, supporting improvements in pipeline transmission capacity and green supply assurance.
Nancal Electric successfully co-organized the 10th National Petrochemical Electrical Technology Conference 2026, where it delivered a technical presentation highlighting the core value of its high-reliability medium voltage drive solutions for energy saving, carbon reduction, and safe operation in the petrochemical industry. To date, the company has delivered over 200 water-cooling medium voltage drives. It also showcased its full-range series of air-cooling medium voltage drives covering all power ranges, emphasizing their high reliability, high energy efficiency, and flexible adaptability to support the green and low-carbon transition of the petrochemical sector.
The hydrostatic test for the reactor coolant system of Unit 3 at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant was successfully completed. This test represents the first key milestone in the commissioning phase for Unit 3. The cold test verified that the four reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) for Unit 3, along with their supporting localized RCP Drives supplied by Nancal Electric, operated normally, marking a successful first attempt.
Power grid fluctuations, harsh environmental conditions, dynamic load challenges… Faced with such complex on-site operating conditions, how does Nancal Electric's medium voltage AC drive, with its highly reliable system design, steadily withstand the "real test"?
This medium voltage drive has been in stable operation on-site for over three years and has withstood multiple grid voltage sags of varying severity.The power cell fast automatic bypass design and the Low Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) capability of Nancal Electric's medium voltage drives address internal cell failures and external grid voltage sags, respectively, effectively preventing unplanned shutdowns caused by such issues.
2025 was a year of deep technical cultivation and steady advancement for Nancal Electric. Guided by the spirit of engineers, we drove continuous innovation in power electronics and electrical drives, delivering reliable products and solutions to help build a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient energy ecosystem.
Unplanned shutdown is the costliest "silence" on a production line. Faced with the high price of unexpected stops, how can a medium voltage drive leverage its high reliability to reduce the risk of unplanned shutdown? Read on to discover Nancal Electric's solution.
A well-known domestic chemical enterprise planned to implement an energy-saving, emission-reduction, and capacity-expansion project for its polycarbonate production unit. This included converting the originally steam-driven MVR steam compressor to electric drive. The MVR steam compressor system was originally driven by a high-speed steam turbine (referred to as the steam turbine), directly connected to the drive shaft of the high-speed centrifugal compressor. The NC HVVF series medium voltage drives provided by Nancal Electric delivered excellent high-frequency drive performance and system safety control performance for the high-speed PMSM in this MVR steam compressor "steam-to-electric" retrofit project of a polycarbonate production unit, providing highly reliable and sustainable technical support for the project retrofit.
The Reactor Coolant Pump (RCP) Drive is a critical single-point-of-failure electrical equipment in the third-generation AP1000 nuclear power plant. In 2022, Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd., Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, and Shanghai Nancal Electric Co., Ltd. initiated a collaboration and successfully developed an RCP Drive for the third-generation AP1000 nuclear power plant in 2023. This significantly enhances the operational reliability of the RCP Drives and the flexibility of standby RCP Drive switching, further improving the operational reliability and economic efficiency of AP1000 nuclear power units.
Shanghai Nancal Electric Co., Ltd., in collaboration with Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd. (SDNP) and Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute (SNERDI), has been honored with the Second Prize for Science and Technology Progress by the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) for the joint project "Localized R&D and Application of Reactor Coolant Pump (RCP) Drives." The project team successfully developed China's First MV Drive for the Generation III AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Coolant Pump with fully independent intellectual property, achieving a breakthrough in core technology localization. This accomplishment is of significant importance for enhancing the safety and reliability of nuclear power. The RCP Drive has been deployed for commercial operation and was included in the National Energy Administration's List of Major Technical Equipment in the Energy Sector in 2024.
