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Mar 08,2021
High Voltage Power Capacitors Fields of Application INDIVIDUAL POWER FACTOR CORRECTION The power factor correction capacitor is connected directly to the terminals of the consumer and will be switched together with it. Advantages of individual capacitors at the load: • Complete control; capacitors cannot cause problems on the line during light load conditions • No need for separate switching...
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Mar 20,2021
A capacitor bank is a grouping of several identical capacitors interconnected in parallel or in series with one another. These groups of capacitors are typically used to correct or counteract undesirable characteristics, such as power factor lag or phase shifts inherent in alternating current (AC) electrical power supplies. FEATURES: Power factor correction by multi step design Standard & detu...
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Mar 30,2021
Why harmonics analysis? When a voltage and/or current waveform is distorted, it causes abnormal operating conditions in a power system such as: Voltage Harmonics can cause additional heating in induction and synchronous motors and generators. Voltage Harmonics with high peak values can weaken insulation in cables, windings, and capacitors. Voltage Harmonics can cause malfunction of different elect...
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Apr 12,2021
Power Quality Solutions and Energy Savings One of the most significant changes in the Power Quality industry in the past five years is the method of selling Power Quality solutions. Originally, Power Quality solutions were sold as an insurance policy to avoid potential damage from power disturbances such as transients,voltage sags, interruptions or harmonics. Today, many Power Qu...
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Apr 17,2021
Many facilities have mandates to save energy. Improving energy efficiency offers huge advantages to businesses—reducing the costs of energy and operations— and increasing sustainability. Ⅰ. Abstract Through proven methods including variable frequency drives (VFD), LED lighting and conservation methods and control, many new and existing facilities achieve the savings that they expect. However, many...
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Apr 26,2021
Power Factor Penalty An electric rate may also include additional charges when the customer has a power factor less than some preset limit, typically between 80 and 90 percent. This is called a power factor penalty since it is a penalty assessed on the customers electrical bill for lower than optimum power factor. Special devices called capacitors can be installed by either the utility or the cust...
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May 05,2021
A SECONDARY SOURCE Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwell's equations. Various common phenomena are related to electricity, including lightning, static electricity, electric heating, elect...
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May 13,2021
The climate is changing - but are you? Changes in the way you live your life - both big and small - can help you reduce your own personal carbon footprint, and also encourage policy makers to act for the good of the planet. Below is a list of several easy things you can do right now to help fight climate change. The greatest threat faced by this generation is climate change. Because without a habi...
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May 18,2021
Harmonics and Active Power Filter In recent years, the use of non-linear load is increasing day by day. Non-linear loads such as traditional diode/ thyristor rectifiers with inductive load generate harmonic and reactive current, which leads to poor power factor, low energy efficiency, and harmful disturbance to other appliances. Also, in recent years, the large-scale use of the power electronic eq...
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May 27,2021
Upgrading Older Capacitor Banks is Important As an inexpensive source of reactive power, capacitor banks bring many benefits to a facility. They are widely deployed to avoid penalties on utility bills, lower distribution losses, increase transformer/Genset capacity, maintain nominal voltage, and to reduce energy losses resulting in decreased carbon emissions. When coupled with reactors, capa...
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May 31,2021
Power Qaulity Issue Power quality issues can increase your utility and operating costs. In a 3-phase power system, any disturbance on one parameter (magnitude, frequency, waveform, or symmetry) is classified as a power quality problem. Even minor disruptive voltage fluctuations can cause major issues from equipment malfunctions, to flickering lights, to complete power shutdowns. Power quality prob...
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Jun 16,2021
Power factor penalty in power bills We've found that many people struggle to understand how Power Factor (PF) impacts demand charges. Frequently, end use customers pay a significant premium each month in demand charges because their PF is below a threshold set by the utility in the rate tariff. Oftentimes its not obvious to the untrained eye when there are extra charges associated with a bad PF on...
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Jun 24,2021
As an inexpensive source of reactive power, capacitor banks bring many benefits to a facility. They are widely deployed to avoid penalties on utility bills, lower distribution losses, increase transformer/Genset capacity, maintain nominal voltage, and to reduce energy losses resulting in decreased carbon emissions. When coupled with reactors, capacitor banks can filter harmonics generated by...
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Jul 22,2021
An example of how to calculate the capacity of reactive power (kVAr)? An Motor is supplying a load of 700 kW at a P.F (Power factor) of 0.65. What size of Capacitor in kVAr is required to raise the P.F (Power Factor) to unity (1)? And how many more kW can the motor supply for the same kVA loading when P.F improved. Supplying kW = 700 kW Original P.F = Cosθ1 = 0.65 Final P.F = Cosθ2 = 1 θ1 = C...
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Aug 09,2021
What Cause Power Quality Problems? Modern power electronics devices applications can improve our work more efficiency and make life easier, but at the same time they can pollute the power networks. Rectifiers play a large part in many applications that are growing faster than power system construction. Voltage and current harmonics, reactive power fluctuation, three phase unbalance, and other issu...
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Aug 24,2021
Why does the power factor need to be corrected at MV? Reactive power compensation is essential for the correct technical and economical management of an MV Networks. Its benefits are: Economic benefits — Reduced billable reactive energy costs (surcharges by country and tariff) — Reduced hidden economic cost from the Joule effect in transport lines — Enables a better use ratio (kW/kVA) for installa...
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Sep 07,2021
Formulas of Related Harmonics The following calculator computes the total harmonic current distortion (THDc or THDi), Peak Current, RMS Current, and Crest Factor based on individual harmonic current distortion values between the 1st and the 50th harmonic. Input the fundamental current and individual harmonic currents to compute THDc(THDi) also to view a waveform plot based on the input values. The...
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Sep 13,2021
Benefits by installing power factor correction systems? Power factor correction systems provide much benefit: Reduced electricity utility bills Your electric utility provides working (kW) and reactive power (kVAR) to your plant in the form of apparent power (kVA). While reactive power (kVAR) doesn’t register on kW demand or kW hour meters, the utility’s transmission and distribution system must be...
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