Minimizing Penalty in Industrial Power Consumption by Engaging APFC Unit

• Author(s): Nikita Hamilpurkar ; Bhagyashree ; P Sharadha ; Shweta ; Prashant G
• Paper ID: 1703702
• Page: 531-534
• Published Date: 23-07-2022
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 6 Issue 1 July-2022

Abstract

Electrical energy being the only form of energy which can be easily converted to any other form plays a vital role for the growth of any industry. The Power Factor gives an idea about the efficiency of the system to do useful work out of the supplied electric power. A low value of power factor leads to increase is electric losses and also draws penalty by the utility. Significant savings in utility power costs can be realized by keeping up an average monthly power factor close to unity. To improve the power factor to desired level, reactive power compensators are used in the substations. The most common used device is capacitor bank which are switched on and off manually based on the requirement. If automatic switching can be employed for the correction devices, not only it will improve the response time but also removes any scope for error.

Citations

IRE Journals:
Nikita Hamilpurkar , Bhagyashree , P Sharadha , Shweta , Prashant G "Minimizing Penalty in Industrial Power Consumption by Engaging APFC Unit" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 6 Issue 1 2022 Page 531-534

IEEE:
Nikita Hamilpurkar , Bhagyashree , P Sharadha , Shweta , Prashant G "Minimizing Penalty in Industrial Power Consumption by Engaging APFC Unit" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 6(1)