Why Power Factor Correction is essential for Industrial Power Systems?
Power factor correction improves the power factor of AC circuits by minimizing reactive power.
Understanding and maintaining the Power Factor is important for optimal power system operation.
Improving the power factor may reduce energy losses, optimize system performance & save electricity costs.
Example:
An industrial plant is supplied with power through a
Transformer with a capacity of 630 kVA and a voltage of 11kV/433V. The current load is 450 kW, with an average power factor of 0.8 (lagging). Adding a load of 100 kW with a power factor of 0.7 may require increasing the transformer’s capacity.
The research failed to compensate for temporary overloading induced by load changes.
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