How can Power Factor Compensation Ensure the Efficient working of a device?
T he power quality of any equipment is its ability to function properly in its environment. It deals with the continuity of supply and quality of the voltage. Power quality management can be done by an improvement of power factor, harmonics mitigation, load compensation etc. What is power factor? An important factor that affects the power quality is the power factor. Power factor refers to the effectiveness of the incoming power in the system. It can be calculated as a ratio of the real power to the apparent power. Real power is the actual power that is used up by the equipment to function while apparent power is the sum of real and reactive power which is required for the formation of a magnetic field in some types of equipment. When the value of this power factor turns out to be less than 0.9 or 90%, your device requires Power Factor Compensation for it to function properly. When do you require power factor compensation? In case you are experiencing any of the following ...