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Design and Implementation of Microcontroller-Based Controlling of Power Factor Using Capacitor Banks with Load Monitoring
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Design and Implementation of Microcontroller-
Based Controlling of Power Factor Using
Capacitor Banks with Load Monitoring
Murad Ali
Abstract - Power factor correction (PFC) is a technique of Fuld et al. developed a combine power factor
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counteracting the undesirable effects of electric loads that control with buck and boost technique applied at three
create a power factor that is less than one. Power factor phase input supply, which present necessitate vantages
correction may be applied either by an electrical power
at high AC voltage, desired output voltage, e.g. 400 V,
transmission utility to improve the stability and efficiency of the
wide input voltage varieties and no extra inrush clipper
transmission network or correction may be installed by
individual electrical customers to reduce the costs charged to required [8]. 21
them by their electricity supplier. Many control methods for the Freitas et al. developed a dynamical study
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has been presented in the area of power factor
ow Power Factor in the power distribution system improvement of inductive load. However we have
induces the energy crisis in the supply voltage. proposed a new algorithm for automatic detection and
Most of industrial electric loads have a low power controlling of Power Factor for an inductive load
factor not transcending from 0.8 and thus imparts to the comprising of both induction motors as well as resistive
distribution losses [1-4].There are different methods of load. Proposed algorithm along with developed
low power factor correction [1]. One of the impendent is hardware setup works efficiently. Moreover detection
to use a fixed capacitor as a source of reactive power and correction of power factor is very fast.
for compensating local reactive power demand[5-6]. Microcontroller manipulates the developed algorithm to
This approach is more reliable because it implies the measure the needed reactive power (VAR) that will be
count of lagging current in the power factor with very supplied through automatic switching of capacitor
precise step setting in term of calculating the phase banks for the improvement of power factor of the load.
angle in power factor correction schemes [7].
Power factor correction is an old practice and II. Proposed System of Acpf
different researchers are working hard to design and
develop new system for the power factor correction. Microcontroller base automatic controlling of
power factor with load monitoring is shown in Fig. 1. The
principal element in the circuit is PIC Microcontroller
Author : Electrical Engineering Department, Wah Engineering College, (18F452) that manipulates with 11MHz crystal in this
University of Wah, WahCantt, Pakistan.
scheme. The current and voltage signal are acquired the load to correct the power factor and monitors the
from the main AC line (L) by using Current Transformer behavior of the enduring load on the basis of current
and Potential Transformer. These acquired signals are depleted by the load. Synchronizing circuit is developed
then pass on to the zero crossing detector IC(ZCD I & to synchronize the zero cross detection circuit,
ZCD V) individually that transposed both current and Microcontroller and LCD with incoming supply voltage.
voltage waveforms to square-wave to make perceivable In case of low power factor Microcontroller send out the
to the Microcontroller to observe the zero crossing of signal to switching unit (relay) that will switch on the in
current and voltage at the same time instant. Bridge demand value of capacitor. The tasks executed by the
Rectifier for both current and voltage signals transposes Microcontroller for correcting the low power factor by
the analog signal to the digital signal. Microcontroller selecting the in demand value of capacitor and load
read the RMS value for voltage and current used in its monitoring are shown in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).
algorithm to select the value of in demand capacitor for
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Current Transformer
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AC Input
220V/ Potential Transformer Capacitor Load
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Bridge
Bridge Vs Rectifier
Rectifier
(V)
(1)
(ZCD I) (ZCD V)
LCD 20x4
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Start
Initializing of
System
1
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Zero cross Zero cross
detection of detection of
voltage current
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Y (ZC V) & Y
(ZC I) =1
Measure angle
b/w V and I
through µc
algorithm
C=0
If angle b/w
Y P.F=0.9
V & I=0
Load current (I)
Calculate desired
value of C by µc Display corrected
algorithm to set C, P.F and Load
power factor = 0.9 current (I)
lagging
Go to 1
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completely tested on Proteus software in which
simulation result are based on the lagging power factor
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c) Case 3: When 1hp Induction Motor Is ON senses the delay produced by the load, and according
When an inductive load of 1hp induction motor to the delay, it inserts the desired value of capacitor by
is ON, there is large phase delay in between current and the development of Microcontroller algorithm to improve
voltage signals as shown in Fig. 7. Microcontroller the power factor of the system to desired value.
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shown in Fig. 23.
Fig. 19 : V and I behavior after correction with 0.5hp
inductive load
After the insertion of required value of capacitor, 29
the V and I zero cross detector signals are also in phase
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“Fundamentals of Electric Circuit” United States of
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2. Stephen, J. C. (1999). “Electric Machinery and
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