UNIT-VI

POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT AND VOLTAGE CONTROL

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POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT AND VOLTAGE CONTROL
Capacitive compensation for power-factor control

 Different types of power capacitors

 Shunt and series capacitors
 Effect of shunt capacitors (Fixed and switched)

Power factor correction

 capacitor allocation
 Economic justification
 Procedure to determine the best capacitor location

Voltage Control

 Equipment for voltage control

 Effect of series capacitors
 Effect of AVB / AVR, line drop compensation
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Different types of power capacitors

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POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT AND VOLTAGE CONTROL
POWER FACTOR
The cosine of angle between voltage and current in an a.c. circuit is known as power factor.

The power factor plays an importance role in a.c. circuits since power consumed depends upon this
factor.

Power consumed in single circuit is

𝑷 = 𝑽𝑳 𝑰𝑳 𝐜𝐨𝐬 ∅

Load current in single phase circuit is

𝑷
𝑰𝑳 =
𝑽𝑳 𝐜𝐨𝐬 ∅
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Power consumed in 3 phase circuit is

𝑷 = 𝟑 𝑽𝑳 𝑰𝑳 𝐜𝐨𝐬 ∅
Load current in 3 phase circuit is

𝑷
𝑰𝑳 =
𝟑 𝑽𝑳 𝐜𝐨𝐬 ∅

It is clear from above that for fixed power and voltage

The load current is inversely proportional to the power factor.
Lower the power factor, higher is the load current and vice-versa.

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VOLTAGE CONTROL

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 Effect of series capacitors

 Effect of AVB / AVR, line drop compensation

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