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Experiment # 10: Automatic Power-Factor Improvement of The System by Using P.F Controller and Capacitor Bank

This document describes an experiment on automatic power factor improvement of an electrical system using a power factor controller and capacitor bank. The objectives are to analyze the working of an automatic power factor controller and how it improves power factor through a capacitor bank. The procedure connects resistive and inductive loads, and measures voltage, current and power factor with and without the power factor controller activating the capacitor bank. The results show that the power factor controller is able to improve the overall system power factor under different load conditions.

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Experiment # 10: Automatic Power-Factor Improvement of The System by Using P.F Controller and Capacitor Bank

This document describes an experiment on automatic power factor improvement of an electrical system using a power factor controller and capacitor bank. The objectives are to analyze the working of an automatic power factor controller and how it improves power factor through a capacitor bank. The procedure connects resistive and inductive loads, and measures voltage, current and power factor with and without the power factor controller activating the capacitor bank. The results show that the power factor controller is able to improve the overall system power factor under different load conditions.

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Sukkur Institute of Business Administration University

Department of Electrical Engineering


ELE-412 Power System Stability & Control, Fall 2020

Experiment # 10: Automatic Power-Factor improvement of the


System by using P.F controller and Capacitor Bank
Instructor: Engr. Muhammad Fawad

Note: Submit this lab hand-out in the next lab with attached solved activities and exercises

Submission Profile

Name: Haris Khan Submission date (06/12/2020):

C.M.S ID: 031-17-0065 Receiving authority name and signature:

Comments:

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Instructor Signature
OBJECTIVE:

 Students will be able to analyze the working Automatic Power Factor Controller.
 Students will be able to analyze the improvement of Power Factor through Capacitor
Bank and APFC.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS:

 Must need to know the exact location of fire extinguishers, first aid box and emergency
exits.
 Use only one hand during experiment and bring other to your back side.
 Must ensure that all equipments are completely insulated.
 Don’t place equipments on wet places and always perform experiment on dry places.
 Use all equipments for their own designed purpose.
 Beware of using any loose clothes or gloves etc.

BACKGROUND THEORY

Power factor (PF) is the proportion of working force, estimated in kilowatts (kW), to apparent
power, estimated in kilovolt amperes (kVA). Apparent force, otherwise called demand, is the
proportion of the measure of intensity used to run hardware and equipment during a specific
period. Power factor revision can be applied by the electrical utility to improve the soundness
and productivity of the transmission organization or, it tends to be introduced by the electrical
purchaser to decrease costs charged by the electrical supplier. Capacitor Banks are utilized with
power factor regulator, in which controllers stores the arrangements of estimation of capacitors at
various level and use likewise for the improvement of power factor of the framework when the
heap is differed.

LAB HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIRED:

 Power Meter
 Power Factor Meter
 Power Factor Controller
 3 phase power supply
 Circuit breaker
 Capacitor Bank
 Resistive load
 Inductive load
PROCEDURE:

 First of all we made all the connections as per requirement of this lab using given Single
line diagram.
 R and L Loads are connected in parallel.
 P.F controller setting are to be set in order to meet the required p.f of the system.

RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS:

Loads V(load) I(load) p.f (load) V(sys) I(sys) p.f(sys) by Controller

R2L2 214 0.45 0.67 216 0.31 -0.989

R2L3 213 0.56 0.54 214 0.30 -0.975

R2L5 212 0.78 0.40 215 0.33 -0.97

CONCLUSIONS:

In this lab investigate, we dismembered the working of the p.f controller. P.F
controller determines and a while later stores the possible blend of the capacitor subject to
different characteristics open on the capacitor banks. Right when the pile is extended, or toward
the day's end, p.f is reduced, by then, the controller identifies and figure the qualification, for
instance, C-or C+, by then engages the best mix of the capacitor on capacitor bank to
normalize/improve the p.f of the structure.

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