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Power Factor Corrector: Using Avr Controller

This document discusses a power factor corrector that uses an AVR controller. It introduces power factor and explains that loads with low power factor draw more current and require larger equipment. The algorithm measures the current power factor, compares it to the desired value, and connects different combinations of capacitors in the capacitor bank to automatically correct deviations from the desired power factor. This achieves automation of power factor correction.

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Power Factor Corrector: Using Avr Controller

This document discusses a power factor corrector that uses an AVR controller. It introduces power factor and explains that loads with low power factor draw more current and require larger equipment. The algorithm measures the current power factor, compares it to the desired value, and connects different combinations of capacitors in the capacitor bank to automatically correct deviations from the desired power factor. This achieves automation of power factor correction.

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POWER FACTOR CORRECTOR

USING AVR CONTROLLER

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: PRESENTED BY:

MR. PRASHANT RAGHUVANSHI DURGESH KUMAR

DAYANAND KUMAR

GYANENDRA GUPTA

MAYANK ATERKAR

CIRIL ACHENKUNJU
 INTRODUCTION
 IMPORTANCE OF POWER FACTOR
CORRECTION
 ALGORITHM ADOPTED
 SYNOPSIS
INTRODUCTION

THE POWER FACTOR OF AN ELECTRIC SYSTEM IS DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF


REAL POWER FLOWING TO THE LOAD TO THE APPARENT POWER AND IS
DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 1.
REAL POWER IS THE CAPACITY OF THE CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING WORK
IN A PARTICULAR TIME. APPARENT POWER IS THE PRODUCT OF THE
CURRENT AND VOLTAGE OF THE CIRCUIT.
IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM, A LOAD WITH LOW POWER
FACTOR DRAWS MORE CURRENT THAN A LOAD WITH A HIGH POWER
FACTOR FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF USEFUL POWER TRANSFERRED.THE
HIGHER CURRENT INCREASE THE ENERGY LOST IN THE DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM, AND REQUIRE LARGER WIRES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. BECAUSE
OF COSTS OF LARGER EQUIPMENTS AND WASTED ENERGY, ELECTRICAL
UTILITIES WILL USUALLY CHARGE A HIGHER COST TO INDUSTRIAL OR
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER WHERE THERE IS A LOW POWER FACTOR.
IMPORTANCE OF POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT

SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF IMPROVING OUR POWER


FACTOR ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 OUR UTILITY BILL WILL BE SMALLER.


LOW POWER FACTOR REQUIRES AN INCREASE IN THE ELECTRICAL
UTILITIY’S GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TO
HANDLE THE REACTIVE POWER COMPONENT CAUSED BY
INDUCTIVE LOADS

 OUR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM’S BRANCH CAPACITY WILL


INCREASE.
UNCORRECTED POWER FACTOR WILL CAUSE POWER LOSSES IN
OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. WE MAY EXPERIENCE VOLTAGE
DROPS AS POWER LOSSES INCREASE.
ALGORITHM ADOPTED
 FORMATION OF CAPACITOR BANK.
 MEASUREMENT OF CURRENT AND VOLTAGE THROUGH LOAD
 CALCULATION OF RATIO OF ACTUAL PRODUCT OF CURRENT AND
VOLTAGE TO THE APPARENT VALUE OF PRODUCT OF CURRENT
AND VOLTAGE.
 THIS MEASURED VALUE THAT IS POWER FACTOR IS FED TO ONE
PIN OF THE COMPARATOR OF AVR
 OTHER PIN OF COMPARATOR IS FIXED AT DESIRED VALUE
 DIFFERENCE VALUE IS NOW DETECTED
 LOGIC IS DESIGNED FOR CONNECTION OF DIFFERENT
COMBINATION OF CAPACITOR FOR DIFFERENT DIFFERENCE
VALUES
 AFTER CONNECTION OF CAPACITOR BANK DIFFERENCE VALUE
WOULD BE LESS
 BY USING THIS LOGIC WE CAN ACHIEVE A POSITION WHEN
POWER FACTOR VALUE OF OTHER PIN OF COMPARATOR WILL BE
EQUAL TO DESIRED POWER FACTOR.

IN OTHER WAY WE CAN SAY THAT WHEN THERE WILL BE A


DEVIATION IN POWER FACTOR FROM DESIRED VALUE
DIFFERENCE VALUE IS DETECTED BY CONTROLLER AND THEN
CORRECTED BY CONNECTING DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF BANK
AUTOMATICALLY i.e. AUTOMATION OF POWER FACTOR IS
ACHIEVED.

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