
power factor measurement for single phase supply at any power point ?
#1
Posted 21 October 2002 - 07:30 AM
#2
Posted 21 October 2002 - 07:45 AM
Why do you want to power factor correct your house?? In all house situations that I have come across, the power is charged for KWHrs only. Power factor correction will NOT reduce the KWHrs used and therefore will not produce a rduction in your electricity bill.
Power factor correction will only be of value to you if you pay a KVA or power factor penalty. These are usually only applied to industrial consumers.
You must measure the power factor at the same place as the metering. You can not measure the power factor at a single phase outlet. Once you know the power factor, and the the connected load, and the basis of the power factor penalty, you can then determine the best strategy for power factor correction.
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#3
Posted 21 October 2002 - 08:27 AM
I am confuse whether this device is cheating ?

#4
Posted 21 October 2002 - 08:38 AM
If you have a power factor of less than unity, then adding capacitance to the supply will reduce the current drawn from the supply, but will not reduce the KW. The current you measure consists of two parts, a resistive current that creates KW and a reactive part that does nothing. If you power factor is close to unity, then the resitive current is the highest. The total current drawn, is the square root of the sum of the squares of the two currents. A poowr power factor is due to inductive current from motors, transformers and discharge lighting (flourescent lighting). Adding capacitance effectively neutralises the inductive current, so the sum of the squares reduces, but the resistive current (making KW) stays the same.
Power factor correction can reduce current draw, reduce losses in the electrical supply, but does not slow your meter down.
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#5
Posted 28 February 2003 - 06:26 PM
Now, My factory is having a bulk capacitor correction bank. Could I save more energy by installing individual capacitor at the induction motor by increase the PF and reduce the current drawn ? I have the central mail PF automatic bank already, will it works ?

#6
Posted 02 March 2003 - 09:52 AM
Well what can I say? in a regular domestic environment, you pay for KWHrs measured by a rotating disk KWHr meter that measures power, not current. In this situation, you will not save any appreciable power by the addition of power factor correction. If the metering is faulty, or measures current rather than KWHrs, then it is possible that you will get a saving, but in that situation, I would suggest that you are being over charged in the first place, and I personaly would be getting some check metering done to make sure.
In regards to your factory, the addition of static power factor correction will reduce the current drawn, and therefore will reduce the i2R losses in the cables between the switchboard and the motor. This loss should be very small. If it is significant, then your cables must be well undersized. - I would not expect to see any significant savings.
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Posted 01 May 2004 - 09:43 AM
#8
Posted 01 May 2004 - 09:49 AM
The actual formula for KW is V x I x Cos(thi) where cos(thi) is the power factor.
If you use capacitors to improve the power factor, the current will drop, but the power factor will improve and the KW will stay the same.
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Posted 04 May 2004 - 01:29 PM
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Posted 04 May 2004 - 07:12 PM
If the collective power factor is low, there will be higher losses in the transmission system than needed. Corection of the power factor in this case will reduce the electrical supply losses in the cables, lines and transformers. This will not affect the KWhr consumed by the homes, but will reduce the losses in getting the KW to the homes.
Generally, dommestic installations have a faily high power factor because most of the load is heat and light, although today there is an increase in airconditioning units that run for an extended period of time causing a lagging power factor, and electronic devices suchs as TV and computer that have switchmode power supplies causing a poor harmonic power factor.
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Posted 27 May 2004 - 07:44 AM
well, i dun see my electricity bill is being reduced. but in fact, my bill increase quite a lot...
could someone explain to me ???...
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Posted 26 June 2004 - 07:47 AM
#13
Posted 04 July 2004 - 07:26 PM
You need to be careful with this type of equipment.
The NASA type energy saver does work in the right envirmonment, very small lightly loaded motors running for a very long period of time.
Other "energy savers" are actually power factor correction and this will not "save" energy in a domestic environment.
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Posted 17 July 2004 - 01:32 PM
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Posted 01 August 2004 - 03:17 PM
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Posted 01 August 2004 - 04:33 PM
#18
Posted 01 August 2004 - 07:05 PM
A KWHr meter or the "energy meter" is sensitive to KW, not current. If you connect a capacitor only to the meter, you will measure amps, but not KW and the disk will not rotate.
The addition of a power factor correction capacitor neutralises the laging powerfactor caused by inductive loads. This reduces the current flow, but does not reduce the KW in the load. The reduced current flow will reduce the power loss in the cables upstream of the correction bank, but this should be very low anyway. If this loss is significant in a short run of cable, then the cable must be well undersized.
Adding the capaciotr will not make the disk run slower!!
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#19
Posted 04 August 2004 - 11:07 AM
Also, for example, after installing a capacitor bank , the current dropped from 1000A to 900A in 380V, 3 phase system, What will you expect the difference in kVA and kWhr?Please giving the detail explanation and calculation is much appreciated . Thank you.
#20
Posted 04 August 2004 - 07:19 PM
Do a search on the internet for a detailed explanation of how a rotating disk KWHr meter works, my memory on the theory is a little scratchy.
If you have an industrial load or 100A 380 volts, and adding power factor correction drops the current, I would expect the KWHr to remain essentially the same, but the KVAR would drop from 658KVA to 592KVA.
You can calculate the KVA by multiplying the amps by the voltage by Root 3.
You can calculate the KW by multiplying the KVA by the power factor.
Adding power factor correction will improve the power factor and drop the current, but will not alter the KW of the load. If there is a significant distance between the metering and the correction, there will be a drop in the line losses in the cable and this will reduce the KW, but in most practical installations, this should be almost insignificant.
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