Power factor is used to measure how efficient electricity is being drawn from the circuits to do real work. In other words, it is a ratio of real power to apparent power. The higher the power factor, the lower the costs for energy are involved. Ideally, the power factor would be 1 where efficiency is 100%. However, reactive power (which is wasted current that is not spent on doing work but required to maintain magnetic field for motors and inductive loads to function) prevents the achievement of complete efficiency.

Real power is the power that is really doing work while apparent power is the power being measured. Therefore, as consumers of electricity, we are always being charged more than the actual power doing work.

So how does poor power factor affect you?

As a business owner, you would always want to keep your maintain your costs at the lowest rate possible. Energy costs can set you back significantly if you don’t tap into a power source with a high power factor.  Power factor ranges from 0.0 to 1. A power factor of 0.8 for example, means that only eight percent of the supplied power is doing real work.

Solutions

Power factor correction systems can be added to improve poor power factor caused by inductive loads such as transformers while poor power factor caused by distorted currents may need to rely on harmonic filters.

A power factor of less than 1 means that there is a displacement between the voltage and the current (the current is lagging). Power factor correction helps to balance out the lagging current by creating a leading current. This is done by connecting capacitors to the power supply.

Benefits of Utilizing Electrical Power Factor Correction

With electrical power factor correction, Your will enjoy greater savings on your electricity bills and your electrical equipment will last longer as there is lesser electrical burden on the components and cable. You will also be part of contributing to the greater good of the environment by reducing power consumption. This reduces the carbon footprint and greenhouse effect due to burning of fossil fuels to derive energy.

Author: M4rtinroche

PES showcased their energy saving products and service at the North West Energy Forum annual conference held at the Crown Plaza Liverpool.

In partnership with Envirolink, the event was a huge success and enabled PES to demonstrate EnergyAce the highly efficient power optimiser that utilises voltage optimization technology and their rage of power reduction and power factor correction products and services to some key decision makers

The event was introduced by Malcolm Beck NWEF with guest speakers from the North West Development Agency.

Subjects discussed included Mastering the CRC energy efficiency scheme and Carbon Trading.

For more information please download the attached link, contact PES or click onto the North West Energy Forum logo on our home page.

Power Efficient Systems

PES – Power Efficient Systems is one of the leading manufacturers and supplier of Energy Saving systems for industrial and commercial clients within the UK.

Our approach to energy reduction at a plants source using a number of proven technologies combined is quite unique within the UK and is proving to be a solid and cost effective route to reduce energy costs and carbon emersions in an ever increasing energy conscious environment.

With the main emphasis on Power Factor Correction and the EnergyAce Power Reduction System, we are continuing to deliver impressive results on energy reduction for many of our clients within all industrial and commercial sectors in the UK and overseas.

PES – Power Efficient Systems actively look to partner other energy conscious industry leaders to deliver our energy saving message to the wider community, to reduce their energy costs, advise on Carbon Trust issues and the latest CRC legislation to reduce carbon emissions.

Our collaboration with Vishay one of the world’s largest and quality conscious manufacturers of capacitors and Siemens one of the world’s most respected manufacturers of switchgear allows Power Efficient Systems to manufacture cost effective energy saving products to a high quality standard ensuring unrivalled performance and reliability.

Through careful and sustained growth since January 2002 we have demonstrated our commitment to our clients and their commitment to Power Efficient Systems enabling the move to a new manufacturing facility in Skelmersdale which will ensure continued growth through investment.

Our impressive range of products and service include the following:

• Power factor correction equipment
• EnergyAce power reduction system
• Surge suppression
• Harmonic filtration
• Harmonic surveys
• Power surveys
• Plant and process energy efficiency surveys.
• Service and maintenance
• Safe removal / disposal of PCB in capacitors and transformers.

Our highly skilled and experienced service and maintenance department based in Skelmersdale and a number of satellite operations around the UK are all strategically based close to major motorway networks and offer a reliable cost effective coverage of service, maintenance and installation across the UK from the Highlands of Scotland to the Cornish coast and beyond.

To benefit from our services, contact us on 01695 559785 or email

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Martin Roche

http://www.pesgroupltd.co.uk

Power Factor Correction

Author: M4rtinroche

Power Factor Correction Explained – As a business you will hopefully now be aware of the Carbon Reduction Commitment, a mandatory carbon emissions trading scheme to cover all organisations using more than 6,000MWh per year of electricity. What you may not be aware of, is the solutions available to help you achieve your targets.

Here is an explaination of Power Factor Correction

Most industrial and some commercial operations use electric motors and associated plant such as conveyors, HVAC, escalators, lifts, lighting & machinery, all introduce varying measures of inefficiencies in the form of additional currents drawn as “inductive reactive currents” onto a sites electrical supply.

The inductive reactive currents serve no useful purpose and place additional burden on the electrical supply by reducing the efficiency, reducing the utilisation of switchgear, transformers and increasing monthly utility bills.

Power factor in simple terms is a measure of electrical efficiency, a typical un-corrected power factor in most industrial & commercial organisations is around 0.80pf (80% electrically efficient) which in real terms means a 1000Kva transformer can only supply an 800Kw load, a reduction in utilisation by 20% which can also be applied to the switchgear and cables.

Power factor correction targets the “inductive reactive currents” by intelligently introducing capacitors onto the supply to counteract the inductive element of the load and increase the electrical efficiency to around 1.00pf (100% electrically efficient)

Power Factor Correction can offer Substantial Savings on monthly utility bills and reduce circuit currents to enable additional loads to be fitted to an otherwise inefficient electrical system.

For further information, contact a member of our team on 01695 559785

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About the Author

Martin Roche

http://www.pesgroupltd.co.uk

Power Factor Correction