ACTIVE FILTERS
A SOLUTION FOR
POWER QUALITY PROBLEMS
POWER QUALITY PROBLEM: 1
Example: RUPA & CO. LTD.
MAY 2017 JULY 2017
LOW POWER FACTOR
• A Power Factor below 0.99 attracts
penalty by Power Utility
• Normal Power Factor of Industrial
loads such as Motors, Drives,
Solenoids etc. is around 0.8.
• For Power Factor below 0.85,
penalty in West Bengal is around
16% of the Energy Cost
NET BENEFIT : Rs. 3,84,669.26 PER MONTH
POWER QUALITY PROBLEM: 2
HARMONIC DISTORTION OF CURRENT
BECAUSE OF NON-LINEAR LOAD
• Power Control by use of Thyristors, IGBT’s or other Power
Switching devices inevitably produce distortion of Current
• Such distortion causes Harmonics, thereby heating
transformers and causing power loss
• Also causes mal-function of electronic gadgets and early
failures of computers, electronic controls etc.
POWER QUALITY PROBLEM: 3
FERRANTI EFFECT
• Ferranti effect is a problem of under-loaded power
transmission line.
• If the installation is at the end of a long transmission line
and the load is very low during holidays, the voltage may
go much above rated voltage because of Ferranti Effect
thereby causing damage to connected equipments.
The only way to correct Ferranti effect is
ACTIVE FILTERS
(QUALPOWER)
INTRODUCING
QUALPOWER SOLUTIONS
Power Factor > 0.99 Load balancing
Between phases
Compensates Continuous
Ferranti effect Step-less control
QUALPOWER SOLUTIONS
• Reduces Current Distortion, THD < 5% as per
IEEE Standard 519-2014
• Eliminates harmonics
Distorted current Undistorted current waveform
waveform with QUALPOWER
QUALPOWER SOLUTIONS
Power Factor > 0.99 Real-time continuous
control of PF
Suitable for Maximum rebate on
rapidly changing load energy cost
QUALPOWER SOLUTIONS
• Flicker reductions by high speed DSP
control of voltage and current
(Applying only reactive power compensation
results in stabilizing the voltage level and
decreasing voltage fluctuations significantly)
QUALPOWER SOLUTIONS
3-Phase 4-Wire QualPower
performs load balancing by
current compensation
Suitable for IT industry, large
office complex, commercial mall
Load balancing by compensation
Of unbalanced current
QUALPOWER SOLUTIONS
On-line SCADA provides continuous
monitoring for power system, DATA
logging, fault records, energy audit
DATA available in every net-enabled
computer, smart phone, TABs
COMPARISON OF QUALPOWER WITH APFC
FEATURE QUALPOWER APFC
RELIABILITY High Low
LIFE >20 years <5 years
Possible for rapidly varying load as Not suitable for rapidly varying load or
POWER FACTOR > 0.99
well as capacitive PF capacitive PF
HARMONIC Seriously disadvantage,
Achievable up to 33rd order
COMPENSATION Harmonic distortion gets worse
COMPARISON OF QUALPOWER WITH APFC
FEATURE QUALPOWER APFC
3Ø LOAD BALANCING Possible Not possible
High maintenance with frequent capacitor
MAINTENANCE Negligible
failure because of harmonic contents
FERRANTI EFFECT Compensation possible Compensation not possible
COLLATERAL POWER Significant.
Negligible
WASTAGE Causes additional energy cost
QUALPOWER BENEFITS
Advanced technology offers unthinkable
combination of benefits to the users
Provides high return on investment
Free of maintenance, static, noise free,
user friendly and elegantly designed
Comparison of improvement
in Electrical power system with Active filter over
fixed capacitor
CASE STUDY - 1
TYPE OF INDUSTRY: Heavy Steel industry with 5 ton ARC furnace as a major load.
CONTRACT DEMAND: 3000 KVA
FEATURE FIXED CAPACITOR WITH ACTIVE FILTER
1400 KVAR
INSTALLED CAPACITY 900 KVAR (Aux. Side) (600 KVAR AUX side + 800 KVAR
furnace side)
POWER FACTOR 0.93 0.98
AVG. ENERGY
31.72 MWH 29.7 MWH
CONSUMED / DAY
THD 16.5% 3.5%
POWER CONSUMED 45 KW 10.5 KW
CASE STUDY - 1
COMPARISON OF POWER CONSUMPTION WITH ARC FURNACE
WITH & WITHOUT QUALPOWER
CASE STUDY - 2
TYPE OF INDUSTRY: Heavy Steel Industry with 3 ton Induction Furnace as the major
Load.
CONTRACT DEMAND: 4000 KVA
FEATURE FIXED CAPACITOR WITH ACTIVE FILTER
1400 KVAR
INSTALLED CAPACITY 800 KVAR (Aux. Side) (800 KVAR AUX side + 600 KVAR
furnace side)
POWER FACTOR 0.96 > 0.99
AVG. ENERGY
32.69 MWH 30.674 MWH
CONSUMED / DAY
THD 24% 5%
POWER CONSUMED 38 KW 10.5 KW
BENEFITS RECIVED BY TWL
BENEFITS RECIVED BY TWL
BENEFITS RECIVED BY TWL
THANK YOU
