Maintaining power quality is critical for the efficient operation of equipment, and one contributing element to this is power factor. Power Factor Correction (PFC) aims to improve power factor and, in turn, power quality, utilising capacitors to offset usually inductive loads, for example motors.
PFC equipment achieves a decrease in the total amount of electrical demand by using a bank of capacitors to offset an inductive load (or reactors if the load is capacitive).
Ampcontrol’s customised MV PFC systems offer customers the best solution for improving energy efficiency and reducing costs in their businesses. The system is suitable for all energy intensive applications and environments, including surface and underground mining, industrial and defence operations and distribution utility networks.
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Our trained service technicians will visit your customer site and conduct a comprehensive site survey, including an harmonics analysis.
Our experienced engineers will develop a system that improves power factor and delivers voltage support and harmonic filtering to support optimal peak operating conditions across process, manufacturing and heavy industrial environments.
Experienced service technicians install each PFC system and provide ongoing 12-monthly support to ensure their optimal working condition.
We underpin our design and installation of PFC systems with professional advice on the management of harmonics and power quality.
If you’re not sure where to start with your power quality, Ampcontrol’s power quality (PQ) audit offers customers an overall health check on the quality of their electrical network.
A detailed analysis of a user’s power quality can identify troublesome areas and highlight opportunities for improvement to maximise energy savings, fault mitigation, grid code compliance and increased system reliability and efficiency.
Audit recommendations for improvement can be complimented by Ampcontrol’s suite of PQ related products and services.
Read our Whitepaper on the ROI of Power Factor Correction.
ROI on Power Factor Correction