Eng. Muditha Senevirathne

The impact of current harmonics on the power factor of a low voltage distribution system – A Case Study

In modern factories, capacitor banks are not the most effective solution for Power factor improvement !!   This study was carried out to identify and rectify, what initially seemed to be a malfunction of a powerfactor correction capacitor panel (PFCCP) (Power factor improvement). However during the study it was identified

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Why it requires Thyristor controlled switching modules for Dynamic power factor correction Capacitor Banks except power Contactors?

If we consider a facility where considerable reactive load variations are taking place, capacitor banks connected to that installation has to follow up a dynamic operation with its steps since it has to respond to the dynamic reactive load variation very fast and provide the required KVAR to the system

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Effects of Harmonics for power factor correction Capacitor Banks

Do the harmonics in your distribution system is a potential threat for your capacitor bank? Yes. When a capacitor bank is installed in a harmonic rich environment, they create a low impedance path and magnify the magnitude of current and voltage harmonics in a system resulting in parallel resonant effect.

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Remote Monitoring and Analyzing of Low Voltage Distribution System

Electricity distribution is the final stage in the delivery of electricity from generating power plants to end users. A distribution system’s network carries electricity from the transmission system and delivers its load centers. It is the most visible part of the power supply chain, and as such the most exposed

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Minimizing the Effects of Electrical Arc Fault in an Installation

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of the electric arc faults which can be originated in electrical devices such as electrical panel boards. There are many codes and standards which are used to define the constraints that an installation should maintained to minimize the severity, frequency and harmfulness of an

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