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Minimising Penality in Industrial Power Consumption by Engaging Apfc Unit

This document describes a system to minimize penalties for industrial power consumption by using an automatic power factor correction unit. The system measures the time lag between the zero voltage pulse and zero current pulse to determine the power factor. If the power factor is low, the microcontroller actuates relays to bring shunt capacitors into the load circuit to increase the power factor closer to unity. The project aims to reduce penalties by improving efficiency through maintaining a high power factor.

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Minimising Penality in Industrial Power Consumption by Engaging Apfc Unit

This document describes a system to minimize penalties for industrial power consumption by using an automatic power factor correction unit. The system measures the time lag between the zero voltage pulse and zero current pulse to determine the power factor. If the power factor is low, the microcontroller actuates relays to bring shunt capacitors into the load circuit to increase the power factor closer to unity. The project aims to reduce penalties by improving efficiency through maintaining a high power factor.

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MINIMISING PENALITY IN INDUSTRIAL POWER

CONSUMPTION BY ENGAGING APFC UNIT

ABSTRACT

The project is designed to minimize penalty for industrial units by using automatic power

factor correction unit. Power factor is defined as the ratio of real power to apparent power. This

definition is often mathematically represented as KW/KVA, where the numerator is the active

(real) power and the denominator is the (active + reactive) or apparent power. Reactive power is

the non working power generated by the magnetic and inductive loads, to generate magnetic flux. The

increase in reactive power increases the apparent power, so the power factor also decreases. Having

low power factor, the industry needs more energy to meet its demand, so the efficiency decreases.

In this proposed system the time lag between the zero voltage pulse and zero current pulse

duly generated by suitable operational amplifier circuits in comparator mode are fed to two

interrupt pins of the microcontroller. It displays the time lag between the current and voltage on

an LCD. The program takes over to actuate appropriate number of relays from its output to bring

shunt capacitors into the load circuit to get the power factor till it reaches near unity. The

microcontroller used in the project belongs to 8051 family.

Further the project can be enhanced by using thyristor control switches instead of relay

control to avoid contact pitting often encountered by switching of capacitors due to high in rush

current.
BLOCK DIAGRAM

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:


8051 series Microcontroller, Op-amps, LCD, Shunt Keil compiler
Capacitors, Relays, Relay driver IC, Choke,
Crystal, Switches, Slide Switch, Resistors, Languages: Embedded C or Assembly
Capacitors, Diodes, Transformer, Voltage
Regulator, Lamp.

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