Abstract:
Most industrial loads (motors, lights, etc.) are inductive in nature, so they have a
lagging power factor. Therefore, these loads draw more current (apparent power) than
is required to do the actual work (real power). This result is higher costs to the
customer.
Power Factor Correction attempts to improve the power factor by the addition
of capacitor(s) in parallel with the load. These capacitors supply some or all of the
reactive power to the inductive load, which reduces the reactive power and therefore
the current that the power supply delivers.
This project will cover the effects of poor power factor, the advantages of high
power factor and the procedure of how to correct the power factor
