Placing power factor correction and passive harmonic filtering equipment on a system needs to be properly designed.  Proper design begins in understanding your system, what your needs are and the optimum solution.

If a study is required you should understand the different types of studies available so you can make a wise decision on what is required to obtain the data needed.  The study should include a proper design of the equipment.

This seminar will provide many topics essential, and details normally neglected, in purchasing these types of equipment.  It will help you to understand what is needed to properly apply the equipment to your system.

Powerpoint Outline

1. Basic A-C Circuits

   1. Basic Formulas and Derivations

   2. Basic A-C Circuits

2. Power Factor

   1. Resulting Benefits

   2. Power Factor Correction Capacitors

   3. Complex Numbers

   4. Voltage Drop and Rise Calculations

   5. Carono's Formulas

   6. Capacitors in Multiple Series Groups

3. Metal Enclosed Options (Applications)

   1. Incoming section

   2. Basic Designs

      1. Capacitor Switching

      2. Capacitor Fusing

      3. Grounding Switches

   3. Considerations for Multi-step Banks

      1. Current Limiting Reactors (back-to-back requirements)

      2. Unbalance detection schemes

4. Capacitor Inrush and Back–to-Back Capacitor formulas

5. Floating WYE Capacitor Fusing Paper.

6. Unbalance detection papers

7. Applications of the Floating Wye Connection.

D. Unbalance Detection Derivation Papers

5. Benefits of Harmonic Filtering

6. Designing Capacitor/Filter Banks

   1. Types of Studies

   2. Filter Capacitor Banks

      1. Capacitor voltage

      2. Reactor considerations

      3. Current and Voltage Spectrums

3. Harmonic Formulas for Filtering Applications

   1. Trigonometric Series and Harmonic Analysis

   2. Harmonics Analysis and Formulas

   3. Series Resonant Circuit

7. Reactors

1. Current Limiting of Transient Capacitor Switching

2. Harmonic/Filter Reactors (detuning and filter reactors)

3. Shunt Reactors

4. Line Reactors

5. 3% and 6% Reactors

6. Current Limiting Reactors (Reducing fault currents)

7. Reactor formulas

8. Math considerations.

9. Economics when Appling Shunt Capacitors.

1. Energy Conservation

2. Maintain efficiency

3. Voltage considerations

4. Capacity Release.