Read how PFC capacitors affect power factor and harmonics, and understand their importance to power networks.
Power networks have become increasingly more complex with the rapid growth of non-linear loads. These additions place significant burden on a network, resulting in a reexamination of today’s installations.
This white paper briefly overviews some power quality basics including: power factor, harmonics, and power factor correction capacitors.
This Whitepaper Includes:
- Understanding Power Factor Correction
- Power Factor Basics
- Improving PF
- Harmonic Distortion
- Overview of Harmonics
- Harmonic Effects of PFC Capacitors
- Resonance with System Impedence
- Overloading PFC Capacitors
- Overcoming Resonance
- Harmonic Filtering
- Harmonic Evaluation
