New Guide To Power Factor And Harmonics From Staco Energy Products
New Guide to Power Factor and Harmonics from Staco Energy Products
Dayton, OH - A new guide to power factor and harmonics is now available from Staco Energy Products. This full-color 42-page catalog serves as a primer for understanding the causes of poor power factor and harmonics, how these problems are manifest in various facilities, and how they can be corrected. Readers of all knowledge levels will appreciate the color illustrations, examples, checklists and reference tables included which help to better explain power factor and harmonics, and how the various solutions discussed can be employed. Many examples, including ROI and payback periods are also included. Selection guides included are easy to read and simple to understand. Copies of this new literature may be ordered at www.stacoenergy.com.
The most common symptom of poor power factor (or inefficient use of supplied power) is higher utility bills - whether companies are invoiced on a KVA or KW basis. Load types that can cause poor power factor include induction motors, electric arc furnaces, machining, stamping, welding, variable frequency drives, fluorescent lights with magnetic ballasts, computers, computer controlled equipment, and more. Solutions to correct the power factor can be installed at various locations including at motors, at feeders and at service entrance. The cost/benefit ratio of each is detailed, along with a quick reference for KVAR needed based on current power factor and corrected power factor desired.
Harmonics may be present in wide ranging facilities from as large manufacturing plants to small accounting firms. A term to explain currents and voltages that have multiplied within an electrical system, harmonics can be caused by adjustable speed drives, variable frequency drives, electric arc furnaces, electronic welding equipment, transformers and generators, UPS and storage systems, medical imaging equipment, dental equipment, lighting controls/dimmers, computers, copiers, scanners and more. The presence of harmonics can cause serious problems including interference with telephones and communications systems, overheated bus bars, conductors and switch-gear, tripped or arcing circuit breakers, overheated motors, breakdown of insulation reduced equipment life and more. Checklists are provided to help walk users through appropriate mitigation of harmonics which are present. Passive and active harmonic filters are discussed.
Staco Energy Products Co. is a major provider of voltage control and voltage regulation products, as well as a complete line of advanced power conditioners and uninterruptible power supplies. For more than 70 years, customers worldwide have relied on Staco Energy Products as their dependable source for standard and custom solutions to a wide range of electrical power problems. Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, Staco Energy Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of Component Corporation of America, located in Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.stacoenergy.com, call 866-266-1191, write to Staco Energy Products Co, 301 Gaddis Blvd, Dayton, OH 45403, or via e-mail to sales@stacoenergy.com.
