First Advisor

Jack C. Riley

Date of Publication

1992

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Subjects

Factories -- Power supply -- Computer programs, Electric power factor -- Economic aspects, Reactive power (Electrical engineering) -- Economic aspects

DOI

10.15760/etd.6206

Physical Description

1 online resource (120 p.)

Abstract

A comparative study of the economic benefits that can be obtained from different degrees of power factor correction for medium and small scale industrial installations is shown. A new approach for precise calculation of kws and kvars required at different power factors is presented. These calculated values are used to find the return on investments for the capacitors needed for power factor correction. The developed method is easy to use, cost effective, accurate and will help electrical engineers with minimum knowledge of power systems to precisely determine the savings available by improving the power factor of an industrial load.

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Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25230

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