THE IMPACT OF INSTALLING POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT CAPACITORS: AN OVERVIEW AND CASE STUDY

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.W. Massey
Keyword(s):  
Power Factor ◽  
Power Factor Improvement ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Power Factor Correction Policy in Improving the Energy Efficiency of Large-Scale Electricity Users in Ghana

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 2582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Lotsu ◽  
Yuichiro Yoshida ◽  
Katsufumi Fukuda ◽  
Bing He
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Power Factor ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
Power Factor Correction ◽  
Energy Crisis ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
The Government ◽  
Power Factor Improvement ◽  
The Impact

Confronting an energy crisis, the government of Ghana enacted a power factor correction policy in 1995. The policy imposes a penalty on large-scale electricity users, namely, special load tariff (SLT) customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), whose power factor is below 90%. This paper investigates the impact of this policy on these firms’ power factor improvement by using panel data from 183 SLT customers from 1994 to 1997 and from 2012. To avoid potential endogeneity, this paper adopts a regression discontinuity design (RDD) with the power factor of the firms in the previous year as a running variable, with its cutoff set at the penalty threshold. The result shows that these large-scale electricity users who face the penalty because their power factor falls just short of the threshold are more likely to improve their power factor in the subsequent year, implying that the power factor correction policy implemented by Ghana’s government is effective.

scholarly journals The Impact of an Energy Efficiency Improvement Policy on the Economic Performance of Electricity-Intensive Firms in Ghana

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 3684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chui Ying Lee ◽  
Samuel Lotsu ◽  
Moinul Islam ◽  
Yuichiro Yoshida ◽  
Shinji Kaneko
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Power Factor ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Medium Voltage ◽  
Energy Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Adverse Impacts ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Power Factor Improvement ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the economic impact of an energy efficiency improvement policy on electricity-intensive firms in Ghana. The policy imposed a penalty on these electricity-intensive firms, which are referred to as special load tariff (SLT) customers, when their power factor was below 90%. This paper applies the regression discontinuity design (RDD) to the panel data of these SLTs ranging from 1994 to 2012, excluding those years characterized by energy crisis. The results show adverse impacts of the policy on the employment and salary levels of the firms in the long run, in particular, the small- and medium–voltage firms. The results indicate that small- and medium–voltage firms are economically vulnerable to the penalty policy in the long run and recommend two policies to overcome this challenge. Firstly, the penalty for power factor improvement should not be imposed identically across firms with different voltage levels. Secondly, firms that satisfy the power factor standard should receive subsidies to improve their competitiveness in the market.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Pemasangan Kapasitor terhadap Cop (Coefficient Of Performance) Air Conditioning

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syofyan Anwar Syahputra ◽  
Mustakim Mustakim
Keyword(s):  
Power Factor ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Linear Load ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Non Linear Load ◽  
Power Factor Improvement ◽  
The Impact

Non linear load harmonics cause, Air Conditioning is one of the main types of inverters that generate non linear load harmonics. Harmonics on the Air Conditioning so that the reduction must not interfere with the quality of power on the system and network. The ability of an Air Conditioning unit to cool a room can be known as Coefficient Of Performance (COP). This can be seen from the comparison between the heat energy required to cool the room with the electric energy used on the unit. In this case you will know the impact caused by the reduction of the harmonics of the COP. Reduction of harmonics used in this study using 16 F capacitor which also serves as a power factor improvement. The results obtained after using the capacitor found impairment harmonic currents (IHDi). After the measurement of the COP also increased from 2,740 becomes 3,176. This proves that the capacitor also function besides improving the power factor can reduce the harmonics an improve the COP.

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