Context of Application

For large electricity consumers, utilities often charge penalties on the energy bill for reactive power consumption or lagging power factor. Reactive power and lagging power factor are primarily caused by inductive motor loads, and can be compensated using power factor correction equipment. Power Factor Correction is a common way of achieving fast return on investment.

Problem to Solve

The facility manager needs to:

• Gain visibility into the facility's reactive power and power factor.

• Reduce or avoid power factor penalties on the energy bill.

Purpose of the Application

Reduce financial impact of power factor on energy bill by:

• Improving power factor to lower utility bills

• Reducing total process power consumption

• Optimizing capacitor bank maintenance with useful alarming and diagnostics data