International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems

Smart Meter Automatic Power Factor Controller (APFC) in Labview Environment

Jagadeshwar M, Power System Engineering NIT Nagaland Dimapur, India.

Shakila B, EEE Dept.NIT Nagaland Dimapur, India.

International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems

ISSN (Online) : 2347 - 9299

ISSN (Print) : 2347 - 9280

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Volume 04, Issue 02

Page No : 016-020

Abstract

In power systems the demand is ever growing. Rather than increasing the generation it is economical to go for increasing the efficiency of the Power System. Poor efficiency means that there will be more losses in the network. Power Factor is the main indicator to know how effectively the power is being utilised. Maintaining the power factor at optimal level improves the system efficiency. The load in power systems is highly unpredictable. The load may change at any instant of time. In such a system correcting the power factor depending upon the connected load is very difficult. This paper provides a feasible and reliable solution to this problem by proposing a Smart Meter with Automatic Power Factor Controller (APFC) designed in LabVIEW environment to correct the power factor independent to the variation in load. The meter will analyse the network and gives us the parameters like power factor, harmonic distortion, etc., which can further be used in various analysis. It calculates required capacitance level and makes decision regarding the capacitor banks to be connected with respect to power factor at every instant of time. The equipment proposed will maintain the power factor at pre-set point and ensures the efficiency of the system.

Keywords

power factor; auto-adjustable; unity; switching; capacitor banks.

Cite this Article

Jagadeshwar M and Shakila B, “Smart Meter Automatic Power Factor Controller (APFC) in Labview Environment, ”International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems, pp. 016-020, July, 2017.

Copyright

© 2017 Jagadeshwar M and Shakila B. Khant and Darshana Prajapati. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.