| Title |
A Study for Improving the Power Factor of Distribution Transformer using Condenser Control Circuit |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2014.28.4.021 |
| Keywords |
Pole Tr. ; Power Factor ; Reactive Power ; Hysteresis Circuit |
| Abstract |
Daily use characteristics of apparent power supplied to distribution transformer can be separated into two different time zone of waking hours and sleeping hours. In sleeping hours, using amount of power is decreasing. The actual curve of power seemed to be quite similar to this kind of separation. Inserting a condenser into a circuit in each different time zone led to maximize power factor of the transformer. The compensating condenser's on/off time is controlled by hysteresis circuit utilizing op amp and power factor of the transformer was improved from 0.945 to 0.999. As a result, the average of current reduction was 2.53A per hour of transformer. |