Compensate and filter power

Power Factor Correction and Filtering is essential in term of Energy Efficiency. It brings :

• Reduction of costs
  - reduction in the cost of invoiced energy
  - optimization of your installation and equipments, without overrating (your switchboards included)
• Quality of energy
  - decrease voltage drops
  - harmonics filtering

Unfortunately, Power Factor Correction and Filtering is not always taken into account when designing an installation, or writting of technical specifications.

In compensation and filtering, you have to take care about essential points when you design an installation and its switchboards. Life duration and safety of the equipments will be directly influenced by the respect or non respect of these key points.
• Key points

In low voltage, as in medium voltage, you can find many compensation and filtering solutions. These solutions allow easily improving the quality and availibility of electric power and reducing its costs.
• Compensation and Filtering solutions

Two kinds of products exists to build an energy efficient switchboard. You can find components and/or power factor correction modules. Power factor correction modules are pre-cabled assemblies which have the panelbuilder in mind. This offer groups together capacitive, switching and protective functions, is 100% tested, and allows very fast integration inside panels.
• Components and modules

Compensation and filtering components are sensitive to excessive temperature, harmonic stresses, or over voltages. To design a quality solution, it is necessary to do a good selection and optimization of the products to integrate in the panels.
• LV installation guide : selection and optimization

Rules for cabling and installation of components and/or modules in switchboards. Respect of these rules is vital to obtain a good ventilation in the panels, and a proper working of your compensation and filtering solution.
• LV installation guide : cabling and installation