Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Electrical and Power Engineers
• Energy and Facility Managers
• Power Quality Technicians
• Maintenance and Operations Personnel
• Consultants and System Designers

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Explain the concepts of real, reactive, and apparent power accurately.
• Calculate power factor for single-phase and three-phase circuits correctly.
• Analyze the economic benefits of improving the system power factor.
• Select and size appropriate capacitor banks for various load types precisely.
• Design automatic power factor correction schemes using modern controllers.
• Troubleshoot common issues related to compensation equipment and system harmonics.

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Power Factor and Reactive Power

• Welcome and Introduction
• Pre-test
• Definition of real, reactive, and apparent power
• Understanding the power triangle and phase angle
• Causes of low power factor in industrial systems
• Impact of low power factor on utility bills and system capacity
• Introduction to power factor measurement techniques

DAY 2

Compensation Devices and Calculations

• Principles of power factor correction using capacitors
• Review of capacitor construction, ratings, and standards
• Sizing fixed capacitor banks for constant loads
• Calculations for achieving a target power factor
• Introduction to synchronous condensers and rotating compensation
• Safety and installation requirements for capacitor banks

DAY 3

Automatic Power Factor Correction (APFC)

• Operation and components of Automatic Power Factor Correction (APFC) panels
• Selection criteria for APFC controllers and contactors
• Designing switching logic and step selection for capacitor banks
• Location and placement of capacitor banks in the distribution network
• Case studies on optimal APFC implementation strategies
• Maintenance and routine inspection of APFC equipment

DAY 4

Advanced Topics and Harmonics

• Impact of system harmonics on capacitor banks
• Understanding resonance and harmonic filtering techniques
• Detuned and tuned filter application in power factor correction
• Using reactors and inductors for specialized compensation
• Power factor considerations for variable speed drives and non-linear loads
• Advanced diagnostic tools for power quality analysis

DAY 5

System Reliability and Review

• Troubleshooting common capacitor and APFC panel failures
• Safety procedures during maintenance of energized compensation equipment
• Economic evaluation of correction projects and return on investment
• Regulatory and utility requirements related to power factor
• Developing a long-term power factor management strategy
• Post-test
• Certificate ceremony