AUTOMATIC POWER

FACTOR CONTROLLER
INSTRUCTION MANUAL

etaSMART
etaSMART 16R

15 16
13 14
10 11 12
8 9
6 7
4 5
2 3
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LEAD
4R
LAG etaSMART
ALARM

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3 4
1 2

LLER
CONTRO LEAD

R FACTOR
TIC POWE LAG
AUTOMA ALARM

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LLER
CONTRO
ER FACTOR
TIC POW
AUTOMA
• Manufacturer assumes no responsibility for a hazard or • Installation, commissioning and maintenance to be
damage caused by incorrect or non-application of any of done by qualified personnel only
the instructions attached herein. • Hazards of electric shock and burning.
• Use according to the operating instructions, professional
practices, wiring rules, codes, safety regulations
applicable to the given installation.
• Packaging material can be recycled.
• Disconnect the power and isolate before proceeding with
• Poly bags can be recycled separately
any work on this equipment.
• Always use an appropriate voltage detection device to
Confirm the absence of voltage.

UNPACKING

1 APFC UNIT 2 TERMINAL CONNECTORS 3 MOUNTING CLAMPS

4R
etaSMART 6-Pole 10-Pole

3 4
1 2

3-Pole 2-Pole
LEAD

LAG

ALARM

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CONTROLLER 4 INSTRUCTION
IC POWER
FACTOR
MANUAL
AUTOMAT
PRODUCTS TERMINAL CONNECTORS MOUNTING CLAMPS

etaSMART 4R / 6R / 8R / 6T 10 Pole - 1Nos. ; 2 Pole - 2 Nos. 2 Nos.

etaSMART 12R /14R / 16R 10 Pole - 1Nos. ; 2 Pole - 2 Nos. 2 Nos.
8T/12T/15T 3 Pole - 1Nos. ; 6 Pole - 1Nos.
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1. INTRODUCTION
etaSMART series APFC relay is designed for power factor correction in a 3-phase L-T distribution systems. The relay maintains the
system power factor at a set value, under fluctuating load conditions, by connecting or disconnecting capacitor banks to the 3
phase voltage line. etaSMART connects in quadrature connection which use two phases for voltage measurement and third phase
for current measurement. It is designed for the measurement of voltage, current, system power factor, required reactive power
compensation along with auto programming feature & THD measurement up to 13th harmonics. A specially formulated
optimization program for capacitor bank switching ensures accurate power factor control at the set point and hunt free operation.

MAIN FEATURES:- APPLICATIONS:-

Ÿ Availability of up to 8 steps in 96mm x 96mm & 16 steps in 144mm x Most loading in an electrical power distribution
144mm form factor.
Ÿ Common CT input terminal for 1A and 5A CT variants. system is inductive in nature such as electrical
Ÿ Automatic detection of CT polarity drives, elevators, air conditioners etc. These large
Ÿ Available in relay & transistor contact output configuration. inductive loads shift the power factor of the
Ÿ Manual & Automatic operation
system away from unity and ultimately decrease
Ÿ Option of LIFO, FIFO and Intelligent control mode
the efficiency of the power system. It is, therefore,
Ÿ Two quadrant and Four quadrant operation
Ÿ Measurement of Current THD and Voltage THD up to 13th a need to provide the reactive power
harmonics compensation. etaSMART plays an important role
Ÿ Stores record of maximum and minimum values of important
parameters in the power distribution system. It measures real
Ÿ Auto detection of capacitor bank & Capacitor health check time voltage and current inputs from the power
monitoring function
line, measures the required kVAr, calculates the
Ÿ Display switch counter for each step for its switching operation
Ÿ Last relay output contact can be configured as either step or Alarm. combination of capacitors & connects these
Ÿ Capacitor can configured as AUTO / FIXED ON / FIXED OFF. capacitors to the power line in order to provide
Ÿ Possible to configure second last step as FAN control
compensation for the measured level of reactive
Ÿ No-volt release protection
Ÿ Internal temperature monitoring 04
2.VERSIONS etaSMART 8R

etaSMART is available in two frame sizes and has 6 variants based on the
number of relay contact outputs and 4 variants in transistor contact
outputs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

LEAD

• Frame - 1: 96mm x 96mm up to 8 steps. LAG

• Frame - 2: 144mm x 144mm up to 16 steps. ALARM

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ORDERING INFORMATION AUTOMATIC POWER FACTOR CONTROLLER

Frame - 1
Relay contact output :

etaSMART-4R, 4 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO: CS90884OOOO

etaSMART 16R
etaSMART-6R, 6 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO: CS90885OOOO
etaSMART-8R, 8 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO: CS90902OOOO
etaSMART-12R, 12 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO: CS90903OOOO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

etaSMART-14R, 14 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO: CS90904OOOO

LEAD
etaSMART-16R, 16 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO: CS90905OOOO LAG

ALARM

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Transistor contact output :

etaSMART-6T, 6 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO:CS91613OOOO

etaSMART-8T, 8 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO:CS91614OOOO AUTOMATIC POWER FACTOR CONTROLLER

Frame - 2
etaSMART-12T, 12 steps APFC Relay, CAT NO: CS91615OOOO

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3. INSTALLATION
3.1 PANEL CUT-OUT

etaSMART is designed for flush mounting on any control panel. Please refer to the dimensional drawing shown below for
understanding the overall & cut out dimensions for panel.

Panel cut-out for etaSMART 4R / 6R / 8R / 6T.

92

92

Panel Cutout
NOTE: All dimensions are in mm
96

etaSMART 4R
70.9

1 2 3 4

96
58.3

LEAD

LAG

ALARM

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Panel cut-out for etaSMART 12R / 14R / 16R / 8T / 12T / 15T.

138

138
Panel Cutout
NOTE: All dimensions are in mm

144

71.6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
58.3

144
LEAD

LAG

ALARM

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Provide a cut-out as shown in above figure for respective model. Push the etaSMART relay through the cut out
and fix the relay to the panel by means of the two mounting clamps
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3.2 WIRING DIAGRAM
etaSMART 4R / etaSMART 6R / etaSMART 8R
L1

MAINS

LOAD
L2
CT1
L3

N
SUPPLY FU3

AC
(8A)

C1
L3

L2

L1
S1

CURRENT
1A / 5A
INPUT

R1

1
S2
FU2 (1A)

R2

2
415 - 440 V AC
U1

VOLTAGE
SUPPLY

R3

3
U2
FU5 BANK1
FU1 (1A)
K1

R4

4
D
A
O
L
FU4

Max Breaking Capacity 5A / 250V AC

415 - 440 V AC
(5A)

R5

5
Wire Range 30 - 12 AWG Stranded Or Solid

Max Common Current - 8A

415-440 V 50/60 Hz MAX 6.5 VA

CAT.NO. CS90902OOOO

R6

6
RELAY OUTPUTS
Terminal Torque 0.5 N-m

8 Steps APFC Relay

etaSMART - 8R
NOTE: BANK2

R7
FU6

7
K2
1. Connect phase to phase voltage to input terminal

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R8
U1 & U2 for voltage input.

C2
2. Ensure primary CT must be connected on remaining
phase and connect CT secondary to terminal S1 & S2.

3. Connect one terminal of all contactor coils to the

neutral supply and other terminal to the relay contact outputs
as shown in the diagram. Connect any phase voltage to FU7 BANK8
common terminal (C1) of the relay. K8

4. Last relay contact output in the etaSMART relay can ALARM

be configured either to switch the capacitor bank or to
energize the alarm as shown in wiring diagram.

5. All relay terminals are suitable for wire range 30 - 12 AWG stranded or solid Copper Wire.
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etaSMART 12R / etaSMART 14R / etaSMART 16R
L1

MAINS
L2

LOAD
CT1
L3
N

FU3 (5A)

FU4
(16A)

C1
C2

R1

1
R16
16

R2

2
R3
17

3
FU5 BANK1

R4

4
SUPPLY

AC

Max Breaking Capacity 5A / 250V AC

K1

L3

L2

L1

R5

5
Max Common Current - 16A
S1

CURRENT
1A / 5A

INPUT

RELAY OUTPUTS

R6
S2

6
FU2 (1A)

R7
415 - 440 V AC
U1

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VOLTAGE
SUPPLY

R8
U2

8
FU6 BANK2
FU1 (1A)

R9

9
K2
NOTE:

D
A
O
L

R10

10
Wire Range 30 - 12 AWG Stranded Or Solid
1. Connect phase to phase voltage to input terminal

R11

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415-440 V 50/60 Hz MAX 6.5 VA

CAT.NO. CS90905OOOO
Terminal Torque 0.5 N-m

16 Steps APFC Relay

etaSMART - 16R

R12

12
415 - 440 V AC
U1 & U2 for voltage input.

R13

13
R14

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2. Ensure primary CT must be connected on remaining K1

R15

15
phase and connect CT secondary to terminal S1 & S2. FU7 BANK15
K15

3. Connect one terminal of all contactor coils to the

neutral supply and other terminal to the relay contact outputs
as shown in the diagram. Connect any phase voltage to FU8 BANK16
common terminal (C1) of the relay. K16

4. Last relay contact output in the etaSMART relay is changeover contact ALARM

and can be configured either to switch the capacitor bank or to

energize the alarm as shown in wiring diagram.

5. All relay terminals are suitable for wire range 30 - 12 AWG stranded or solid Copper Wire.
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 ALARM
T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

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T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 R1
TRANSITOR OUTPUTS
Rating : 8 - 48VDC,100mA
SUPPLY
CURRENT VOLTAGE
INPUT 415 - 440 V
1A / 5A AC
etaSMART - 6T
CAT.NO. CS91613OOOO
6 Steps APFC Relay
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FU15

C1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15
TRANSISTOR OUTPUTS
Rating : 8 - 48VDC,100mA
!
415 - 440 V AC
L1
AC L
O
SUPPLY

L2
A
L3
D
R1 etaSMART - 15T
CURRENT SUPPLY
INPUT VOLTAGE CAT.NO. CS91616OOOO
1A / 5A 415 - 440 V 15 Steps APFC Relay
AC 415-440 V 50/60 Hz MAX 6.5 VA
Wire Range 30 - 12 AWG Stranded Or Solid
C2 16 17 S1 S2 U1 U2 Terminal Torque 0.5 N-m
Common emitter Circuit

Connected to +24V Connected to +24V

+12+24 com +12+24 com

LT-TSM 25 electronic thyristor-module LT-TSM 25 electronic thyristor-module

for capacitor switching for capacitor switching
etaSMART T
gn: standby gn: trigger gn: standby gn: trigger
Common emitter Circuit red: defect redflash:
redflash: overtemp.
net voltage
red: defect redflash:
redflash: overtemp.
net voltage
L1/L3 missing L1/L3 missing
or too low or too low

C1 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6
C1 L1 L3 C3 C1 L1 L3 C3

2 Amp

- +
24 V DC

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NOTE:
• Connect voltage input from any two phases and current from the remaining third phase.
• Capacitor duty contactor must be used for capacitor switching.

Guidelines – CT selection and placement

ü CT
û
CT

Load APFC Load APFC

Panel Panel

û
CT

Load APFC
Panel

• Recommendation – Use CT with 1 Amp secondary in case the distance between CT and Controller is more than 10 meter

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 A
A

DIS SENSITVITY
60 s

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SENSITIVITY: It defines the speed of capacitor bank connection. A low sensitivity provides faster connection with greater
number of capacitor switching whereas high sensitivity provides slower connection with less number of capacitor switching.
Example:
If required kVAr to reach the target PF is 80kVAr, then soft logic internally calculates number of required steps to connect and
achieve target PF.
Suppose require steps to achieve target PF is 4 & sensitivity is set as 60, then switching time between two banks will be
calculate as, Switching Time = Sensitivity / n = 60/4 =15 Sec
So, each capacitor bank will connect to the line voltage in interval of 15sec.
Sensitivity is applicable for only Relay steps connection.

DIS SENSITIVITY: It defines the speed of capacitor bank disconnection.

Switching Time between two banks = (Dis Sensitivity)/ (Required steps to disconnect)
Disconnection Sensitivity is applicable for only Relay steps disconnection.

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 REMARK
-
-
-
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Applicable for contactor switching
(Recommended value is 60 s)
Applicable for contactor switching
(Recommended value is 60 s)
Applicable for thyristor switching
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 OPERATING MODE
MANUAL

PF: 0.921L UNDV Alarm Code

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SYMBOLS DESCRIPTION SYMBOLS DESCRIPTION
+ Step connected X Faulty step
- Step disconnected F Step configured as FAN

! Step Discharging A Step configured as ALARM

o Step Fixed ON _ Step Fixed OFF

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, Disconnection Sensitivity
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NOTE :

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