JSS MAHAVIDYAPEETHA

JSS ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

PROJECT ON
Automatic Power Factor Controller
PRESENTED BY
BIPLAV SINGH (1809121015)
RAHUL DEV PARKER (1809121030)
PARAS GOSWAMI (1809121027)
ANURAG SINGH (1809121007)
 CONTENTS

● INTRODUCTION
● MOTIVATION
● PROBLEM STATEMENT
● OBJECTIVES
● PROPOSED METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION
● CONCLUSION
● REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
1. Power factor losses represent a significant factor of power losses in
both industrial and domestic units.
2. Power factor measures a system's power efficiency and is an
important aspect in improving the quality of supply.
3. This project presents the simple and low-cost design of an automatic
power factor correction (APFC) system for single phase domestic
loads.
4. The advantages of correcting power factor include reduced power
system losses, increased load carrying capabilities, improved voltages
and much more.
 MOTIVATION
1. Efficient generation of power at present is crucial as wastage of power
is a global concern. Power factor measures a system's power
efficiency and is an important aspect in improving the quality of
supply.
2. A power factor correction unit would allow the system to restore its
power factor close to unity for economical operation.
3. The aim of this project is to build an Automatic Power Factor
Correction (APFC) Unit, which is able to monitor the energy
consumption of a system and automatically improve its power factor.
 PROBLEM STATEMENT

● At low power factor, the current is high which gives rise to high
copper losses in the system and therefore the efficiency of the
system is reduced.
● Higher current produced a large voltage drop in the apparatus.
This results in the poor voltage regulation.
 OBJECTIVE

1. The APFC device calculates the reactive power consumed by a

system's inductive load and compensates the lagging power factor
using capacitance from a capacitor bank to restore its power factor
close to unity for economical operation.
2. The increased power factor will result in increased Load
Carrying Capabilities In Existing Circuits.
3. Improving the power factor will result in reduced power system
losses.
PROPOSED METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION

● Automatic Power factor correction device reads the power

factor from line voltage and line current by determining the
delay in the arrival of the current signal with respect to voltage
signal from the function generator with high accuracy by using
an internal timer.
● The capacitor bank and relays are interfaced to the micro
controller using a relay driver, which can be connected to the
main power system when the power factor drops.
 CONCLUSION

Automatic power factor controller project is designed to improve

power factor automatically whenever power factor falls below a
certain level. As we know demand of electrical energy is
increasing day by day. More and more inductive loads are being
used in industry and domestic applications which are main reason
for low power factor in power system. Therefore we devised a
method to improve power factor automatically at a low cost.
REFERENCES

● N. H. Ishak et al., "A Design of an Automatic Single Phase Power Factor

Controller by Using Arduino Uno Rev-3", Applied Mechanics and Materials
● "Reduce Power Bills with Power Factor Correction Device", July 2014
● V. C. E. M. Raj and S. Lese, "A Novel Approach for Power Factor
Correction Using Microcontroller in Domestic Loads", Middle-East Journal
of Scientific Research
● M. S. Rana, M. N. Miah and H. Rahman, "Automatic Power Factor
Improvement by using Microcontroller", Global Journal of Researches in
Engineering-Electrical and Electronics Engineering
● S. Umesh, L. Venkatesha and A. Usha, "Active power factor correction
technique for single phase full bridge rectifier", Proc. Int. Conf. Advances in
Energy Conversion Technologies
Thank You