What is Compensation Panel? What Does It Do?
For modern businesses, energy quality is essential for production continuity and equipment health.
Introduction The Silent Guardian of Energy Quality
For modern businesses, energy quality is essential for production continuity and equipment health. However, reactive energy, an invisible enemy, can damage both the network and the wallet. Here is one of the devices that plays a key role in solving this problem: compensation panel. So what exactly is this panel? In which cases is it used?
What is a Compensation Panel?
Compensation panel; It is an electrical panel used to balance reactive power in electrical systems, containing capacitor groups, contactors, fuses, reactors and a compensation relay.
This system automatically compensates reactive energy especially in plants with high inductive loads and prevents unnecessary load on the network.
Basic Components of the Panel
- Capacitors Compensates reactive energy
- Contactors: Switches capacitor groups on or off
- Fuses Protects circuit elements against overcurrents
- Compensation Relay: Analyses the system load and automatically controls the capacitors
- Reactor (optional): Used for harmonic filtering purposes
What Does a Compensation Panel Do?
A compensation panel allows businesses to achieve the following advantages:
- Prevents reactive penalty charges
- Improves energy quality
- Extends the life of the electrical installation
- Reduces voltage drops in the network
- Prevents unnecessary energy consumption
In which facilities are they used?
Compensation panels are generally used in the following types of facilities:
- Industrial organisations
- Factories
- Hotels
- Shopping centres
- Hospitals
- Schools
- Large office buildings
Especially in places where motor, transformer, air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems are intense, compensation panel is a must.
Importance of Correct Panel Selection
The load profile of each enterprise is different. Therefore, when designing the compensation panel:
- Active and reactive power requirement
- Harmonic levels
- Load variability
- Total power of the system
must be taken into account. Otherwise, the system may work inefficiently or may not work at all.
Panels installed without professional measurement and analysis may bring harm instead of benefit.
Conclusion Big Profit with a Small Investment
Compensation panel is an investment that should be included in the energy infrastructure of every business with its long-term savings, security and penalty prevention features.
If energy efficiency is targeted, this investment is inevitable.
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