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Power Saver Report.

The document summarizes tests conducted on a Power Saver device. Test 1 on a residential load found a 5.8% reduction in energy consumption and an 8% increase in voltage harmonics. Test 2 on a commercial load found a 4.6% rise in current harmonics but a 4.8% reduction in voltage harmonics along with an 11.8% improvement in power factor. Testing also showed reductions in current, apparent power consumption, and negligible effect on active power consumption. The conclusions were that consumers could save up to 12% on electricity bills and utilities would benefit from reduced loading and improved power factor. Monitoring of harmonics effects may be needed if adopted widely.

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Power Saver Report.

The document summarizes tests conducted on a Power Saver device. Test 1 on a residential load found a 5.8% reduction in energy consumption and an 8% increase in voltage harmonics. Test 2 on a commercial load found a 4.6% rise in current harmonics but a 4.8% reduction in voltage harmonics along with an 11.8% improvement in power factor. Testing also showed reductions in current, apparent power consumption, and negligible effect on active power consumption. The conclusions were that consumers could save up to 12% on electricity bills and utilities would benefit from reduced loading and improved power factor. Monitoring of harmonics effects may be needed if adopted widely.

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Report on Power Saver

Scope of the Study


The tests conducted for evaluation of performance of the
Power Saver are as follows :

 Test 1: Effect on Energy Consumption and


Harmonics at residential load

 Test 2: Effect on Harmonics and other


System Parameters at commercial load
Test Results
 Test 1: Effect on Energy Consumption and Harmonics at
residential load

 a) Energy Consumption :

 Percentage reduction in units per month: 5.8%


 Estimated reduction in units per month: 24 Units (For 5510W load)
 Estimated savings per month (assuming average unit cost to be Rs. 3.95): Rs.
96 /-
 Cost of Power Saver Unit: Rs 1350/-
 Payback period : 14 Months

 b) Harmonics :
 The rise in voltage Total Harmonic Distortion is 8%
 There is 1.4% rise in Current harmonics
Test Results
Test 2: Effect on Harmonics and other System Parameters at
commercial load

 Rise in Current harmonics by 4.6%


 Reduction in Voltage harmonics by 4.8%
 Instant improvement of Power Factor by 11.8%
 Reduction of Current by 9.7%
 Reduction of Apparent Power consumption by 10%
 Negligible effect on the Active Power consumption
 Effect on Harmonics and other System Parameters by LT APFCR

Harmonics with LT APFCR


S.No. Parameters Without APFCR With APFCR % Rise/Fall
I Harmonics      

1 Current THD 5.31% 9.41% 77.20%

2 Current 3rd Harmonics 2.72% 2.91% 7.0%

3 Voltage THD 1.38% 1.75% 26.80%

4 Voltage 3rd Harmonics 0.16% 0.15% -6.30%

II System Parameters      
5 Voltage 248.11 249.44 0.50%

6 Current 226 193 -14.60%

7 Power Factor 0.85 0.98 15.30%

8 Apparent Power (VA) 168993 146600 -13.60%

9 Active Power (W) 144060 141347 -1.90%


Conclusions
 Benefits to the Consumer
– Up to 10 to 12% savings in electricity bill amount depending on the consumption
pattern.

 Benefits to the Utility


(Provided a large number of power saver units are installed)

– Reduction in current drawn from the source


– Reduced loading of lines & transformers
– Improvement of Load Power Factor
– Reduction in Reactive Power Consumption
– Reduction in T&D losses
– More numbers of consumers per DT

 The effect of harmonics on DT, when used on a large scale would have to
be monitored.

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