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Power Optimization

Power optimization involves minimizing power waste and increasing efficiency through optimal power utilization. It can reduce the supply-demand gap by 5% with little investment. The key principles are that induction motor efficiency is poor at low loads, and reducing voltage optimally can cut core losses significantly. Conducting a detailed energy audit is the first step. Power optimization through scientific methods using a dedicated team can yield 100% of estimated savings without disrupting operations, unlike trial-and-error methods. The advantages include improved equipment efficiency and life, power factor increase, and reliability gains without requiring investment.

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Power Optimization

Power optimization involves minimizing power waste and increasing efficiency through optimal power utilization. It can reduce the supply-demand gap by 5% with little investment. The key principles are that induction motor efficiency is poor at low loads, and reducing voltage optimally can cut core losses significantly. Conducting a detailed energy audit is the first step. Power optimization through scientific methods using a dedicated team can yield 100% of estimated savings without disrupting operations, unlike trial-and-error methods. The advantages include improved equipment efficiency and life, power factor increase, and reliability gains without requiring investment.

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Power Optimization

By Rejin K.R
Introduction
• Power optimization is one of the method to
minimize wastage of power or increasing efficiency
of electrical equipments by optimum utilization with
reduced specific energy conception
• The power supply and demand gap can be reduced
by 5% with negligible investment
• It reduces total power conception save energy
optimize the plant performance and reduce the
production cost
• Detailed electrical energy audition is the first step of
power optimization
Need for Power optimization
• In present digital age electricity is the most
convenient of all forms of commercial energy
• Energy conception is growing continuously at a
faster phase keeping in line with higher level of
economic activity ,the cost of energy generation or
production becomes higher and would have much
bearing on Indian economy
• The gap between supply and demand have been
reducing the quality of power which intern will
cause frequent power failures, power cut and
disruption in production ,services and public life's
Principle of power optimization
• Induction motor have poor efficiency and low power
factor at lightly loaded condition and also core
losses will be large
• At low load copper losses will be smallest but core
loess is constant
• Core loss is proportional to square of the voltage at
constant frequency
• Reduction in voltage to optimum level will reduce
core loss by large amount
• At low voltage the magnetizing component of the
stator current decreases and therefore the power
factor improves
Saving potential in process plants by
power optimization
• With existing facilities of process plants just by
fine tuning the operational load parameters ,
energy conception can be reduced by 5%-7%
• Power optimization should be done by scientific
method to achieve 100%estimated saving
without any interruption of plant operation
• Due to limited availability of time plant
personals try the trial and error method
Methods of power optimization

Scientific method Trial and error


method
100% estimated saving Only a part of estimated saving

Time bound implementation No Time bound implementation

Continuous monitoring of loads by Crises monitoring


dedicated team of engineers

Need a lot of study and mongering Less study and mongering


Possible only by dedicated team with Can be done by plant personals
technical experts

Plant operation doesn't get disturbed Plant operation does get disturbed
Salient information
• Close monitoring the characteristics and
operation load parameters
• Power optimization by scientific methods is only
possible by dedicated team members
• It yields very good saving as long as the optimum
set parameters are maintained
• Needs no investment , can be done with existing
facilities
• It improves efficiency of drive motors which are
running at partial loads
Advantages
• Improves load efficiency
• Zero investment
• Considerable amount of energy conservation
• Power factor improvement
• Improves life of motor , switch gears
• Reduction in electrical problems and improve
reliability of equipment
Additional benefits
• A cleaning tool for electrical equipment and
machinery
• Reduces peak demand
• For overall improvement in electrical systems
• A vision if entire plants
• Exposes any weak and hidden points in electrical
systems
Conclusion
• It minuses electrical power losses , improves plant
equipment operational reliability apart from saving
• It acts as cleaning tool for entire electrical system on
machinery and improves the overall performance
• Since most of the induction motors in any plant
operate at partial load voltage optimization helps in
reducing the overall power consumption
• The energy conservation is never ending process
and maybe continued for bringing down the power
consumption level lower and lower
Thank you

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