Trane Power
Factor Correction
Trane Care Services
Improve power factor of your chiller and
reduce energy costs and carbon foot print
Trane Care™ customized service solutions for building owners address
operating performance, energy efficiency and environmental concerns.
Trane Power Factor Correction will improve power quality and increase
system distribution capacity.
How the power factor affects
your chiller installation
Example: 200 kVA connected load from utility
company to your building with an average
power factor of 0.7 will result in available
Your electricity bill – the facts
Real Power of 200 x 0.7 = 140 kW.
Utility companies bill their customers for two
Real Power and Reactive Power. Real Power,
What does a low Power Factor mean
for you?
measured in kW, is the working power that
Utility companies often impose an economic
is fully transformed into mechanical energy.
penalty on customers with low power factors
Reactive Power is the non working power
as they must generate and supply surplus
transformed by electrical motors to create
current. This increases the energy costs.
types of power consumption in facilities;
a magnetic field used for their operation.
This is measured in kVAr.
Added to this the fact that a low power factor
causes voltage drops and reduces an electrical
What is the Power Factor?
system’s distribution capacity.
The Vector resultant of the two components,
Example: In the previous example if the
Real Power and Reactive Power, is called
power factor is corrected from 0.7 to 0.9
Apparent Power, measured in kVA. The Power
then the available real power increases to
Factor (cos φ) is the ratio of the real power to
200 x 0.9 = 180kW up by 28% with the
apparent power.
same connected load.
Example of power factor correction benefits
Original Plant
power factor = 0.7
Original reactive power
142 kVAr
Original
140 kW
(200 x 0.7)
Available
Real power
Apparent power
+
200 kVA
Corrected Plant
power factor = 0.9
Corrected reactive power
87 kVAr
180 kW
(200 x 0.9)
After correction
How to improve the Power Factor –
the Trane solution
• Increase your system distribution
capacity: Your electrical system’s branch
By installing the Trane factory-designed
capacity will increase through the reduction
capacitor panel directly on the chiller, the
of power losses in your distribution system.
Power Factor is improved to 0.95 at full load.
A Power factor correction of 0.1 will improve
One capacitor panel is designed per chiller to
the available real power by up to14%.
correct the power factor of the chiller even
• Improve power quality: Excessive voltage
at part load conditions up to 0.88. Example:
drops can cause overheating and premature
Power factor correction from 0.7 to 0.95
failure of motors. Power factor correction
decreases the reactive power up to 2/3.
will minimize voltage drops in the system.
• Achieve a greener system: Power factor
This simple and quick to install solution done
correction enables your organization to
by a Trane factory authorized technician,
become more environmentally responsible
immediately works for you to increase the
without having to reduce the amount of
available distribution capacity and reduce
working power available hence reducing
energy costs. Return on investment in most
your carbon foot print.
cases will be less than two years.
• Comply with local regulation: As national
grids are stressed to the limit, social and
Trane engineered quick
ROI solution can be
easily installed by a
Trane factory authorized
technician to address
Trane Power Factor Correction –
the benefits
legislative regulations are introduced.
The installation of Trane Power Factor
Optimize the quality
Trane Power Factor Correction is the
Correction capacitors helps you comply
and efficiency of your
environmentally responsible, green solution
with these local regulations.
electrical distribution
that will help you:
• Reduce your energy costs: You can save
up to 8% on your energy costs from chillers
by increasing your chiller power factor closer
to 0.95. (Actual savings vary depending on
local utility penalties and chiller operating
conditions).
your energy challenges.
with Trane Power Factor
Correction.
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