Power Factor Correction (PFC)

Overview

Power Factor Correction (PFC) is essential for improving electrical system efficiency, reducing transmission losses, and enhancing power quality across industrial and commercial facilities. Inductive loads such as motors, transformers, and welding equipment draw reactive power, which increases current flow and reduces usable active power capacity.

PFC systems balance reactive power through capacitor banks, reactors, and intelligent automatic controllers, improving the overall power factor and reducing utility penalties. Inrush PFC solutions range from classical capacitor-based systems to fast-response thyristor-controlled compensation and hybrid solutions with SVG support.

Technology

Modern PFC technologies combine real-time measurement, harmonic-resistant designs, and intelligent switching architectures to ensure optimal reactive power compensation.

Traditional Contactor-Based Compensation

Thyristor-Controlled Fast Compensation (TCR/TSC)

Hybrid Compensation with SVG Support

Standards & Compliance

Inrush PFC solutions comply with key international regulations and power quality standards:

Applications

PFC systems are widely used in all facilities where reactive power control is essential for efficiency and stability:

Industrial Facilities

Commercial Buildings

Energy & Infrastructure

Properly sized and dynamically controlled PFC systems reduce energy costs, eliminate utility penalties, and increase the lifetime of electrical equipment.