Low voltage capacitor banks
Contactor-switched capacitor banks for power factor compensation
Hitachi Energy's capacitor banks provide the ideal power factor correction solution for industrial and commercial networks. The benefits are:
- Solving utility penalty charges due to low cos φ
- Improving energy efficiency
- Releasing additional capacity or increasing system load without additional equipment
- Increasing service life time of infrastructure
Applications
The low-voltage contactor-switched capacitor bank can be used in industrial and commercial networks buildings. Industry segments where the product can be used include:
- Mining
- Steel
- Chemical
- Pulp and paper
- Cement
- Plastics
- Printing
- Food industries
Why Hitachi Energy?
Low-voltage capacitor banks features include:
- Exceptional reliability and safety
- Powerful and compact
- Modular design
- Easy to install and use with the RVC or RVT controller
- Detuning reactors models available
- Hitachi Energy capacitor technology using dry type design
- Ready for connection (no need for auxiliary transformer)
Brief performance data
| Standard design | Detuned design (harmonic protection | |
|---|---|---|
| Voltage range | 208 V up to 600 V at 60 Hz (please consult us for other voltages) | |
| Power range | From 30 kvar to 1000 kvar | From 75 to 1600 kvar |
| Working ambient temperature | -10 °C to +40 °C | |
| Installation | Free floor standing, bottom cable entry (top entry optional) | |
| Connection | Three-phase | |
| Enclosure | NEMA type 1 (Standard) / type 12 (optional) / type 3R (optional) | |
| Execution | Indoor and outdoor | |
| Ventilation | Forced air cooling | |
| Capacitors | QCap / CLMD | CLMD |
| Reactors | NA | Dry type resin embedded. |
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