Implementación de tres bancos de condensadores para el mejoramiento del factor de potencia en la fábrica Plásticos Ecuatorianos S.A.

Abstract

In the company Plásticos Ecuatorianos S.A. A penalty is being paid for low power factor and additional CNEL sent a notification to take away the electricity supply, for being breach in the Organic Law of Public Service of Electric Power, due to this situation has motivated to carry out the project of “Implementation of 3 bank of capacitors in medium voltage, for the improvement of the power factor and to be able to comply with what the law stipulates”. In the development, information is first collected regarding the machinery and equipment that work with the system; Then a collection of information on the average consumption and the average power factor is carried out, in order to perform a correct sizing of the equipment installed in the Plásticos Ecuatorianos S.A. company, in which it is evidenced that you have to make a quick and efficient solution to comply with the law Therefore, the installation of capacitor banks in medium voltage is proposed for the immediate correction of the low power factor. The project used exploratory, scientific and descriptive research; exploratory when measuring the lines and downloading consumption histories of the ION meters; scientific when calculating the correct sizing of the equipment to be acquired; and descriptive to adequately communicate the investigation.