Innovative solutions for sustainable power quality since 1969 LV POWER FACTOR CORRECTION SYSTEMS

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ABOUT US Innovative solutions for sustainable power quality since 1969 Founded in 1969, Ortea is a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative products and customised solutions for power quality and energy efficiency. Thanks to a network of offices and dealers on all continents, Ortea products are now installed, maintained and operating in more than 100 countries worldwide. In line with the strategy of creating a global pole of excellence, the new brand Ortea Next is created in 2019, bringing together the 3 historical product brands - Ortea, Icar and Enersolve - in a single concept of...

MADE IN ITALY Production quality, attention to details, design, and reliability represent the added value of Made in Italy. All the Ortea Next solutions are devised, designed, produced, and assembled in Italy. EXPERIENCE Founded in 1969, Ortea Next has accumulated experience and expertise that have contributed to continuous growth over time, until becoming an authoritative and innovative company in designing and producing power quality solutions on an international scale. RELIABILITY The certified Company Quality System of Ortea Next guarantees the reliability and longevity of the whole range...

POWER QUALITY SOLUTIONS Paying little attention to the issue of power quality causes problems and damage to equipment and production processes Ortea Next offers a complete range of integrated products and solutions for power quality and energy efficiency, thanks to the synergy between the Ortea Next brands, Ortea, Icar, Enersolve, and Powersines. VOLTAGE VARIATION SAGs / DIPs UNPROTECTED LOADS EXCESSIVE REACTIVE POWER HARMONIC POLLUTION VOLTAGE STABILIZERS ACTIVE HARMONIC FILTERS ENERGY EFFICIENCY SMART DEVICES ENERGY SAVING VOLTAGE OPTIMIZERS

THE 4 REASONS TO HAVE POWER FACTOR CORRECTIONS Electricity Authorities Economic convenience Energy efficiency Power quality The Electricity Authorities, force companies distributing electricity to apply financial penalties to utilities that have a substantial contractual power and low energy cos phi (generally 0,9). The correct power factor of the electric plant allows you to avoid those penalties, which often are not reflected in the bill, and then are paid by the final user without even realizing it. Economical benefits due to penalties elimination and current reduction, with consequent optimized...

SERVICES It is particularly convenient to install an effective power factor correction system, correctly sized It is essential to monitor the proper functioning because if you do not keep them in perfect working order, they “lose power”, and you are likely to pay penalties. With proper maintenance you can avoid wasting money and unnecessary power dissipation in the electric plant cables and transformers that undergoes premature aging It is also important a proper maintenance and use of original spare parts since capacitors, when worn or of poor quality, are likely to burst causing damage to electrical...

Simplifying, in an electrical system is appointed with phi (φ), the phase shift between the voltage and the electric current at the fundamental frequency of the system (50Hz). The cos phi is therefore a dimensionless number between 0 and 1, and varies from moment to moment. Typically, an industrial electrical system has an inductive cos phi, which value depends on the characteristics of the user plant. Power factor They are the physical units (racks) of power factor bank. A rack may be constituted by a single step or more steps. The number of contactors on the front of the rack indicates the...

We define safety the absence of dangers for people and things while the good is in use or stored in a warehouse. This means to identify stresses, risks and potential damages and the relevant elimination and to keep them under control so that to reduce the risk to a reasonable level Power capacitors and capacitor banks shall NOT be used: • for uses other than Power Factor Correction and for AC or DC plants; • as tuned or detuned filters unless specifically approved in written by Ortea Next. General requirement The capacitors are constructed in accordance with IEC-CEI EN methods, parameters and...

Overpressure devices All the capacitors have an overpressure device which when operated, as in the case of breakdown, disconnects the element from use. This device is not a substitution for the fuses or external circuit-breakers that are specified in our power factor correction equipment. The influence of each factor below has not to be considered individually, but in combination and with the influence of other factors. Capacitor and capacitor bank nominal voltage is intended as the design and testing voltage. The safe and proper use of power factor correction capacitors and capacitor banks,...

Particular ambient conditions Power factor correction equipment are not suitable for the applications in places where there are conditions as follows: • fast generation of mould; • caustic and saline atmosphere; • presence of explosive materials or very flammable; For environments with these characteristics: high relative humidity, high concentration of dust and atmospheric pollution, please contact technical assistance. After the disconnection of the bank, prior to accessing the terminals of the capacitors wait 5 minutes and then shortcircuit the terminals and earth. Periodically make these...

SIZING AND SELECTION CRITERIA 14 CALCULATION OF POWER FACTOR CORRECTION STARTING FROM ENERGY BILL__15 CAPACITORS MODELS AND PERFORMANCES WITHIN POWER CORRECTION SOLUTIONS_17 SOLUTIONS AND COMPONENTS OF AUTOMATIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION BANKS 18 POWER FACTOR CORRECTION SOLUTIONS WITH HIGH GRADIENT METALLIZED POLYPROPYLENE CAPACITORS 27 POWER FACTOR CORRECTION SOLUTIONS WITH HIGH GRADIENT METALLIZED POLYPROPYLENE PLUS CAPACITORS 43 REACTIVE POWER REGULATOR 59