Determination of the capacity of capacitor banks for the improvement the power factor of electric drives through interval assessments

Abstract

The article presented a study on the possibility of using interval assessments in determining the optimal capacity of capacitor banks for improvement of the power factor of electric drives. For this purpose has been developed simulation test bench and the results are validated using real electric motor. Proven is the possibility of using interval evaluation criteria by area under the curve and Akaike information criterion in determining the optimal capacity of capacitor banks for improvement of the power factor of electric drives. The results obtained confirm those from other authors in the study of methods to improve the power factor of electric drives as a complement with the proposed methods for interval assessment, which is a prerequisite for their successful use in practice.