Seminar Report On

Automatic power factor correction using

capacitor bank and 8051 microcontroller
Submitted By
MR. PRASHANT TAGARE
Roll No.80
Exam seat no. T120252554

Under the Guidance of

Mr. N.M.RAO

In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the

Degree of Electrical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF PUNE

ALL INDIA SHRI SHIVAJI MEMORIAL SOCIETYS

INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PUNE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the seminar report entitled Automatic power factor correction

using capacitor bank and 8051 microcontroller is a bonafide record of seminar

work completed by PRASHANT BHANUDAS TAGARE under the guidance of Prof.
MR.N.M.RAO
of the Electrical Engineering Department in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the
degree of Electrical Engineering as prescribed by University of Pune, during the academic
year 2016-2017

Prof. Mr. N.M.RAO

Guide
Electrical Engineering Department
Engineering Department

Prof. S. M. CHAUDHARI
H.O.D
Electrical

`ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Ever y w ork is s ucces s ful when s omebod y guides us in proper w a y. A

s ucces s ful w ork is inco mp let e w ithout me nt ioning the guides w ork. It is
our ple as ure; w e expres s our s ens es of gratitud e of thos e ind ividual people
for their valu able guidanc e and cons tan t encourage ment, s ugges tions which
help ed us a lot whi le prepar ing this s e mi nar.
I a m ver y ver y much thankful to MR. N.M.RAO for guiding for me
throughout the w ork and s upporting me w ith a valuabl e guidance. I am als o
thankfu l to MR . S.M. Ch au dh ari for providing va luable guidance.

M r. P R AS H AN T BH A NU D AS TAG A RE
R oll N o: TE80
Year: 2016-2017

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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BASIC BLOCK DIAGRAM
WORKING OF LINEAR ACTUATOR
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION
FREQUENCY VS POWER GENERATED CURVE
DERIVATION OF POWER IN TERMS OF SYSTEM PARAMETERS
7.1. REGENERATIVE SCHEME
7.2. SELF POWERED SCHEME

8. Pc VS LAMBDA CURVE
9. CASE STUDY
10. CONCLUSION
11. REFERENCE

ABSTRACT

In the present technological revolution power is

ABSTRACT

In the present technological revolution power is

very precious. So we need to find out the causes of power loss

and improve the power system. Due to industrialization the use
of inductive load increases and hence power system losses its
efficiency. So we need to improve the power factor with a
suitable method. . When ever we are thinking about any
programmable devices then the embedded technology comes
into fore front. The embedded is now a day very much popular
and most the product are developed with Microcontroller based
embedded technology.

Automatic power factor correction device reads

power factor from line voltage and line current by determining
the delay in the arrival of the current signal with respect to
voltage signal from the function generator with high accuracy by
using an internal timer. This time values are then calibrated as
phase angle and corresponding power factor. Then the values
are displayed in the 2X16 LCD modules. Then the motherboard
calculates the compensation requirement and accordingly
switches on different capacitor banks. This is developed by using
8051 microcontroller.
Automatic power factor correction techniques
can
be applied to the industries, power systems and also house holds
to make them stable and due to that the system becomes stable
and efficiency of the system as well as the apparatus increases.
The use of microcontroller reduces the costs.