If you operate electric motors in your manufacturing facility, you may be paying for wasted power. The power factor of your electrical system gives the amount of productive power your facility is ...

Power factor correction is a frequently misunderstood topic. Improper techniques can result in over-correction, under-correction, and/or harmonic resonance, so it can be helpful to understand the ...

When it comes to the most typical cause of poor power factor in a facility, motor inductance is a likely culprit. The problem worsens when motors are not loaded to their full capacity. Harmonic ...

If you've seen an Internet ad for capacitor-type power factor correction devices, you might be led to believe that using one can save you money on your residential electricity bill. However, ...

The need for the current waveform to track the voltage on a three-phase power system leads to a second set of requirements, in addition to those for a single-phase power factor correction (PFC) system ...

ROHM Co., Ltd. has developed a new reference design (REF67004) that uses a single MCU to control two commonly used power-converter types for consumer and industrial power supplies: critical-conduction ...

Bel Fuse has expanded its Titanium Efficiency CRPS portfolio with the introduction of the TEC2700 and TEC3200 front-end AC-DC ...

Infineon Technologies is introducing a 12kW reference design for high-performance power supply units, designed for AI data ...

As the push to move beyond the easy-to-find sources of energy inefficiencies intensifies, a key area to investigate is the power factor of your facility and the impact your automation devices have on ...

The need for the current waveform to track the voltage on a three-phase power system leads to a second set of requirements, in addition to those for a single-phase power factor correction (PFC) system ...