9 Mile
Located near Tynong in Victoria, 9 Mile is one of Australia's premier apple growers & suppliers with the largest and most advanced processing facility in the southern hemisphere. The electrical contractor Acculec reached out to Fuseco for assistance to achieve an energy cost saving for 9 Mile's state of the art facility. The installation of a 500kVAr Sinexcel SVG PFC system yielded incredible results!
9 Mile
Located near Tynong in Victoria, 9 Mile is one of Australia's premier apple growers & suppliers with the largest and most advanced processing facility in the southern hemisphere. The electrical contractor Acculec reached out to Fuseco for assistance to achieve an energy cost saving for 9 Mile's state of the art facility. The installation of a 500kVAr Sinexcel SVG PFC system yielded incredible results!
THE CHALLENGE
9 Mile had recently invested in creating the largest and most advanced packing facility in the southern hemisphere. The technology applied in state-of-the-art however no power factor correction systems were installed. They had also invested heavily in extensive solar power generation technology however they realised that their electricity bills were higher than expected. They decided to hire Acculec to conduct an efficiency audit. Some factors that had to be considered were the peak season nature of the operation, the interaction of the solar inverters and the peak loads that were experienced.
THE SOLUTION
After analysing the power quality data, the Fuseco team advised that the addition of a 500kVAr SVG system would be ideal. Acculec facilitated the installation of a Sinexcel 500kVAr SVG system in a single cabinet solution and Fuseco commissioned the system, paying careful attention to the integration with the existing renewable energy electrical system. This solution proved to be ideal in dealing with the complex demands of the existing systems.
THE OUTCOME
The affect the 500kVAr Sinexcel SVG installation had on the system was compelling. The existing power factor of 0.43 - 0.50 was corrected to 0.93 - 0.95! The grid current was also significantly reduced by up to 350A! The THDi was increased due to the presence of the solar inverters but the overall effect of adding the SVG was significant.
- If your billing has changed to a kVA demand tariff and you have poor power factor, you are definitely paying for electricity that you are not using. In such cases, the SVG will reduce your electricity bills. Typically, most installations achieve savings of 10%-30%.
- No capacitor banks therefore no maintenance costs & performance issues associated with capacitors.
- Excellent power factor correction performance - Can maintain a PF of 0.99 lagging or unity if required.
- Dynamic Step-Less Compensation - Profiles the load and operates with a response speed of <15ms. No possibility of over or under compensation, will only inject the kVAr that is needed in that moment.
- Corrects load imbalance.
- Compensates both inductive and capacitive loads - corrects lagging and leading power factor.
- Can work with & enhance existing capacitor-bank based systems.
- Not affected by resonance.
- Can operate at low voltages.
- Excellent ROI (Return on Investment).
THE SINEXCEL SVG - BENEFITS
Simple PFC solutions incorporate banks of capacitors that work as silent reactive power ‘generators’. These systems were designed many decades ago when electrical environments were a lot simpler than they are today. They are common, very economical and suitable for linear load environments.
However, in today’s modern electrical environments, linear loads are not easy to find. Due to the proliferation of LED/energy efficient lighting, switch-mode power supplies, VSD’s, UPS’s, servers/computers and typical appliances, today’s electrical systems experience complex, dynamic non-linear loads. Loads are being switched so fast that the traditional capacitor bank PFC systems struggle to maintain an effective compensation set-point. Therefore, they are perpetually ‘chasing’ the load, either under or over-compensating but rarely providing effective compensation.
Fuseco offers the latest generation of advanced performance PFC solutions that offer instantaneous, dynamic step-less compensation, ideal for the challenging demands of modern electrical environments. The Sinexcel SVG solutions do not need a capacitor bank and offer many advantages due to their compact & modular configuration (including wall-mount options).
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From the moment the AHF and SVG units were turned on our power factor issues were a thing of the past. At both sites our PF is now 0.99 on all phases all the time, the units react instantaneously to our fluctuating load and power factor and the result has been an excellent return on investment.
Brad Kilner
OPERATIONS MANAGER AT KILNER'S ENGINEERING
The PFC units are now installed and running. They are doing a great job at maintaining a constant PF of 0.99 across all phases. Great product and excellent support from both of you. Very pleased doing business with you. Your help has been much appreciated.
Darren Brownscombe
ENGINEER AT TURBOSMART
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