A Case Study on Improvement of Power Factor In Jagannath Cotton Mill by using Capacitor Banks

ABSTRACT This project gives a brief idea how various inductive loads used in all industries deals with the problem of power factor improvement. Capacitor bank connected in shunt helps in maintaining the power factor closer to unity. They improve the electrical supply quality and increase the efficiency of thesystem. Also the line losses are also reduced. Shunt capacitor banks are less costly and can be installed anywhere. This paper deals with shunt capacitor bank designing for power factor improvement and helped to reduce the electricity bill of an agro based plant (Jagannath Cotton Mill) of a farmer located at Rayagada District, Odisha, India.