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Selection & Applications of PFC Capacitors for Industrial and Large Commercial Users
Date: Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Location: SRP Information Services Building (ISB), 1600 N Priest Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281
Speaker: B. Ben Banerjee, SquareD
Topic: "Selection & Applications of PFC Capacitors for Industrial and Large Commercial Users"
The presentation will focus on the applications of shunt capacitor and will cover topics such as power factor fundamentals including displacement and total power factors, selection and sizing of power factor correction capacitor, cost benefits and utility rate structures. It will also discuss other related application issues like proper location of capacitor in the facility distribution system, effects of harmonics, fixed vs. automatic banks, selection of circuit protection and isolation devices, applicable standards and codes, various considerations for capacitor banks connected at motor terminals, and certain aspects of storage, maintenance, and installation.
Speaker Bio:
B. Ben Banerjee (IEEE M' 72) holds B.E.E degree from the University of Calcutta, India and M.E.E degree from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Presently, he is working as Power Quality Sales Application Engineer in PQ Solution Group of Square D Company, San Francisco Field Office. Prior to that, he worked for seventeen years, as Power Conditioning & Advanced Motor-Drives Manager, in Power Quality Business Group of Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, where he was responsible for technology & application development for power quality mitigation hardware system, advanced energy storage for power quality solutions, and advanced motors and drives system for end-use sectors.
Prior to joining EPRI, he was Order Engineering Manager for Square D Company, Columbia, SC. In this position, he was responsible for the design and applications of products such as LV and MV MCC, motor controllers for material handling, & VFDs. He has participated in NEMA Standards Subcommittees, organized EPRI-sponsored National motors & Drives Steering Committee, and is the author/ co-author of several IEEE technical papers. His work at EPRI has generated more than thirty patents for EPRI and about eighty EPRI technical reports.
