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Lab 7-Power-Factor Correction: Replace All References To "Mobile Studio" With Ni Mydaq

This lab document describes an experiment to demonstrate power factor correction by adding capacitance to an AC power circuit load. Students are instructed to: 1) Build the circuit from Lab 6 and measure voltage, current, power, and power factor without additional capacitance. 2) Add capacitance to the load to improve the power factor to 90-96% lagging and remeasure values. 3) Complete a data table comparing the original and corrected measurements to calculate efficiency and other metrics.

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Lab 7-Power-Factor Correction: Replace All References To "Mobile Studio" With Ni Mydaq

This lab document describes an experiment to demonstrate power factor correction by adding capacitance to an AC power circuit load. Students are instructed to: 1) Build the circuit from Lab 6 and measure voltage, current, power, and power factor without additional capacitance. 2) Add capacitance to the load to improve the power factor to 90-96% lagging and remeasure values. 3) Complete a data table comparing the original and corrected measurements to calculate efficiency and other metrics.

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ECE 207

Replace all references to


"Mobile Studio" with NI myDAQ
Lab 7—Power-Factor Correction

Purpose 2. Adjust the power factor by adding capacitance to


the load as shown in Fig. 1:
This lab continues the work on a-c power of Lab 6 to dem-
onstrate the effects of improving the power factor. • Improve the power factor to at least 90% but not
more than 96% lagging.
Deliverables • You may calculate the required value or you may
do this by trial-and-error.
The result of this lab is the completed table on the hand-
in page plus an explanation of the value of improving the • Don’t make the power factor leading!
power factor.
• Be sure to readjust the load voltage to 1.0 Vrms
after adding the capacitor.
Equipment
3. As you did in Lab 6, collect the data needed to
You’ll need the same equipment as Lab 6 and will build the complete the first column on the hand-in page.
same circuit. You’ll also need the scaled-up results (middle
column) from Lab 6. 4. Do all the calculations to complete the remaining
blanks in the table.

Procedure 5. Using your data, answer on the hand-in page the


question about the value of this improvement.
1. Build the circuit of Fig. 2 of Lab 6. (The same figure
is reproduced below.)
Finishing
Complete the hand-in page and turn it in by the end of the
lab session.
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ECE 207 Section # ______________ Lab 7

Turn in this page with all required data, calculations, By ___________________________________________


and discussion by the deadline given in the lab instructions.
___________________________________________

Date ___________________________ Bench # __________ ___________________________________________

Results after power-factor correction:

Power factor improved to _________________________ Capacitance added in parallel ______________________

Simulation results
Simulation results Results from Lab 6
scaled up

Vload (phasor, 0°) V V V

Iline (phasor) mA A A

Vgen (phasor) V V V

Power factor

Pload µW kW kW

Qload µVAR kVAR kVAR

Sload µVA kVA kVA

Pline loss µW kW kW

% efficiency % % %

% voltage regulation % % %

What has been the good effect of the increased power factor?
Use the data you have collected to justify your answer.

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