| "We wish to compliment you on the excellent report rendered for the subject plant. The existing and additional new facilities were clearly presented. The breadth of data developed was extensive. And finally, the over-all organization and presentation of data was both practical and attractive. Many thanks."
Leo Fyer, Sr. E.E.
Alvarado Water Filtration Plant |
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Seattle Office
16122 SE 266th Street
Covington, WA 98042
(253) 639-8535 P.
(253) 639-8685 F.
Fuhr@PowerStudies.com
San Francisco Office
2400 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 828-0529
Fuhr@PowerStudies.com |
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Northwest Metal Products Co.
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| Northwest Metal Products is a metal products manufacturing plant located in Puyallup, WA. This facility has a 4,000-ampere service and a large number of lightly loaded motors. This resulted in an average power factor of 81-84%. The customer was being charged a monthly power factor penalty charge by the local utility. Power Systems Engineering was hired to determine the location and size of the power factor correction capacitors necessary to reduce the power factor penalty.
We recommended that the customer purchase and install a 350kVAR capacitor bank. This corrected the power factor above 95% and completely eliminated the power factor penalty. This resulted in a monthly saving on the customer's utility power bill.
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| Project Information |
| Study Performed |
Power factor correction |
| Project Results |
Power factor corrected to above 95% and penalty charge eliminated |
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