If you operate electric motors in your manufacturing facility, you may be paying for wasted power. The power factor of your electrical system gives the amount of productive power your facility is ...

When it comes to the most typical cause of poor power factor in a facility, motor inductance is a likely culprit. The problem worsens when motors are not loaded to their full capacity. Harmonic ...

If you've seen an Internet ad for capacitor-type power factor correction devices, you might be led to believe that using one can save you money on your residential electricity bill. However, ...

International Rectifier, IR®, a world leader in power management technology, announced the introduction of the IRS2500 µPFC™ power factor correction (PFC) control IC for switch mode power supply (SMPS ...

International Rectifier, IR® introduced the IR115x family of µPFC™ power factor correction (PFC) ICs for a wide variety of AC-DC applications including lighting, LCD/PDP TV and game console Switch ...

PowerLogic PFC (previously knowns as VarSet), the low voltage power factor correction solution from Schneider Electric, expands its best-in-class low voltage capacitor bank with robust, IoT-enabled ...

All things related to power factor and power-factor correction. How it arises, the problems it causes, regulations old and new, and how to mitigate it. There’s a tendency to think of energy on the ...

Power factor correction (PFC) converters play a pivotal role in modern power electronics by ensuring an optimised alignment between the input current and the supply voltage. This alignment enhances ...

By their very nature, power factor correction capacitors are special devices that operate close to their dielectric breakdown limits — time, temperature, and peak voltage, all of which contribute to ...

A team of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers recently put out a white paper explaining why power factor correction type devices actually provide no savings to consumers.

Dublin, Aug. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "North America Power Factor Correction Market by Reactive Power, Type, Sales Channel, Application, and Region - Global Trends & Forecast to 2030" report ...