POWER FACTOR IMPROVING ARRANGEMENT

摘要

An impedance compensator (102,201,203) for adjusting the power factor of a power distribution system by directly measuring impedance at a point in the power distribution system and dynamically adjusting that impedance to be resistive yielding a power factor of one. The compensator dynamically inserts and removes both capacitance (203) and inductance (201) to adjust the impedance. The inductance is utilized to make coarse adjustments to the impedance, whereas the capacitance is utilized to make fine adjustments.