Current harmonics mitigation in a packing house with numerous Variable Frequency Drives

Challenges in the customer’s packing house

A large automatic packing house was suffering from overheating of the electric boards, failures of electronic devices, PFC systems, and unnecessary downtime of production. Power Quality measurements were conducted by Merus Power’s local partner, POS’s service team. A two-week measurement was performed in two locations simultaneously, at the main packing house and the stacker machine room.

Several problems were detected by the analyzer: High harmonic current distortion and a low power factor at the main board and in the stacker machine room.

Our Merus® Solution

The chosen solution was a 100A Merus® A2 – Active Harmonic Filter that was integrated into the electrical system. In the pictures below, the measured harmonic currents are presented with and without the Merus® A2. As can be seen, the harmonic currents are minimized effectively. The distortion of currents is also minimized and can be seen in the lower pictures.

WITHOUT Merus® A2

WITH Merus® A2

Segment / Application

Packing house with Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)

Location

Middle East

Power quality issue

  • High harmonic current distortion
  • Low power factor

Merus® Solution

Customer Benefits

  • Increased profitability
  • Less downtime
  • Continuous efficiency
  • Improved overall power quality
  • Mitigated harmonic distortion
  • Improved power factor

Results and customer benefits

By installing the Merus® A2, the high harmonic distortion was resolved, power factor was increased remarkably, about 45% while losses and unnecessary heating were reduced. Overall power quality at the packing house was improved and there is less downtime in production. Continuous efficient work is going on and increases results and profitability.


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Markus Ovaskainen

Director, Sales
Out of office until December 30, 2024.

Riku Kalliomaa

Head of Sales,
Regions & Channels

Jaakko Poutamo

Sales Manager,
Energy Storage, Europe

Mikko Pohjola

Sales Manager,
Key Accounts & OEMs

Viktoria Mansikkala

Sales Manager,
Baltics & Eastern and Southern Europe

Juhani Jaatinen

Senior Sales Manager,
DACH, Benelux, France,
Asia-Pacific

Venkatesh Ramachandra

Regional Sales Manager,
Middle East

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