Shunt Power Capacitor Banks
AMSC is proud to provide NEPSI Medium Voltage Metal-Enclosed Power Capacitor Banks: a customizable, cost-effective, and globally trusted solution for power factor correction for industrial, renewable, commercial, and utility power systems.
Overview
Designed and manufactured by NEPSI, the global leader for medium-voltage power factor correction, our Capacitor Banks provide a trusted solution for power quality issues in any industry or environment. These units are custom built to your specific requirements and restrictions, such as physical size, system voltage, frequency, reactive power rating, and employee safety. With all switching, protection, and controls included, our Capacitor Banks are shipped fully tested, assembled, and ready for interconnection with minimal fanfare. Whether they are installed indoor or outdoor, NEPSI Capacitor Banks provides a durable and reliable solution that is both simple and safe for operators to use and maintain. With years of design experience, an ISO 9001 certified quality system, and strict adherence to industry codes, you can feel comfortable utilizing NEPSI equipment in your mission-critical applications where every hour counts. Compared to alternative solutions, NEPSI Metal-Enclosed Capacitor Banks are easier to engineer, procure, install, and maintain – leading to reduced costs over the lifetime of your project.
Are you in the oil & gas industry? Or solar? Or wind, mining, chip fabrication, paper…? In all these applications – and many more – NEPSI Medium Voltage Metal-Enclosed Power Capacitor Banks are the ideal solution for top-tier reactive power compensation and power factor correction. Whether you need to meet a utility interconnect requirement at a renewable power plant, meet a power factor penalty at an industrial facility, or increase system capacity and reduce losses on a utility distribution system, NEPSI’s metal-enclosed power capacitor banks will be your best choice. With our assistance, you can reduce your kVA billing penalties, improve voltage profile, increase power flow capability, and expand the overall efficiency of your power system.
NEPSI Capacitor Banks feature actiVAR, a cost-effective and easy-to-maintain solution for starting large medium-voltage motors. With actiVAR, our Capacitor Banks use a new NEPSI-engineered solution of ABB’s DS1M transient free switching technology, advanced digital relaying, and high-speed communication. DS1M delivers “fast vars” for voltage sag and flicker mitigation. With no need for complex synch bypass switchgear and E-House space, actiVAR offers a money saving and preferred alternative to VFD/ASD drive starters. When across-the-line motor starting is not an option, choose NEPSI actiVAR instead of costly and complex solutions. ActiVAR is simple and easy to install and maintain. Meeting various voltage, power, and frequency requirements, it is a smart choice for many applications. NEPSI designs and builds all equipment to meet a host of national and international standards including IEEE, CSA, ANSI, and IEC.
Features
NEPSI Medium Voltage Metal-Enclosed Power Capacitor Banks deliver unparalleled advantages across a wide variety of industries. They feature:
- Meet Requirements: They meet a host of national and international standards, including IEEE, CSA, ANSI, and IEC.
- Many Control Options: Customers pick the right control option for their needs including voltage control, power factor control, Harmonic Voltage/Current Distortion control, Remote/SCADA control, and Remote control by plant DCS/EMS system.
- Various Rating Options: Can meet customer requirements for voltage, basic insulation level (BIL), available short circuit current, reactive power rating, and frequency.
- Configuration Options: Customers can configure the protection, control, switching, disconnecting, and grounding functions.
- Unmatched Durability: Featuring marine-based paint and stainless-steel hardware, they are corrosion, dust, solar radiation, snow, and rain resistant.
- Ease of Installation and Maintenance: Easy to engineer, install, and maintain compared to traditional systems.
- Enhanced Performance: They reduce kVA billing and power factor penalties; Increases power flow capability; Release system capacity, and more.
- Ready for Interconnection: They ship fully tested and assembled.
Applications
NEPSI designs our Medium Voltage Metal-Enclosed Power Capacitor Banks to meet specific site and system needs, making them the best choice for many industries. These Capacitor Banks are suitable for:
- All Climates and Conditions:
- Seismic, wind, and snow load rated, suiting them for harsh environments.
- Tropical and high humidity conditions require considerations for our two-part epoxy enclosure paint.
- Arctic conditions may require snow load calculations
- Resistant to corrosion, dust, solar radiation, snow, and rain.
- Marine-based paint system over galvanneal steel
- All stainless-steel hardware
- Two-part enclosure paint for tropical and high humidity conditions
- High heat options like white enclosure design, integrated air conditioner units, etc.
- Indoors or Outdoors: Runs smoothly in indoor or outdoor substations.
- Commercial Power Systems: Enhances power quality and efficiency in data centers, shopping malls, and office buildings.
- Industrial Facilities: Improves power factor, reduces energy costs, and stabilizes voltage in manufacturing plants, oil and gas industry, mining operations, chip fabs, data centers, and chemical plants.
- Renewable Energy: Improves grid compatibility, enhances Battery Energy Storage Systems, meets utility interconnect requirements in solar and wind farms.
Benefits
NEPSI Medium Voltage Metal-Enclosed Power Capacitor Banks are ideal for industries needing top-tier reactive power solutions, including commercial, industrial, and utility power systems. By choosing NEPSI, customers receive a personalized experience to meet their exact needs. This equipment is tailored with essential protection, control, switching, disconnecting, and grounding functions. Proven to enhance industry success, these Capacitor Banks help industrial facilities meet power factor penalties and give utility distribution systems a competitive edge, boosting system capacity and reducing losses. They are extremely durable, resisting corrosion, dust, solar radiation, snow, and rain, thanks to marine-based paint over galvanneal steel and stainless-steel hardware. Additionally, they are seismic, wind, and snow load rated. These capacitor banks also offer unmatched safety with an enclosure that protects against accidental contact and a key interlock system.
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Certifications
AMSC focuses on delivering advanced power technologies, our products and systems are designed to meet rigorous industry standards and certifications to ensure quality and reliability.
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Startup and Commissioning
AMSC’s expertise goes well beyond the production phase. Our fully trained personnel are ready to help you get your new equipment connected, properly set up, and running efficiently. Our engineers have traveled across the globe, working with customers from various backgrounds and experiencing every possible environment.
Maintenance and Repair
AMSC products are available for purchase as spare or replacement parts. We offer tailor-made maintenance packages to ensure that the equipment operates efficiently, which includes yearly inspections, preventive maintenance and repair services from our technical and engineering experts. Additionally, upgrade or retrofit options to address part obsolescence, enhance system performance, design, and software, and support long-term cost savings are available to all our customers.
On-Call and Onsite Assistance
For on-call and onsite assistance, AMSC’s dedicated team is there to take your call. We work around the clock, ensuring that you have the help you need whenever you need it. AMSC offers global, remote support anytime, regardless of your time zone.
