DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING ELECTRICAL POWER FACTOR AND HARMONIC POWER QUALITY THROUGH ACTIVE CONTROL OF POWER QUALITY IMPROVING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
First Claim
1. A method for improving the power quality of an electrical distribution circuit characterized by the step of:
- conducting a current that corrects the sum of the other electrical load currents in the electrical distribution circuit.
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Abstract
A system, method and device for controlling and modifying the current drawn by an electrical load in a way that will improve the electrical power factor and harmonic quality of at least a portion of an electrical power system. In one embodiment of the invention, the invention includes a controller device that monitors the electrical current entering a site and modifies or corrects power quality of the current by directing how power will be consumed by the appliances at a site to improve the harmonic and power factor qualities of the electrical current entering the site.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for improving the power quality of an electrical distribution circuit characterized by the step of:
conducting a current that corrects the sum of the other electrical load currents in the electrical distribution circuit.
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2. A system for improving the power quality of an electrical distribution circuit characterized by a device that conducts an electrical current that corrects the sum of other load currents in the electrical distribution circuit.
- 3. A device that modifies the current drawn by an electrical load so as to improve a site'"'"'s aggregate current waveform, said device configured to selectively consume preselected energies having a designated characteristic.
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