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    Synchronous Reactance Controller for Energy Reduction

    Thanks to all who have responded to my posting. In the area of efficiency, do any of you know any method or rule of thumb for quatifying the energy savings with harmonic filtering? It seems that once the circuit passes through a VFD, any harmonic improvement would be moot and the only gains...
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    Synchronous Reactance Controller for Energy Reduction

    I am an electric utility power engineer and have been asked to evaluate a "Synchronous Reactance Controller" that promises our customer up to 10 % energy savings. Personnally, I think it is snake oil, but in fairness I would like to know if anyone has evaluated such a system and would...

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