Electric devices or electronic systems with a poor power factor draw more electricity from the grid than operationally necessary. That costs money and, in the worst case, jeopardize the operational reliability of power grids and critical infrastructure.

At ebm‑papst, we highly recommend addressing this problem with active power factor correction (PFC). This technology is integrated into our EC fans and works to prevent interfering harmonic components and stop reactive power.

As a result, on top of allowing your systems to run much more efficiently and reliably, infrastructure components for energy and emergency power supply, e.g. transformers or emergency power generators, can be designed to be smaller and thus more cost-effective.