Improve the quality of the power in your installation
Poor power quality leads to economic losses, penalties and equipment breakdowns. Analyse, detect and correct with a wide range of innovative solutions including Class A certified devices.
What is the effect of poor power quality in your network?
From production downtime to penalties on the bill, the effects directly involve operating costs and loss of competitiveness.
Voltage fluctuations
Voltage and frequency variations outside the regulatory limits affect your installation’s operability and safety.
› Damage to electronic equipment and PLCs › Unplanned service interruptions › Reduced productivity › Increased repair costs
Reactive energy consumption
Inductive or capacitive reactive energy reduces efficiency and generates increasing monthly surcharges on the electricity bill.
› Penalties on the electricity bill › Increased current in lines › Power transformer saturation › Reduced network capacity
Current harmonics
AC/DC converters generate harmonics that distort the network, causing overheating, insulation failures and interference.
› Overheating of conductors and motors › Unwanted tripping of protections › Premature capacitor deterioration › Shorter useful life of LED lighting
SOLUTIONS FRAMEWORK
Power Quality: Supply and Consumption
To optimise your installation, you need to act on both the energy you receive and the energy you consume. Circutor offers certified solutions for both dimensions.
POWER SUPPLY QUALITY
The energy received from the network
Analyse the parameters of the power supplied by the distributor: voltage, frequency, harmonics, flicker and quality events as per EN 50160 and IEC 61000-4-30 Ed.3.
Measure and correct the problems caused by your own loads and generators: current and voltage harmonics and interharmonics, inductive and capacitive reactive energy consumption, voltage fluctuations (flicker) and current and voltage unbalances.
Analyse the quality of the energy supplied from the network
Class A certified analyzers as per IEC 61000-4.30 Ed.3 with automatic reports according to the EN 50160 standard, guaranteeing reliable data for decision-making purposes.
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QNA 600
Power quality analyzer
Class A certified analyzer for the overall analysis of the installation. Generate automatic reports in compliance with the EN 50160 standard without manual calculations.
› 100% certified as per IEC 61000-4-30 Ed. 3 › Weekly or configurable automatic reports as per EN 50160 › Automatic ITIC curve — detect equipment damage › Capture transients from 0.04 ms @ 50 Hz › Harmonics and interharmonics up to the 63rd order › 4G / Wi-Fi / 2×Ethernet + GPS positioning
Three devices in one: power quality analyzer, electrical power analyzer and energy meter. 8″ touchscreen with phasors and real-time ITIC curve.
› 8″ touchscreen with phasors and real-time ITIC curve › Integrated web server for local and remote access › Indicates direction of harmonics: installation loads or network › Datalogger with up to 5 years of data storage › Real-time oscillographs (integrated oscilloscope) › RS-485 / Wi-Fi / 2×Ethernet / GPS
Portable device essential for conducting energy audits and reviewing power quality and consumption. Configurable remotely from the MYeBOX App or MYeBOX Cloud.
› Class A certified — IEC 61000-4-30 Ed. 3 › MYeBOX App + MYeBOX Cloud for remote management › Compatible with MFC flexible and CPG rigid clamps › Leak channel filter: fundamental current with and without harmonics › Datalogger up to 5 years · 4G / Wi-Fi / Ethernet / GPS › Remote correction of wiring errors from the App
CONSUMPTION QUALITY · HARMONIC AND INTERHARMONIC FILTERING
Eliminate harmonics and interharmonics from your installation
AC/DC converters in variable speed drives, UPS systems, LED lighting and electric vehicle chargers generate harmonics that distort the network. Active filters eliminate them by injecting a counter-phase set of currents.
Improved power quality
› Damage to electronic equipment and PLCs › Harmonic and interharmonic filtering up to the 50th order › Phase current balancing — reduces neutral current › Flicker mitigation: compensation of fluctuating loads › Anti-resonance system with automatic detection and activation
Improved energy efficiency
› Power factor correction (cos φ) including harmonics › Reduced phase and neutral currents › Increased nominal capacity of the transformer › Smart thermal management — 15-year guaranteed useful life
Choose your filtering solution
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AFQm
Active multi-function filter
Next-generation with multilevel (3-level) topology. Superior performance to 2-level systems. Ideal for connections and sub-panels with high load variability.
› 75A – 400A (wall-mounted and cabinet) › Multi-voltage: 400 / 480 / 550 / 690 Vac · 50/60 Hz › Elimination of harmonics up to the 50th order › Phase balancing + multifunction reactive energy compensation › Touchscreen + built-in power analyzer › 7-year datalogger · Filtering as per IEEE 519
SiC technology: 70% smaller, only 13 kg and >98% efficiency. Designed for installation next to variable speed drives or in motor panels with limited space.
› 30A — First European manufacturer to apply SiC › >98% efficiency · 13 kg · Volume reduced by 70% › Harmonics up to the 50th order with selectable frequencies › Inductive and capacitive reactive energy compensation › Balancing of two-phase currents in three-wire networks
Passive solution for stable loads such as motors with frequency converters. Especially suitable when the current is constant and the variability is minimal.
› LCL filter: THD(I) < 5% in 6-pulse converters › LRZ up to 63A · LRBZ up to 600A › LRZ/LRBZ: reduces THD from 40–50% to ~20% › Complies with EN 61000-4-3 and IEEE 519 standards › Installation on the mains side or load side of the transducer
CONSUMPTION QUALITY · REACTIVE ENERGY COMPENSATION
Avoid penalties by improving the power factor
Reactive energy is essential for motors, transformers and coils to operate, but an excess of this energy leads to increasing penalties on the bill and losses in the distribution lines.
Compensating the reactive energy reduces circulating currents, unloads lines and transformers and eliminates monthly surcharges due to low power factor.
› Direct reduction in the energy bill › Unloading of lines and transformers, lower losses › Voltage regulation and stabilisation in the installation › Reduction of CO2 emissions due to lower kVA demand
For installations operating with Medium Voltage, Circutor designs and manufactures capacitor banks and power electronics solutions (SVGm + AFQm) suited to each project.
More than 50 years of experience, with our own factory in Spain, including a laboratory and clean room for testing. We guarantee the highest quality and traceability in every manufactured component.
Generation, transmission and distribution
Receiving and distributing substations, network nodes. Wind and hydroelectric power plants.
Photovoltaic plants
Compliance with grid codes and voltage profile required by the system operator.
Medium Voltage Industry
Pumping, desalination plants, paper mills, cement plants, petrochemical plants and steel mills operating with Medium Voltage.
MV distribution / LV consumption
Installations with multiple transformer substations and constant reactive energy consumption in LV.
years developing power quality and reactive energy compensation solutions
countries with active Circutor installations worldwide
AFQm and AFQs active filters year guaranteed useful life
european manufacturer to apply SiC technology in active harmonic filters
Do you know if your installation has power quality issues?
We help you analyse your network and decide on the most suitable solution to improve power quality, reduce penalties and optimise your energy efficiency.