Patent ID: 6980890

Claim:
A method for designing a power factor controller apparatus for a power distribution network, comprising the following phases: a) configuring an interactive computerised environment dedicated to management of data and/or programming commands in a predefined computerised support; b) acquiring data related to said power factor controller apparatus in said interactive computerised environment; c) acquiring and/or calculating data related to the power distribution network, wherein said power factor controller apparatus is installed in said interactive computerised environment, wherein said phase c) further comprises: acquiring data related to the rated frequency and/or voltage of said power distribution network; acquiring data related to a short circuit power factor value of the power distribution network; calculating at least one of a short circuit power, a short circuit current and a short circuit impedance value, related to the power distribution network; d) calculating an optimal tuning of a power factor target for said power factor controller apparatus, based on said phase c), in said interactive computerised environment; e) executing a basic design of said power controller apparatus based on phases c) and d) in said interactive computerised environment, wherein said phase e) further comprises: acquiring first data related to an optimal power factor target achievement, calculated in said phase d); acquiring second data related to available components related to said power factor controller apparatus based on said first data; executing a first basic engineering of said power factor controller apparatus based on said first and second data; calculating current transients related to said power factor controller apparatus; and executing an iterative procedure for optimising power factor controller apparatus based on said current transient calculation.