Bulletin 1413 Capacitor Bank Controller

Easy-to-Use Solution to Help Reduce Power Factor Penalties, kW Demand Charges and Release kVA Loading

Benefits
Basic and advanced control of capacitor banks to help reduce power factor penalties and kVA demand charges Ability to monitor and control VARs to multiple feeders Advanced VAR control modes for precise power factor control Simple addition of I/O for additional steps and functionality (e.g., alarming) Local and remote communications capabilities for programming, viewing, sending information and alarming for real time electrical system status Easy to configure and view through an optional display module Full functioning real time power & energy monitoring (Hundreds of parameters captured, logged, and available within the PowerMonitor for taking action and/or passing to other systems displayed locally and/or remotely) Open system architectures utilizing the familiarity with PLCs and standard off-the-shelf hardware Seamless integration into Rockwell Automation and third- party HMI and SCADA systems

Designed for various capacitor bank control applications, the Allen-Bradley Bulletin 1413 Capacitor Bank Controller is a pre-engineered PLC-based solution. It combines standard, off-the-shelf, Allen-Bradley hardware with application programming necessary to perform power factor correction in one single package. The Allen-Bradley Capacitor Bank Controller is unique in its flexibility and adaptability compared with other standard, fixed-function capacitor control products available in the market today. Start using this powerful, affordable, and easy to use solution to help reduce power factor penalties, kW demand charges, and release kVA loading.

Description
The Capacitor Bank Control system consists of a MicroLogix 1400 controller, one or more PowerMonitor 1000s, a standard that is built-in the MicroLogix 1400 controller, and an optional Human-Machine Interface (HMI). Pre-engineered programming in the controller gathers real and reactive power data from up to four power feeds including utility feeds and/or generators. The logic operates on the data in standard engineering units of kVAR & kW and acts to minimize imported and exported reactive power by switching up to ten individually switched capacitor groups. This strategy controls power factor within specified limits while providing the flexibility to modify the system to meet the specific requirements of the application.

Features
Auto and/or manual step size configuration Discharge timer on each step Selectable operating modes Manual operation First-in, Last-out (FILO) Balanced Distribute usage of capacitor steps Best Fit Finds best match of capacitor step size to system kVAR needs Alarms Bad step, indicates blown fuse, capacitor failure Target power factor not achieved High / Low voltage PowerMonitor data concentrated into the MicroLogix controller and displayed with an optional HMI Metering phase current, line voltage, frequency, real and reactive power, power factor

Options
Up to three additional PowerMonitors to aggregate up to four total feeds PanelView Component HMI terminal with Ethernet communications

1 MicroLogix 1400 base unit with: 120/240V AC control power, (12) 24V DC inputs and (12) relay outputs 2 PowerMonitor 1000 EM3 Ethernet 3 PanelView Component C600 Touch monochrome

Catalog Number 1413-CAP-ME 1413-CAP-ME-PE

MicroLogix 1400 Ethernet Ethernet

PowerMonitor 1000 Ethernet Ethernet

PanelView Component C600 None Ethernet

1
DC OUT + 24V IN0 IN2 COM 1 IN5 IN7 IN8 IN10 COM3 IN13 IN15 IN17 IN19 NC NC IN4 IN6 COM2 IN9 IN11 IN12 IN14 IN16 IN18 NC NC NC COM1 IN1 IN3
COM COMMO COMM1 DCO M2 BAT MM .LO U-D ISP

MicroLogix 1400
MEMORY MODULE

OK

DSC
VAC L1 VAC L2/N OUT 0 OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 3 OUT 4 VAC DC5 OUT 7 OUT 8 OUT 10 NC NC VAC DC0 VAC DC1 VAC DC2 VAC DC3 VAC DC4 OUT 5 OUT 6 VAC DC6 OUT 9 OUT 11 NC

DC IN RELAY OUT AC POWER

Optional Ethernet HMI Ethernet Local Area Network by Customer

RS-485

RS-485 RX TX

STATUS Mod Net

Powermonitor 1000
+

RS-485

RS-485 RX TX

STATUS Mod Net

Powermonitor 1000
+

RS-485

RS-485 RX TX

STATUS Mod Net

Powermonitor 1000
+

RS-485

RS-485 RX TX

STATUS Mod Net

Powermonitor 1000

ACT

LNK

SHLD

ACT

LNK

SHLD

ACT

LNK

SHLD

ACT

LNK

SHLD

PowerMonitor 1000

Optional Additional PowerMonitors

Allen-Bradley, MicroLogix, PanelView and PowerMonitor are trademarks of Rockwell Automation, Inc. Trademarks not belonging to Rockwell Automation are property of their respective companies.

Publication 1413-PP001B-EN-P April 2011 Supersedes Publication 1413-PP001A-EN-P July 2005

Copyright 2011 Rockwell Automation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA.