Innovative Power Capacitors 

FRAKO power capacitors offer 'Made in Germany' quality and form the optimum basis for both customized fixed compensation and controlled power factor correction systems. Our power capacitors incorporate a fourfold safety system for maximum operational reliability. They are the first choice when consumers worldwide need to reduce reactive power, improve power quality and avoid charges for reactive demand.

Distinct advantages of our power capacitors:

• High overload capability

• Long service life

• Maximum operational reliability 

Ideal for demanding applications:

• Power factor correction systems
• Motor/generator compensation
• Passive harmonic filters
• Sine wave filters
• Controlled filters

Specifications of FRAKO Power Capacitors:

- Nominal voltage: 280-800 V

- Maximum continuous overcurrent at nominal voltage (50 Hz): 1.5 x IN – 2.7 x IN

- Maximum inrush current at nominal voltage (50 Hz): 200 x IN – 450 x IN

- Service life: up to 200 000 h 

FRAKO Power Electronics Capacitors

Proven FRAKO quality now available for power electronics. Ideal for filter applications.

Their compact design achieves superior thermal stability in small physical sizes and provides you with the ideal components for applications where performance and reliability are demanded.

UL Certified - IEC 61071 compliant

Available with bolt-on or fast-wiring screwless terminals.

The FRAKO PQC - Precise, Flexible and Universal - More versatile control of power factor

The new universal control characteristic curve makes the FRAKO PQC even more flexible in use. It can be relied upon to optimize the power factor not only in classical correction systems but also in state-of-the-art decentralized power generation networks. In addition, the universal control curve ensures extremely efficient operation of the power factor correction system with minimized component wear.

Continuous monitoring of system variables and control parameters means that critical situations are detected in good time. By means of selective switching, the PQC protects
the installation against overloading, thus guaranteeing safe and reliable operation of the correction system.

The FRAKO PQC offers long-term control system benefits:
• Simple installation, easy operation plus automatic initial start-up
• Universal control characteristic curve for flexible 4-quadrant
operation, offering controlled reduction of reactive power in
consumer and generator networks
• Minimized number of switching cycles to greatly reduce
the wear of components
• Continuous monitoring of the power factor correction system
• Flexible alarm management with judicious shutdown strategy
in critical situations to prevent injury or damage
• IoT ready

The new PQA 1500 - Versatile and Universally Applicable

Advanced measurement functions help reliably monitor the increasingly complex network conditions, thereby enhancing the supply security of your electrical system. The Power Quality Analyzer (PQA) is ideal as a measuring device for active and reactive power in machine branches within low-voltage main distributions. With a network connection and FRAKO bus interface, the PQA can be easily integrated into the FRAKO data acquisition system according to EN 50001.

PQA 1500 – versatile …
• Measuring device for active and reactive power for individual machines /branches
• Device for energy data acquisition with the PQM
• Successor to the EM-PQ 1500 for expansion/replacement
• Integrated web server
• Ethernet-based readout protocols (Modbus TCP, REST)

… and unversally applicable
• Network monitoring at branches and machines
• Energy meter
• Current-based overload shutdown (e.g. for wallboxes)

Highly Flexible in Communication - Highly Reliable in Data Acquisition

The Power Quality Manager, the centerpiece of every FRAKO Energy Management System, provides you with all essential energy and power quality data at a glance. With the new PQM, your Energy Management System receives an exceptionally robust core, making the recording and readout of your energy and power quality data more convenient and reliable than ever before.

• Easy operation, easy integration, easy configuration
• FRAKO-Bus, ModBus, and pulse inputs
• M-Bus via external gateways
• OPC-UA, REST interface, MQTT, data forwarding to an external InfluxDB
• Web server
• Threshold monitoring for each data point
• Comprehensive alarm management
• High protection against cyber attacks
• Modern processor technology
• Future-proof through update capability
• EMVIS 3000 software for EN 50001 included, eligible for support from BAFA (German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control)