Induction boilers

New meters installed in the prosumer’s buildings during investments in domestic photovoltaic micro-installations are not only an occasion to collect better information related to consumed and supplied electrical energy. They can be also used to add extra costs related to a so-called capacitive reactive energy... And this is already happening...
A very important aspect during the selection of the heating source is to follow the indication of how and whether the given equipment compensates the reactive power. Currently, there are is heating equipment (boilers, pumps or furnaces) on the market, which could deal with this problem. But are you sure? From the very beginning, during the designing of the induction boiler, we considered reactive power and we strongly focused our attention on this aspect. Shortly, equipment with a high tg φ factor generates and exports the undesirable reactive power to the grid. The higher the factor of the given heating device, the more reactive power is exported to the grid and the bigger financial penalties may be imposed on the prosumers. It is possible to use suitable “compensators” but it is connected with high costs, uncertainty, lack of safety, and fear that in the case of compensator failure the penalties may be imposed.

This problem does not apply to the users of the π boilers - why? The allowable value for tg φ in Poland is: tg φ <0.4. For π series induction boilers these values are as following: π 10 kW – tg φ = 0.07; π 21 kW – tg φ = 0.11.
You are safe!