A 230 KV power factor correction installation taking into account the low voltage filters

Conference · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:696739

Natarajan, R ^[1]; Hale, E ^[2]; Ashmore, S ^[3]; Larsson, K ^[4]

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1. ABB Power T and D Co., Raleigh, NC (United States)
2. Black and Veatch Construction, Inc., Lake Oswego, OR (United States)
3. ABB HV Capacitors, Saint-Laurent (Canada)
4. ABB, Quebec (Canada)

Power factor is an important component for utilities in maintaining the overall efficiency of the power delivery. Utilities encourage industrial customers to provide their own power factor correction for low power factor loads. At the end of large capacity transmission lines utilities tend to provide power factor correction through shunt capacitor banks. With increased number of filter banks in low voltage distribution systems for power factor correction and harmonic filtering, installation of high voltage capacitor banks require careful considerations. In this paper, the study results of a practical 105 MVAR, 230 kV capacitor bank is discussed. The effect of the existing 13.8 kV filter on the installation of the high voltage power factor correction capacitors is examined. The frequency domain analysis to evaluate various resonant frequencies are also discussed.

• Research Organization: Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 696739
• Report Number(s): CONF-990410--PROC.-Vol.2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
CAPACITORS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
POWER CONDITIONING CIRCUITS
POWER FACTOR
POWER SYSTEMS
VAR CONTROL SYSTEMS