Excellent. The aim of project called „Reactive power compensation panel” was to design capacitor bank with rated power of 200kVar and rated voltage of 400V adapted for operation with mains, where higher order harmonics are present. The capacitor bank was to be power capacitor based with automatic control by power factor regulator.
Capacitor Bank Definition: A capacitor bank is a collection of multiple capacitors used to store electrical energy and enhance the functionality of electrical power systems. Power Factor Correction: Power factor correction involves adjusting the capacitor bank to optimize the use of electricity, thereby improving the efficiency and reducing costs.
Such reactive power compensation devices are: The passive reactive power compensation includes the capacitor bank installation for reactive power injection. The active reactive power compensation consists of the use of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) devices to change the reactive power and active power requirement.
For example, the configuration for a 5-stage capacitor bank with a 170 KVAR maximum reactive power rating could be 1:1:1:1:1, meaning 5*34 KVAR or 1:2:2:4:8 with 1 as 10 KVAR. The stepping of stages and their number is set according to how much reactive power changes in a system.
The generated KVAR of the capacitor bank is given by… Reactive power, Qc = (Q1 − Q2) = [P × tan (∅1) − P × tan (∅2)] = P [tan (∅1) − tan (∅2)] As we get the required compensation value of reactive power provided by the capacitor bank then we can find out the capacitance of that bank. ‘Xc’ is the Impedance offered by the capacitor.
Since the detuning factor for the project was given as p=7%, one knows that the capacitor bank needs to be equipped with reactors. For this reason, some calculations have to be performed, in order to fit the power of the capacitors and its rated voltage taking into account reactive power of a detuning reactors.