Capacitor Bank Protection and Control REV615Capacitor bank protection and control in medium voltage networksThe relay is intended for protection, control, measurement and supervision of single Y, double Y and H-bridge connected
ng resonance protection for capacitor banks. The overload protection includes an integrated undercurrent function which detects the disconnection of a capacitor bank and inhibits the closing of the circuit breaker for as lon as the capacitor bank is partially charged. The three-phase thermal overload protection can be used for reacto
Capacitor bank can hold dangerous voltage after disconnecting from power system unless discharging devices are connected to the capacitor terminals.
Capacitor banks require a means of unbalance protection to avoid overvoltage conditions, which would lead to cascading failures and possible tank ruptures. Figure 7. Bank connection at bank, unit and element levels. The primary protection method uses fusing.
To discharge the bank, each individual capacitor unit has a resistor to discharge the trapped charge within 5 minutes. Undervoltage or undercurrent protection function with a time delay is used to detect the bank going out of service and prevent closing the breaker until the set time has elapsed.
m, the undercurrent protection shall be blocked using the capacitor bank circuit breaker open status signal.To provide protection against reconnection of a charged capacitor to a live network and ensure complete ca acitor discharging before breaker reclosing, the relay shall include breaker re