Optimum Shunt Capacitor for Power Factor Correction at Busses with Lightly Distorted Voltage
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
- Vol. 2 (1) , 165-173
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tpwrd.1987.4308087
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to determine the effect of time variation of system impedances and voltage harmonics on the value of optimum capacitor for power factor correction at busses with nonsinusoidal voltage. Two types of 24 hours time-variation of voltage harmonices and Thevenin impedance are assumed. The equivalent load impedance is also considered time variable and assumed to contain a large proportion of induction motors. The daily energy losses are computed and graphed in function of the shunt capacitance used for power factor correction. The results of this study indicate that in order to avoid resonances and to find the optimum capacitor the time variation of harmonics and system impedances must be known as precise as possible.Keywords
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