REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION

USING CAPACITOR BANKS IN

APTRANSCO SYSTEM
BY
ARVIND KUMAR 06L01A0202
N.HARINI 06L01A0257
SUSHEEL KUMAR PATRA 06L01A0234

External guide Internal Guide and H.O.D

Project Co-ordinator
Mr.O.Hari Prasad Mr.K.Hussanaiah Dr.J.Praveen
Asst.Div.Eng Associate Professor Professor
 ABSTRACT
• Role of reactive power.
• Need for the reactive power compensation.
• Types of compensation of reactive power mainly by
the use of capacitor banks.
• Capacitor banks installed at various substations both
at 220KV level and 132KV level for compensation.
• The data on failures pertaining to the capacitors banks
which occurred at various EHT substations.
• Functioning, failures occurred and the availability
of the capacitor bank at substations.
 CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Need for compensation
• Types of compensation
• Installation,commissionin
g and protection
• Analysis of case study
• Advantages
• Conclusion
INTRODUCTION:

• Reactive Power appears in every AC power system .

• Many loads consume active and reactive power.
• Electric network itself consumes and produces reactive
power.
• Transmission and distribution of electric power
involves reactive power losses.
 CONT..,
• There is a strong coupling between the reactive power
balance of a power system and the voltages.

• If the balance is not proper, unacceptable voltages

prevail.

• Excess reactive power means High Voltages.

• Deficit reactive power means Low Voltages.

• Reactive power imbalance, in some cases influences

the power system stability.
 NEED FOR COMPENSATION
• To maintain efficient transmission and
distribution.
• Reactive power imbalance, in some cases
influences the power system stability.
• Transfer of reactive power means a higher
current and thereby higher losses and higher
thermal loading. The latter may influence the
ratings of transformers and cables.
 TYPES OF COMPENSATION
• Shunt compensation
• Series compensation

• Latest Technology
• SVC
• Thyristor controlled swtiches
 INSTALLATION OF CAPACITOR BANKS

Consideration to be given to:

• Fire hazard
• Explosive hazard
• Ambient temperature
• Ventilation of heat
• Lightning arresters and grounding to be taken care .
 CAPACITY OF CAPACITORS
REQUIRED FOR VARIOUS LOADS
SLNO Rating of KVAR rating of LT capacitors for various RPM
motor (HP)
750RPM 1000RPM 15000RPM 3000RPM

1 3 1 1 1 1
2 5 2 2 2 2
3 7.5 3 3 3 3
4 10 4 4 4 3
5 15 6 5 5 4
6 20 8 7 6 5
7 25 9 8 7 6
8 30 10 9 8 7
9 40 13 11 9 9
10 50 15 15 10 10
11 60 20 20 12 14
12 75 24 23 16 16
13 100 30 30 19 20
14 125 39 38 24 26
15 150 45 45 31 30
16 200 60 60 48 40
 COMMISSIONING OF CAPACITOR
BANKS
• Continuous current rating of all the associated
equipment should be 1.43 times the normal current for
HT capacitors.

PROTECTION
• Protection generally consists of
• Fuse Protection
• System Protection by overcurrent relays
• Bank Protection by relays
 ADVANTAGES
• Power factor correction
• Feeder-Loss Reduction
• Release of System capacity
• Voltage- Stabilization/Regulation
• Efficient Power Utilization
• Power Quality Enhancement
• Power Harmonic Filtering
ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY
 CONCLUSION
• Attempts to make the power factor as close as
to unity.
• Proper analysis design and implementation of
the capacitor banks.
• Appropriate mounting and protecting devices
will not only reduce the bill charges but also
make the profit on long term.
 FUTURE SCOPE
• The electricity consumption depends upon the
infrastructure loads.
• Hyderabad area is going to consume more
loads in future.
• Practical implementation of the capacitor
placement technique requires further cost-
benefit analysis which in turns depends on the
costs of capacitor bank and energy saving.
 REFERENCES
 Technical Reference Book - A.P.TRANSCO.
 TURAN GONEN, “Electrical Power Distribution
System Engineering”, TATA Mc GRAW-HILL, book
Company, New York.
 Suresh Kumar “Application of Capacitors”.
 B.R. GUPTA “Power System Analysis & Design” 3rd
Edition, wheeler Publishers.
 C.L.Wadhwa, Power Systems,4th Edition, New Age
International (P) Limited,Publishers-1998
THANK YOU