Development and field testing of a closed-loop adaptive power factor controller

Author

El-Sharkawi, M.A. ; Chen, M. ; Vadari, S.V. ; Fissel, G.W. ; Venkata, S.S. ; Butler, N.G. ; Yinger, R.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

6/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

235

Lastpage

240

Abstract

A continuing effort to develop an effective, reliable, and inexpensive adaptive power factor controller (APFC) is reported. The APFC can adaptively compensate the reactive power of rapidly varying loads without adding harmonics or transients to the power system. Previously, an open-loop APFC, sized at 50 kVAr, has been built and installed at a field site in Southern California Edison territory. Based on thousands of hours of field operation, the APFC has been substantially modified to improve its reliability and effectiveness. The new design is called CL-APFC. It has a number of features that makes it more suitable for harsh environment, such as voltage fluctuations, voltage harmonics, and component failures. The latest design of a closed-loop APFC, sized at 300 kVAr, is reported, and the results of the field tests are demonstrated

Keywords

adaptive control; closed loop systems; controllers; power factor; testing; 300 kVAr; 50 kVAr; APFC; CL-APFC; Southern California Edison; closed-loop adaptive power factor controller; Adaptive control; Power system harmonics; Power system reliability; Power system transients; Programmable control; Reactive power; Switched capacitor circuits; Switching circuits; Testing; Voltage fluctuations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/60.4724

Filename

4724