Development and field testing of a 15-kV class adaptive VAr compensator

Author

El-Sharkawi, M.A. ; Dong, M. ; Huang, T. ; Zofran, A. ; Andexler, G. ; Venkata, S.S. ; Butler, N. ; Rodriguez, A. ; Kerszenbaum, I.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

10/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1979

Lastpage

1986

Abstract

A 15 kV class adaptive VAr compensator (AVC) is developed and field tested. The AVC is a solid state switched, binary stepped capacitor bank, used to compensate any rapidly changing reactive demand within one-half cycle without introducing transients or harmonics. The main features of the AVC are introduced followed by an historical evolution. A general description of each major module is presented and modifications as development proceeded are shown. Results from two industrial site installations are also presented showing the adverse conditions in which the AVC will successfully operate

Keywords

compensation; industrial power systems; power capacitors; power supply quality; power system control; reactive power control; testing; 15 kV; adaptive VAr compensator; binary stepped capacitor bank; development; field testing; historical evolution; industrial site installations; solid state switching; Adaptive control; Automatic control; Automatic voltage control; Capacitors; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Programmable control; Reactive power; Solid state circuits; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.473354

Filename

473354