Shunt capacitor bank series group shorting (CAPS) design and application

Author

Bruns, David P. ; Newcomb, George R. ; Miske, Stanley A., Jr. ; Taylor, Carson W. ; Lee, Gerald E. ; Edris, Abdel-Aty

Volume

16

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

32

Abstract

This paper highlights results of a design study to optimize CAPS (capacitor bank series group shorting) as applied to EHV and HV shunt capacitor banks. The study concluded that CAPS can be built from standard, commercially available components, and can have economic advantage over conventional shunt capacitor banks in certain applications. While technically viable, the challenge is finding applications where the benefits are great enough to overcome the reluctance to try something new. Described are application considerations and possible applications evaluated at BPA

Keywords

capacitor storage; compensation; reactive power; 500 kV; EHV shunt capacitor banks; HV shunt capacitor banks; commercially available components; economic advantage; reactive power; reactive power compensation; shunt capacitor bank series group shorting; voltage collapse; voltage quality; Design optimization; EMTP; Low voltage; Power capacitors; Power generation economics; Reactive power; Stability; Surges; Switches; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.905576

Filename

905576