High speed reactive compensation systems for industrial applications

Author

Wodrich, Rudy T.

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

50

Abstract

DC motor drive loads are often known to fluctuate extremely rapidly and consume large amounts of reactive power. These loads often create a high level of voltage flicker that frequently exceeds the IEEE recommended limits. Recent technological innovations now allow solid-state switching of capacitors to compensate for highly variable reactive power requirements thereby solving voltage flicker problems and vastly improving distribution system efficiency

Keywords

DC motor drives; capacitor switching; compensation; harmonic distortion; industrial power systems; load (electric); power distribution control; power system harmonics; reactive power control; DC motor drive loads; distribution network harmonics; high-speed VAr compensation systems; industrial distribution system efficiency improvement; reactive power compensation; solid-state capacitor switching; voltage flicker; Cement industry; Contactors; Control systems; Power factor correction; Power harmonic filters; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; Reactive power control; Switched capacitor networks; Voltage fluctuations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cement Industry Technical Conference, IEEE-IAS/PCA 2001.

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6501-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CITCON.2001.934097

Filename

934097