Capacitor banks, a common feature in power systems, are employed to optimize power factor and enhance overall system efficiency. However, the integration of capacitors introduces the potential for resonance issues, which can result in elevated voltage stress, excessive currents, and equipment failures.
The presence of harmonic distortion due to non-linear loads within the network or due to import of harmonic from grid or power source increases the current flowing through capacitors. This is because the capacitive reactance is inversely proportional to the frequency, consequently subjecting capacitors to overload.
Resonance occurs when the inductive reactance equals the capacitive reactance. This can lead to an increase in current or voltage at the resonant frequency, which can cause damage to the equipment or system. In an electric power system, a harmonic is a voltage or current at a multiple of the fundamental frequency of the system.
This resonance can be avoided by putting a detuned reactor in series with the capacitor. The reactor shall be such that the tuning frequency with the capacitor shall be less than the dominant harmonics. This combination of power factor correction capacitor and detuned reactors behaves inductively to frequencies above the tuning frequency.
Hence, the use of detuned reactors in series with capacitors offers higher impedance for harmonics, thus eliminating the risk of overload in capacitors. The inductance value of detuned reactors is selected such that the resonance frequency is less than 90% of the dominant harmonic in the spectrum.
For reference, this is for a 1 MVA transformer (short-circuit capacity not known at this time) and 350 kVAr PF bank). It might be because the s/c current is largely determined by leakage inductance and when the formula is rearranged it appears you get some way towards the standard formula for LC resonance.
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