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Reactive Power Management and Power Factor Correction(5 days)

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Course Description

The reactive power management in power system is a major issue in optimal power system operation. Reactive power management mainly affect the system voltage level and the system losses. The scope of this course is to enable the participants to have an in- depth understanding of the applications, overall theory and essential issues relevant to daily operation and maintenance of reactive power management and power factor correction.

Course Objectives

  • Being able to identify the Compensation equipment
  • Understanding the fundamental theory of PF and voltage correction
  • Understanding the Objectives of reactive power compensation
  • Understanding the switching transient & over voltage
  • Learning how to Protect the power capacitor
  • Understanding the Economic justification of capacitor in distribution system
  • Understanding the VAR optimization in distribution system
  • Understanding the Load flow study in transmission systems

    • Who Should Attend?

    Engineers
    Technicians
    Electricians
    Electricity companies officers
    Any person needing an understanding of power management systems

    Day-1

    • Real and Reactive Power
    • Calculating the Power
    • Factor for a System
    • Typical Power Factor for System Components
    • Capacitor Banks
    • Synchronous Condensers
    • Shunt Reactors

    Day-2

    • Calculating the Optimum Size of Power Compensation Devices
    • Payback Period for Compensation Devices
    • IEEE Standards for Capacitor Banks
    • Manufacturer Tolerances
    • Voltage Rating
    • KVAR Rating
    • Series and Parallel Groups
    • Protection
    • Over voltage Protection
    • Short Circuit Protection
    • Unbalance Protection
    • What are Harmonics
    • Sources of Harmonics
    • Effect of Harmonics on Capacitor Banks

    Day-3

    • Protecting Capacitor Banks against Excessive Harmonic Voltages and Current
    • Optimum Location of Capacitor Banks
    • Calculating Voltage Rise due to Placement of Capacitor Banks
    • Issues in Starting Motors using Capacitor Start
    • Avoiding Harmful Residual Voltages
    • Voltage Relays

    Day-4

    • NO- VAR Controllers
    • Micro- processor Schemes
    • DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
    • Selecting the Parameters of a Distribution System
    • Calculating Voltage Drops in a Distribution System
    • Voltage Regulation in Distribution Systems using
    • Load Tap Changers
    • Capacitor Banks

    Day-5

    • Synchronous Motors
    • Static VAR Compensators
    • Comparison between the Various Static Compensation Devices
    • VAR optimization in transmission system
    • CAPACITOR CONTROL AND TESTING
    • Capacitor control
    • Microprocessor based capacitor bank controller
    • Regulations for distribution systems
    • Power capacitor standards and testing
    • Testing Standards
    • Testing Procedures