The comprehensive resource on reactive power compensation, presenting the design, application and operation of reactive power equipment and installations

The area of reactive power compensation is gaining increasing importance worldwide. If suitably designed, it is capable of improving voltage quality significantly, meaning that losses in equipment and power systems are reduced, the permissible loading of equipment can be increased, and the over-all stability of system operation improved. Ultimately, energy use and CO 2 emisson are reduced.

This unique guide discusses the effects of reactive power on generation, transmission and distribution, and looks at the compensation of existing installations in detail. It outlines methods for determination of reactive power and answers the questions that arise when controlling it, for example, at parallel operation with generators. There is also a chapter devoted to installation, maintenance and disturbances.

Key features include:

A concise overview as well as deep specific knowledge on the segment power factor regulation and network quality
Theory of reactive power compensation coupled with typical application examples such as car manufacturing, metal rolling and chemical works
Chapter summaries with charts explaining how to put the theory into practice
Coverage on the cost-saving aspects of this technology, including the efficient use of energy and the reduction of CO 2

A practical guide for electrical engineers and technicians in utilities, this is also essential reading for maintenance engineers, designers, electrical contractors, manufacturing companies, and researchers, also those in industry and planning agencies. Insightful and clear, the book will also appeal to senior undergraduate and graduate electrical engineering students and professors.

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Information

Publisher

Wiley

Year

2012

ISBN

9781119967781

Edition

Topic

Tecnología e ingeniería

Subtopic

Recursos energéticos

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Foreword and Acknowledgements
1: Basics of Reactive Power
2: Reactive Power Consumers
3: Effect of Reactive Power on Electricity Generation, Transmission and Distribution
4: Reactive Power in Standard Energy Contracts
5: Methods for the Determination of Reactive Power and Power Factor
6: Improvement of Power Factor
7: Design, Arrangement and Power of Capacitors
8: Determination of Required Power of Capacitors
9: Types of Reactive Power Compensation
10: Compensation of Existing Installations
11: Control of Reactive Power
12: Discharging Devices for Power Capacitors
13: Protection of Capacitors and Compensations
14: Switching of Capacitors
15: Installation, Disturbances and Maintenance
16: Reactive Power Compensation in Electrical Plants with Generators
17: Effects of Perturbation Considering Especially the Impact of Harmonics on Power Factor Correction Capacitors
18: Resonances in Electrical Power Systems
19: Reactor-Protected Capacitors and Filter Circuits
20: Dynamic Reactive Power Compensation Systems
21: Compensation Effects at Rectifiers
22: Environmental and Climate Protection Using Capacitors
Symbols and Abbreviations
Index
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