• DocumentCode
    1874560
  • Title

    Comparing capacitive and LC compensators for power factor correction

  • Author

    Aziz, M.M.A. ; Elzahab, E. E Abou ; Ibrahim, A.M. ; Zobaa, A.F.

  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    6-9 Oct. 2002
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Abstract
    A method is presented for finding the optimum fixed LC compensator for power factor correction of nonlinear loads where both source voltage and load current harmonics are present. The LC combination is selected because pure capacitive capacitors alone would not sufficiently correct the power factor. Optimization minimizes the transmission loss, maximizes the power factor and maximizes the efficiency. The performance of the obtained compensator is discussed by means of numerical example.
  • Keywords
    optimisation; power capacitors; power system harmonics; reactive power; static VAr compensators; LC compensators; capacitive compensators; load current harmonics; nonlinear loads; optimization; power factor correction; reactive power; source voltage harmonics; transmission loss; Capacitance; Capacitors; Impedance; Power factor correction; Power generation; Power system harmonics; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses; Reactive power; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Harmonics and Quality of Power, 2002. 10th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7671-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICHQP.2002.1221403
  • Filename
    1221403