How to improve power factor, voltage regulation and to reduce harmonic distortion of an industrial plant, using a power system simulator

Author

Barcon, Santiago ; Suarez, Ignacio ; Flamenco, Luis

Author_Institution

Power Quality Dept., Inelap, Mexico

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

111

Abstract

The present work shows a real case of an industrial plant in Mexico and the solution of problems in the electric system caused by the damage of a static VAr compensator. With help of a power system simulation we could evaluate several alternatives of solution and determine which is better from the technical and economic point of view to be applied. The objective was to improve the conditions of electric system through a low cost solution and quick application.

Keywords

electric variables measurement; harmonic distortion; harmonics suppression; industrial plants; industrial power systems; metallurgical industries; power factor correction; power system control; power system harmonics; power system simulation; static VAr compensators; voltage control; Mexico; electric system; electric variables measurement; harmonic distortion reduction; industrial plant; power factor improvement; power system simulation; simulation software; static VAr compensator; voltage regulation improvement; Harmonic distortion; Industrial plants; Industrial power systems; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Power system harmonics; Power system simulation; Reactive power; Static VAr compensators; Voltage control;

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.2002.1221417

Filename

1221417