Title :
The application of capacitors on rural distribution systems
Author_Institution :
Synergetic Design, Cary, NC, USA
Abstract :
The application of capacitors has become commonplace in the United States. There was a time when the application of capacitors on a wide scale basis was unusual because losses didn´t cost that much and regulators handled the voltage drop quite well. Things have changed. Losses are a major concern. Voltage quality, due to more sensitive loads, is an issue. Finally, in today´s world of cutting costs, capacitors are seen as the cheap way to reduce losses, improve voltage and get more watts out of what´s already there. The purpose of this paper is to very briefly review some of the considerations rural distribution engineers might address in the application of capacitors.
Keywords :
capacitor switching; power distribution control; power distribution protection; reactive power control; static VAr compensators; substation protection; transformer substations; VAR control; automation; capacitor switching; capacitors application; losses reduction; placement studies; power factor control; reactive losses; rural distribution systems; series capacitors; substation transformer; switched capacitor bank control; voltage drop; voltage flicker; voltage quality; Cost function; Low voltage; Power capacitors; Reactive power; Regulators; Thermal loading; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Rural Electric Power Conference, 2004
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8298-6
DOI :
10.1109/REPCON.2004.1307048
