Methodology for defining effective power factor compensation in three-phase systems

Author

Moreira, A.C. ; Deckmann, S.M. ; Marafao, F.P. ; da Silva, L.C.P. ; Paredes, H.K.M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

fYear

2015

fDate

15-18 June 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper proposes a methodology to identify the reactive and harmonic compensation in three-phase power systems. Considering the behavior of power factor, current and voltage harmonic distortion, unbalance factors and reactive power daily variation, the developed tool is able to select two suitable solutions for power factor correction on the installation under analysis. The results gathered from computational simulations, as well as from measuring an industrial facility are presented and discussed. Based on specialist knowledge the developed tool may be very useful for finding the correct compensation solution quickly even manipulating a large amount of data.

Keywords

harmonics suppression; power engineering computing; power factor correction; power system harmonics; power system measurement; virtual instrumentation; current harmonic distortion; defining effective power factor compensation; harmonic compensation; power factor correction; reactive compensation; three phase power system; voltage harmonic distortion; Current measurement; Decision trees; Distortion measurement; Harmonic analysis; Inductors; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; Active Compensators; Passive Compensators; Power Factor; Reactive and Harmonics Compensation; STD-1459-2010; Selective compensation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonsinusoidal Currents and Compensation (ISNCC), 2015 International School on

Conference_Location

Lagow

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISNCC.2015.7174706

Filename

7174706