Power System Capacitors
, by Natarajan, Ramasamy
- ISBN: 9781420027204 | 1420027204
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- Copyright: 3/30/2005
| Introduction | |
| History of Capacitors | |
| Capacitors for Power Industry | |
| Organization of the Book | |
| Fundamentals of Capacitors | |
| Capacitance of Parallel Plates and Spheres | |
| Cylindrical Capacitors | |
| Energy Stored in a Capacitor | |
| Charging and Discharging of a Capacitor | |
| Power Factor Concepts | |
| The Power Factor | |
| The Synchronous Condenser | |
| Industry Standards | |
| The Standard's Organizations | |
| Standards related to Capacitors | |
| Capacitor Specifications | |
| Type of Capacitor Units | |
| Specifications of the Capacitor | |
| Other Types of Capacitors | |
| Testing of Capacitors | |
| Design Tests | |
| Routine Tests | |
| Installation or Field Tests | |
| Location of Shunt Capacitors | |
| Introduction | |
| Considerations in Locating Capacitors | |
| Considerations in Handling Substation Capacitors | |
| Shunt Capacitor Configurations | |
| Cables for Power Capacitors | |
| Power Factor Improvement | |
| Introduction | |
| Fixed Versus Switched Capacitors | |
| Application of Fixed and Switched Capacitors | |
| System Impacts | |
| Reactive Power Support | |
| Voltage Profile Improvements | |
| Line and Transformer Loss Reductions | |
| Release of Power System Capacity | |
| Conclusions | |
| Series Capacitors | |
| Introduction | |
| Series Capacitors on Radial Feeders | |
| Series Capacitors for Transmission Lines | |
| Limitations of Series Capacitor Applications | |
| Other Series Capacitor Applications | |
| Conclusions | |
| Surge Capacitors | |
| Introduction | |
| Insulation Withstand Strength | |
| Sources of Fast Front Surges | |
| The Protection System | |
| Capacitors for Circuit Breakers | |
| Conclusions | |
| Capacitor for Motor Applications | |
| Introduction | |
| Reactive Power Requirements | |
| Additional Effects Due to Capacitors | |
| Selection of Capacitor Ratings | |
| Motor Starting and Related Issues | |
| Capacitors for Other Applications | |
| Electric Arc Furnace | |
| Resistive Spot Welding | |
| Capacitors for Lighting Applications | |
| Capacitor Run Single Phase Motors | |
| Ferroresonant Transformer Applications | |
| Capacitors for Pulsed Power Supply | |
| Capacitors for EHV Applications | |
| Capacitors for Energy Storage | |
| Static Var Compensation | |
| Compensation Concepts | |
| Effect of Shunt Compensation | |
| Description of Static Var Compensators (SVC) | |
| Losses and Harmonics in the SVC | |
| Effect of SVC on Bulk Power Systems | |
| Conclusions | |
| Protection of Shunt Capacitors | |
| Introduction | |
| Overcurrent Protection | |
| Protection Against Rack Failures | |
| Unbalance Protection | |
| Conclusions | |
| Overcurrent Protection | |
| Type of Fusing | |
| Fuse for Capacitors | |
| Selection of Fuse Links | |
| Effects of Open Fuse | |
| Conclusions | |
| Circuit Breakers | |
| Type of Circuit Breakers | |
| The Circuit Breaker Ratings | |
| Performance of the Circuit Breakers | |
| Circuit Breakers for Capacitance Switching | |
| Conclusions | |
| Surge Protection | |
| The Lightning Surge | |
| Type of Lightning Surges | |
| The Surge of Arresters | |
| Surge Arrester Characteristics | |
| Nature of Temporary Over Voltages | |
| Protective Coordination | |
| Conclusions | |
| Maintenance and Trouble Shooting | |
| Maintenance | |
| Trouble Shooting | |
| Harmonic Filtering | |
| Harmonic Sources | |
| System Response to Harmonics | |
| Acceptable Performance | |
| Harmonic Filters | |
| The System Response Considerations | |
| Filter Design | |
| Conclusions | |
| Capacitance-Transformer Transients | |
| The Transformer-Capacitor Energization | |
| Capacitor Switching and Transformer Transients | |
| Reducing the Voltage Transients | |
| Conclusions | |
| Capacitor Switching | |
| Introduction | |
| Switching Transients | |
| Voltage Acceptance Criteria | |
| Insulation Coordination | |
| Conclusions | |
| Induced Voltage in Control Cables | |
| Introduction | |
| Sources of Induced Voltages | |
| Acceptable Induced Voltages | |
| Example System | |
| Calculation of Induced Voltages | |
| Effect of Lightning on Control Cables | |
| Conclusions | |
| Economic Analysis | |
| Basis of Engineering Economics | |
| Cost Components | |
| Effect of Income Tax and Related Factors | |
| Economic Evaluations | |
| Conclusions | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Capacitor Circuit Fundamentals | |
| Definitions | |
| Circuit Breaker Data | |
| Surge Arrester Data | |
| Fuse Characteristics | |
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