Design and investigation of a 15-kVAR reactive power compensation unit for different load changes

Reactive Power Compensation Units (RPCUs) are used to supply reactive power for inductive loads. Reactive power is consumed by inductive loads such as electric motors, transformers etc. In this study, a 15-kVAR RPCU was investigated for different load changes. RPCU consists of capacitor equipment in eight stages. To investigate the RPCU, an inductive load bank, a resistive load bank, and an asynchronous motor were used. At the end of the study, a performance analysis of the RPCU was performed for load changes under different conditions. Streszczenie. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badan rownoleglego kompensatora mocy biernej (ang. Reactive Power Compensation Unit) opartego na ośmiostopniowej baterii kondensatorow o mocy 15kVAr w warunkach zmiennego obciązenia. W testach wykorzystano zespol dlawikow, rezystorow oraz maszyne asynchroniczną. (Badania kompensatora mocy biernej o mocy 15kVAr w warunkach zmiennego obciązenia)

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