Risks and Opportunities of Reactive Power Compensators in Environ-ments with HarmonicsStefan FassbinderDKI German Copper InstituteAm Bonneshof 5D-40474 DüsseldorfTel.: +49 / 211 / 4796-323Fax: +49 / 211 / [email protected]
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Everybody knows reactive power
But what do we really mean by it?
But what do we really mean by it?
Generation of leading reactive power = Absorption of lagging reactive powerGeneration of lagging reactive power = Absorption of leading reactive power
But what do we really mean by it?
Reactive power is the share of the power which does notcontribute to the transmission of energy (work)
So what then is reactive energy?
If the voltage is sinusoidal, the current is sinusoidal too – right?
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E. g. when a square-wave voltage with small conductive angle is applied to an inductor?
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Or when a triangular voltage with a small conductive angle is applied to a capacitor?
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Or when a triangular current profile with a small conductive angle is driven through a capacitor?
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C voltage with triangular current
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But fortunately:
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Every periodic waveform can be written as the finite sum of sinusoidal waves whose frequencies are integer multiples of the fundamental frequency
Harmonic reactive power
Currents are no longer sinusoidal Voltages are no longer sinusoidal Voltages and currents contain higher-frequency constituents
Risk that capacitors will overload
Capacitors can help to eliminate this high
frequency contamination
Static var compensators in such an environment – a threat and an opportunity!
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The real-life behaviour
Why detune?To prevent the occurrence oftransformer resonances, for example.
Why detune?To prevent the occurrence oftransformer resonances, for example.
Why detune?To prevent the occurrence oftransformer resonances, for example.
Why detune?To prevent the occurrence oftransformer resonances, for example.
So it’s quite natural to ask:What is harmonic reactive power?Well, it all depends on how you see things and how you measure them...
Detuned Static VAR Compensator (SVC)
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R Cu = 1 Ω
L = 8 mH
C = 50 µF
Detuned Static VAR Compensator (SVC)
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R Cu = 1 Ω
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C = 100 µF
Parallel resonant bandpass filter(‘rejection circuit’)
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R Cu = 1 Ω
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Parallel resonant bandpass filter(‘rejection circuit’)
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Trying to save money byTrying to save money byskimping on skimping on coppercopperusually turns out to be a costlymistake. And in the case of power factor cor-rection circuits, you can end up paying twice!According to the experts at ElectroniconKondensatoren GmbH in Gera:‘Most customers aren’t even aware that by focusing solely on cutting costs, the money they saved through reactive power com-pensation measures is lost via active power losses in the compensation circuit.’
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Example: a 58-W tube with a low-loss ballast Example: an 11-W tube with a
conventional magnetic ballast
Fluorescent lamps with magnetic ballasts:A classic source of reactive power that
requires compensation
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or in the so-called ‘duo’or lead-lag configuration
either in a conventional
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Compensation is best done right at the source – as is in fact often the case in fluorescent lamps –
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Dimensioning is 20% in error: Reactance is 32% in
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Possible overloading of capacitors attached directly to the mains due tohigher frequenciespresent in thesupply system
Dealing with side effectsof the first kind:
Filter capacitor current into a PC power supply
while switched of
Risk with parallel compensation:
Higher frequencies cause capacitor to overload, as shown here for an 11W fluorescent lamp with magnetic ballast
A reliable concept:Conventional power factorcompensation system detunedto draw off the strongest harmonics
Dealing with side effectsof the second kind:
Rejection circuits ensure that ripple-control signals don’t get lost
Cleaning effect of a 250Hz filterrecorded in a residential areain Germany, June 30, 2002, 14:30
The advantageous dual passive filtercan reduce e. g. the harmoniccontent of a dimmer current substantially
Well, this was just a model
Here come three real-life examplesof detuned static var compensators withthree different ratings, actually built and sold by a specialized companyReactive
power rating
Detuning factor
Reactor losses per
phase
I(in delta wiring)
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kVAr % W A Ω Ω µF mH mΩ10.0 7% 15.7 8.33 51.360 3.360 62.0 10.695 225.622.5 7% 24.3 18.75 22.827 1.493 139.4 4.753 69.267.4 7% 52.3 56.17 7.620 0.499 417.7 1.587 16.6
The values are convincing, losses areminimal!
Dimensioning a twin filter made of 2 acceptor circuits operating in parallel – input valuesHarmonics in the mains voltage: Ratings of your system and the filters:
No. f U f U 240.000 V Rated TRMS mains voltage1 50Hz 239.49V f 50.000 Hz Rated mains frequency2 100Hz 0.00V R 5 16.600 mΩ Ohmic winding resistance of lower frequency reactor (usually tuned to or near the 5th harmonic)3 150Hz 12.00V L 5 1.587 mH Inductance of lower frequency reactor (usually tuned to or near the 5th harmonic)4 200Hz 0.00V C 5 417.700 µF Capacitance of lower frequency reactor (usually tuned to or near the 5th harmonic)5 250Hz 8.00V R 7 16.600 mΩ Ohmic winding resistance of higher frequency reactor (usually tuned to or near the 7th harmonic)6 300Hz 0.00V L 7 0.810 mH Inductance of higher frequency reactor (usually tuned to or near the 7th harmonic)7 350Hz 4.00V C 7 213.112 µF Capacitance of higher frequency reactor (usually tuned to or near the 7th harmonic)8 400Hz 0.00V f 0(5) 195.479 Hz Resonance frequency of the 5th order filter9 450Hz 3.00V f 0(7) 383.138 Hz Resonance frequency of the 7th order filter
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A calculation template is available at:
www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/dimensioning-passive-filter-tool
Behaviour of said dual filter
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Complementary behaviourCCCurrent is proportional to the rate of change of voltage.
LLVoltage is proportional to the rate of change of current.
Reactance decreases with increasing frequency.
Energy content proportional to the square of the voltage.
Large current spikes when switching on, unless switching occurs when voltage is passing through zero.
Reactance increases with increasing frequency.
Energy content proportional to the square of the current.
Large voltage spikes when switching off, unless switching occurs when current is passing through zero.
Series LC resonant circuit (‘acceptor circuit’)
Parallel LCresonant circuit (‘rejector circuit’)
Switch on anytime(soft switching)
Zero-current switch-off (otherwise: hard switching generates voltage transients)
Zero-voltage switch-on (otherwise: hard switching generates current transients)Switch off anytime(soft switching)
Complementary behaviour
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