Capacitor Bank Study #2

Back-to-Back Capacitor Switching Study: Transient

Overvoltages and Inrush Current

Thevanin Voltage Source Power Transformer Output Waveforms

11 kV, 500 MVA, 50 Hz 33/11kV, 31.5MVA Vcap
20.0
15.0

Cap. Bank Bus Voltage (kV)

10.0
RL RRL #2 #1
Vcap 5.0
BC CLOSE
0.0
-5.0
BC
-10.0
-15.0
B1

B2

B3

B4

A1

A2

A3

A4
-20.0
Output Channels B2A B2B B2C

2.0

Breaker B2 Currents (kA)

Vcap Vcap 1.0

0.0
B2A B2A
-1.0
B2B B2B

22.65 [uF] 22.65 [uF] 22.65 [uF] 22.65 [uF] 22.65 [uF] 22.65 [uF] 22.65 [uF] 22.65 [uF] -2.0
B2C B2C
0.084 [mH] 0.084 [mH] 0.084 [mH] 0.084 [mH] 0.084 [mH] 0.084 [mH] 0.084 [mH] 0.084 [mH]
x 0.190 0.200 0.210 0.220 0.230 0.240 0.250

Use the global

Breaker Control
substitution
Vcap B1 B2 B3 B4 Close Time Scenario 1:
'Breaker Under
1

Control' to adjust Closed Open Closed Open Closed Open Closed Open
B1 -> Closed
signal and channel 1
|X| B2 -> Controlled
names for Meas-Enab
C 0.2 0.22 B3 -> Open
scenarios 2 and 3. .
2 Ch. 1 . V1 s B4 -> Open
(press ctrl + g). |X| Max
D Close_Time 0 1 1 1 0.215
. Scenario 2:
3 E Ch. 2
|X|
B1 -> Closed
Multiple Multiple run breaker B1 B3 B2 -> Closed
Run control signal B1 B3 B3 -> Controlled
|X|
B2A B4 B4 -> Open
C
B2 B4
|X| Max Scenario 3:
B2B D
Open@t0
|X| E mmrun.out Logic B1 -> Closed
B2C Breaker B2 B2 -> Closed
Timed B3 -> Closed
B4 -> Controlled