Sukkur Institute of Business Administration University

Department of Electrical Engineering

ELE-412 Power System Stability & Control, Fall 2021

Experiment # 08: To control the impedance of transmission line and

regulate the voltage of transmission line using series compensation

Instructor: Engr. Ghulam Akbar

Note: Submit this lab hand-out in the next lab with attached solved activities and exercises

Submission Profile

Name: Muhammad Zakaria Submission date (08/12/2021):

C.M.S ID: 041-18-0040 Receiving authority name and signature:

Comments:

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OBJECTIVE:

Students will be able to control the impedance of transmission line and regulate the
voltages by using series compensation.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS:

 Must need to know the exact location of fire extinguishers, first aid box and emergency exits.
 Use only one hand during experiment and bring other to your back side.
 Must ensure that all equipments are completely insulated.
 Don’t place equipments on wet places and always perform experiment on dry places.
 Use all equipments for their own designed purpose.
 Beware of using any loose clothes or gloves etc.

BACKGROUND THEORY

It is one of the method to improve the voltages of system by connecting capacitors in series with
power transmission lines. In series compensation reactive power was inserted in series in order to
improve the impedance of power system. Besides this it also improves the power transfer
capability of line but mainly used in high voltages lines. It may be located at sending end,
receiving end, center of the power line as well as it may be located at two or more points along
the same line. In series compensation there is change in reactive power with variations in load
current. So the voltages drop levels due to sudden changes may be corrected.

LAB EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED:

 Power Meter
 Power Factor Meter
 Transmission Line
 Transformer
 Three Phase Power Supply
 Three Phase Circuit Breaker

PROCEDURE:
 First of all make sure that supply of each equipment is switched off and every equipment
is in dead condition,
 Use right hand to make connections,
 Start connecting the equipment with connecting wires,
 When you are done make sure that the connections are neat and clean,
 Now switch on the power supplies of each device,
 Now energize the devices.
 Fig#1: Circuit Diagram Connection

RESULTS:
At R 0, L 0, C 1 (Before connection of Loads):

Fig2: Connection with out Capacitor

Fig# 3: readings when capacitor is not active

Fig#3: Injecting of capacitor (C1)

Fig#4: Injecting of capacitor (C2)
R 4,L 4,C 1

Reading

R4L5C1
L6c1r4
L6C1R5
L6c2r5
CONCLUSIONS:

In this lab experiment we add capacitors in series with transmission line in

order to increase the power transfer capability. In this case for same value of receiving and
sending end voltages the phase angle in series impedance line becomes lesser then
uncompensated power line. So the reduction in value of phase angle provides higher stability.