Course:ELEC423ElectricPowerdistribution

ExampleonDesignofPassiveHarmonicsFilter
It is desired to convert an existing 600 kVAR shunt capacitor bank to a passive harmonic filter that traps the 5th harmonics component. The capacitor is connected at 11 kV bus for power factor improvement. Find the parameters of the passive harmonic filter.

Solution: Here we have V=11 kV and the harmonic order we want to remove is 5th harmonic order (h= 5). Given that QC is 600 VAR and the total load is 3000KVA. The impedance of the capacitor at the fundamental frequency is:
XC = (11000) 2 V2 = = 201.667 600 Qcap

The impedance of the inductor at the fundamental frequency is

XL =

X C 201.667 = = 8.0667 (5) 2 h2

The shunt impedance of the harmonic filter at 50 Hz is

X f = X C X L = 193.6003

Applying IEEE/ANSI standard for the capacitor element of the designed harmonics After installing the filter, the 5th harmonic order will be reduced. In this case, we can find the amount of current that is going to pass through the filter. The current through the harmonic filter is

I f1 =

VLN 11kV / 3 = = 32.8039 A Xf 193.6003

The 5th harmonic current to which the harmonic filter will be subjected is I f 5 = (0.05) 3000 11kV * 3 = 7.87 A

We can also calculate the effective current flowing through the harmonic filter by: I eff = ( I 21 + I 2 5 ) = 33.7365 A f f

The fundamental frequency voltage across the capacitor is

Vc1 = I f 1 X c = 6615.6895V

The fundamental frequency voltage across the reactor is Vrqactor1 = V 3 I f 1 X x = 6615.6895V

Vc 5 = I f 5

Xc 201.667 = 7.87 = 317.42V 5 5

Vc (total ) = (6615.689 2 + 317.42 2 ) = 6623.3V

The ANSI standards states that the value of Vc(total) should be less than 110 % of the nominal voltage which is 12000 V, so it is within the capacitor rating.

KVAR1 = Vtotal * I eff = 223.43kVAR KVAR3 = 3 * KVAR1 = 670.3kVAR

It should also be verified that the total KVAR production of the capacitor is less than 135 % of the nominal value, which is an ANSI defined limit. This value of exceeds the nominal KVA rating by 11.7 %, so it is within the acceptable range.