Significance of Reactive Power Management

In Power System Network

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 Loads in Power System Network

• Power system network realize different kinds of loads connected to it.

• Reactive loads like transformers, transmission lines etc. introduce a lot of reactive
power demand in the network.
• The more reactive loads bring phase shift in the voltage and current, the more reactive
power is introduced in the transmission line.
• Ideally, we would like the reactive power to be zero such that all the generated power
is absorbed by the load.
• To make the transmission lines efficient, to allow the utilization of maximum
generated power, we need to reduce the reactive power demand.
 Reactive Power Control
• Most of the loads are inductive and hence, there is a tendency of current to lag in the
power system network.
• For the most part in reactive power control, we try to introduce capacitive effect in the
line.

Reactive power Compensation Techniques

• Shunt Compensation
• Series Compensation
• Synchronous Condensers
• Static VAR Compensators
• Static Compensators
 Power Factor Control

Fig: STATCOM

Fig: Shunt Compensation

Fig: Synchronous
Compensation

Fig. SVC

Fig: Series Compensation