This was one of the thesis topics that I was considering to undertake during my Electrical Engineering undergraduate college years. Unfortunately, my adviser did not accept it because for him, it might be too easy and might involve little research.
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Last week, one of our clients sent us some question about the output of our Distribution System Loss Segregator (A.K.A DSL Segregator), which currently, on the second stage of its development.
Here is one of their observation;
One of their feeders has around 1,800 KVAR of shunt capacitors installed in three parts of the primary distribution line. Initially, base on the output of the Segregator, energy losses at the primary line is around 460 Kwh. However, when they removed the capacitors, they noticed that the energy loss decreases to 390 Kwh. This is disturbing because the effect of that change is opposite to what should be expected, that is, increase the losses because the capacitor that was removed was intended to supply Kvar that helps in decreasing losses in the line. Thereby, according to them, removing capacitor compensation should go back into a higher loss system.
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I’m wondering whether capacitor compensation will improve the voltage security of a transmission system, especially for a radial system, with both dispersed synchronous generators and wind power plants. […]
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