[内容简介]The area of reactive power compensation is gaining increasing importance worldwide. If suitably designed, it is capable of improving voltage quality significantly, meaning that losses in equipment and power systems are reduced, the permissible loading of equipment can be increased, and the over-all stability of system operation improved. Ultimately, energy use and CO₂ emisson are reduced.

This unique guide discusses the effects of reactive power on generation, transmission and distribution, and looks at the compensation of existing installations in detail. It outlines methods for determination of reactive power and answers the questions that arise when controlling it, for example, at parallel operation with generators. There is also a chapter devoted to installation, maintenance and disturbances.

[目次]1 Basics of Reactive Power 1

2 Reactive Power Consumers 15

3 Effect of Reactive Power on Electricity Generation, Transmission and Distribution 23

4 Reactive Power in Standard Energy Contracts 37

5 Methods for the Determination of Reactive Power and Power Factor 43

6 Improvement of Power Factor 53

7 Design, Arrangement and Power of Capacitors 61

8 Determination of Required Power of Capacitors 75

9 Types of Reactive Power Compensation 87

10 Compensation of Existing Installations 117

11 Control of Reactive Power 123

12 Discharging Devices for Power Capacitors 147

13 Protection of Capacitors and Compensations 157

14 Switching of Capacitors 165

15 Installation, Disturbances and Maintenance 177

16 Reactive Power Compensation in Electrical Plants with Generators 189

17 Effects of Perturbation Considering Especially the Impact of Harmonics on Power Factor Correction Capacitors 195

18 Resonances in Electrical Power Systems 205

19 Reactor-Protected Capacitors and Filter Circuits 213

20 Dynamic Reactive Power Compensation Systems 241

21 Compensation Effects at Rectifiers 253

22 Environmental and Climate Protection Using Capacitors 263