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| Author(s): |
Cresencio Silvio Segura Salas
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação |
| Defense date: | 2010-10-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Luiz Carlos Pereira da Silva;
Alexandre Rasi Aoki;
Osvaldo Ronald Saavedra Mendez;
Walmir de Freitas Filho;
José Antenor Pomilio
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| Advisor: | Rubén Augusto Romero Lázaro; Luiz Carlos Pereira da Silva |
| Abstract | |
Distribution networks are continually expanded in order to supply new customers still keeping restrict power quality requirements. On the other hand, from the customer's side, it has been observed that over the years the current waveforms drawn by residential, commercial and industrial loads are changing their shape, with a clear increase of non-linear components. Capacitor placement is a common practice among utilities for reducing active power losses and improving the voltage profile of the grid. However, on the present operation context, the benefits of installing capacitors can be partially or totally lost, since the lifetime of capacitors can be drastically reduced due to the amplification of harmonic currents during an eventual resonance with the network. This thesis presents models and implementation of a simple and practical methodology for capacitor placement considering the present scenario. This methodology computes resonance indices, which are included as additional constraints on the capacitor placement problem. The formulated indices are consistent with the recommendations of the most important Standards on the area of distribution systems. Another aspect investigated in this thesis is the simultaneous placement of capacitors on primary and secondary networks, which becomes possible and viable with the evolution of low voltage capacitors in terms of manufacturing techniques and materials, associated with a continuous and significant decline of the production costs of these equipments compared to medium voltage capacitors (AU) | |