Overvoltage protection in capacitor cabinet

How to protect a capacitor bank against overvoltage?

The protection of the capacitor bank against overvoltage is required to avoid permanent damage to the bank. The abnormal conditions or faults may result in overvoltage. This will affect the thin conducting material of the capacitor bank. To avoid internal failure of the capacitor bank resistance or reactances are used to suppress the overvoltage.

How to reduce overvoltage in a capacitor?

To avoid internal failure of the capacitor bank resistance or reactances are used to suppress the overvoltage. The reactor is one of the best solutions to limit the voltage and current transients. The Reactor is formed by a coil with a large number of turns and has a high value of resistance.

Do capacitor banks protect against switching transients?

But during the switching of capacitors transients are produced in the system and leads to the failure of power electronic equipment. The proposed paper focused on capacitor bank protection against switching transients. Keywords: Capacitor Operation, Transient Current and Voltage, Capacitor Protection Techniques, Reactors.

What is the maximum protective level of a capacitor bank?

If a capacitor bank is to survive the expected life of the installation, this value must be known and absolutely guaranteed. The maximum protective level of a series capacitor bank is the ratio between peak voltage across the MOVs during a maximum fault event divided by peak value of the voltage across the capacitors at rated continuous current.

How do capacitor banks reduce power loss and improve power quality?

To reduce the power loss and improve the power quality, the capacitor banks are introduced at the consumer end. Meanwhile, it maintains the system's stability. During the switching operation of the capacitor bank, the generated transients are suppressed by introducing a reactor or resistor into the system.

What causes overvoltage in a capacitor unit?

Each capacitor unit consist of a number of elements protected by internal fuses. Faulty elements in a capacitor unit are disconnected by the internal fuses. This causes overvoltages across the healthy capacitor units. The capacitor units are designed to withstand 110% of the rated voltage continuously.