A three phase, three wire short transmission line has a resistance of 3 ohms and a reactance of 8 ohms per wire. At the receiving end, a balanced 3-phase load draws a line current of 60 A at 13,500 volts line to line, 0.90 pf lagging. Assuming the receiving end voltage is maintained at 13,500 V, solve the size in kVAR of capacitors needed to raise the power factor at the receiving end to 0.95 leading.
Short Transmission Line
A short transmission line is a transmission line that has a length less than 80 kilometers, an operating voltage level of less than 20 kV, and zero capacitance effect.
Power Flow Analysis
Power flow analysis is a topic in power engineering. It is the flow of electric power in a system. The power flow analysis is preliminary used for the various components of Alternating Current (AC) power, such as the voltage, current, real power, reactive power, and voltage angles under given load conditions and is often known as a load flow study or load flow analysis.
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A three phase, three wire short transmission line has a resistance of 3 ohms and a reactance of 8 ohms per wire. At the receiving end, a balanced 3-phase load draws a line current of 60 A at 13,500 volts line to line, 0.90 pf lagging. Assuming the receiving end voltage is maintained at 13,500 V, solve the size in kVAR of capacitors needed to raise the power factor at the receiving end to 0.95 leading.
Ans. 73.28 kVAR
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