Abstract: Back-to-back capacitor bank switching is a specific operation which combines an inrush current during a making process and a power frequency current interruption followed by a subsequent DC recovery voltage during a breaking process.
The capacitor bank is equipped with 0.040 mH transient inrush reactors to limit the frequency and magnitude of the transient currents associated with back-to-back capacitor bank switching.
Inrush current from/into capacitor banks in back-to-back switching. Back-to-back cases: As in the case of the inrush transient, the switching takes place at the peak of the B-phase voltage. A plot of the inrush current, resulting from energizing the second capacitor bank in the presence of the first, is presented in Figure 12.
On back-to-back switching, 100 times the rated current of the capacitor may occur. When paralleling, a high inrush current (Ie) with a high rate of rise (considerably above the value of a short-circuit) may occur.
Table 1 – Switching of capacitor banks (without reactor) – Up to 1.43 times the capacitor rated current at the fundamental component (factor 1.43 includes harmonics and tolerances of the capacitance). – On back-to-back switching, 100 times the rated current of the capacitor may occur.
The capacitor bank was re-energized at the voltage peak opposite in polarity with the trapped voltage to simulate the maximum transient. Table II shows the transient voltages for different combinations. Table II. Transient peak voltages for capacitor bank re- energization Cap.
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