ESTIMATING THE CAPACITOR SIZES REQUIRED FOR

IMPROVING THE INSTANTANEOUS AND THE AVERAGE

POWER FACTOR

tan

tan cos

(0.95)

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1. Calculate QCmin Pat max pf tan max pf tan cos (0.95)

2. Calculate QC max Pat min pf

3. Calculate the fixed QC f QC min

min pf

QC max QC min
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4. Calculate the new instantaneous power factor PFi

5. Calculate the average power factor PFav

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Pi 2 Qi QC f

PF
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SUBSTATION 2B
Feeder No. KC13
P1 (MW)
Q1(MVAr)
PF1
P2 (MW)
1.06
0.54
0.891039497
1.55
1.03
0.54
0.885663176
1.44
1.03
0.56
0.878546702
1.46
1.06
0.57
0.880737758
1.41
1.14
0.66
0.865426285
1.55
1.1
0.65
0.860926528
1.62
1.07
0.66
0.851111635
1.5
1.05
0.68
0.839355622
1.52
1.16
0.74
0.84306244
1.69
1.34
0.85
0.844439057
1.87
1.38
0.87
0.845925603
1.99
1.4
0.87
0.849358835
2.07
1.45
0.88
0.85488091
2.17
1.44
0.9
0.847998304
2.17
1.44
0.91
0.845349378
2.19
1.5
0.93
0.849902692
2.14
1.52
0.91
0.857990583
2.08
1.52
0.9
0.860475389
2.13
1.5
0.88
0.862524906
2.11
1.53
0.88
0.866845089
2.11
1.5
0.87
0.865031189
2.05
1.5
0.86
0.867530429
2.09
1.46
0.85
0.864207962
2.05
1.32
0.75
0.869456557
1.94
Feeder No. KC13

Pi

PF1 PFn

Feeder No. KD13

Q2 (MVAr)
PF2
0.98
0.845229646
0.93
0.840039378
0.9
0.851257688
0.86
0.853730527
0.97
0.847690916
1.01
0.848586342
1
0.832050294
1.04
0.825307261
1.11
0.835835163
1.21
0.839570157
1.3
0.837191883
1.35
0.837610597
1.42
0.836765764
1.42
0.836765764
1.42
0.839055826
1.42
0.833246407
1.38
0.833280904
1.36
0.842845835
1.33
0.845964921
1.3
0.851381117
1.29
0.846370703
1.3
0.849137591
1.24
0.855646015
1.19
0.852411748

Feeder No. KD13

PFmin

0.839355622

PFmin

0.825307261

PFmax
Pat min pf

0.891039497

0.855646015

1.05 MW

PFmax
Pat min pf

1.06 MW

Pat max

Pat max

MATLAB program

pf

pf

1.52 MW
2.05 MW

n=24;t=1:24;
P1=[1.06 1.03 1.03 1.06 1.14 1.10 1.07 1.05 1.16 1.34 1.38 1.40 1.45 1.44 1.44 1.50 1.52 1.52 1.50
1.53 1.50 1.50 1.46 1.32];
P2=[1.55 1.44 1.46 1.41 1.55 1.62 1.50 1.52 1.69 1.87 1.99 2.07 2.17 2.17 2.19 2.14 2.08 2.13 2.11
2.11 2.05 2.09 2.05 1.94];
Q1=[.54 .54 .56 .57 .66 .65 .66 .68 .74 .85 .87 .87 .88 .90 .91 .93 .91 .90 .88 .88 .87 .86 .85 .75];
Q2=[.98 .93 .90 .86 .97 1.01 1 1.04 1.11 1.21 1.30 1.35 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.38 1.36 1.33 1.30
1.29 1.30 1.24 1.19];
PF1=P1./sqrt((P1.^2)+(Q1.^2));
PF2=P2./sqrt((P2.^2)+(Q2.^2));
qcmin1=1.06*((tan(acos(.8910))-tan(acos(0.95))))
qcmin2=2.05*(tan(acos(.8556))-tan(acos(0.95)))
qcmax1=1.05*((tan(acos(.8394))-tan(acos(0.95))))
qcmax2=1.52*(tan(acos(.8253))-tan(acos(0.95)))
qcf1=qcmin1+((qcmax1-qcmin1)/2)
qcf1=0.3
qcf2=qcmin2+((qcmax2-qcmin2)/2)
qcf2=0.575
pfnew1=P1./sqrt((P1.^2)+((Q1-qcf1).^2))
pfnew2=P2./sqrt((P2.^2)+((Q2-qcf2).^2))
pfnewav1=(sum(pfnew1)-((.9991+.9819)/2))/(n-1)
pfnewav2=(sum(pfnew2)-((.9991+.9819)/2))/(n-1)
pfav1=(sum(PF1)-((pfnew1(1)+pfnew1(n))/2))/(n-1)
pfav2=(sum(PF2)-((pfnew2(1)+pfnew2(n))/2))/(n-1)
subplot(2,1,1),plot(t,PF1,t,pfnew1)
subplot(2,1,2),plot(t,PF2,t,pfnew2)
Answers :
qcmin1 = 0.1917
qcmin2 = 0.5664
qcmax1 = 0.3348
qcmax2 = 0.5404
qcf1 = 0.2632
qcf1 = 0.3000
qcf2 = 0.5534
qcf2 = 0.5750
pfnew1 =
0.9753 0.9739 0.9696 0.9691 0.9536 0.9529 0.9478 0.9403 0.9350
0.9251 0.9243 0.9262 0.9285 0.9231 0.9208 0.9220 0.9281 0.9302 0.9327 0.9351
0.9348 0.9368 0.9358 0.9465
pfnew2 = 0.9675 0.9709 0.9761 0.9802 0.9690 0.9658 0.9621 0.9563 0.9534
0.9469 0.9396 0.9365 0.9318 0.9318 0.9330 0.9301 0.9326 0.9383 0.9415
0.9457 0.9442 0.9448 0.9512 0.9532
pfnewav1 = 0.9381
pfnewav2 = 0.9484
pfav1 = 0.8560
pfav2 = 0.8372