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Shunt Reactor
 They are generally provided on 400 kV lines as part of a line without
separate switching arrangement. They are basically designed to
absorb charging MVAR from the line during light load period. When
the line carries heavy load, they are a drag on the voltage, as they
cannot be independently switched off.

 Basically there are Three Types of Configurations for Shunt Reactor

1) Bus Connected

2) Line Connected

3) Transformer Tertiary Connected

 Application

In General for Voltages > 52 kV , Bus Connected Shunt Reactor is

used either with Solid grounding or with NGR grounding.

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Shunt Capacitor
 From individual blocks, with series-parallel combination,
capacitors even up to 400 kV can be built up and connected to the
EHV network. Its advantage is that it is static equipment with no
moving parts. Its disadvantage is that when reactive support is
most needed, its reactive support is less, as the reactive output
from the unit is proportional to the square of applied voltage.

 If split into different banks, each bank can be switched on or off as

per requirements. For EHV capacitor closing, recent trend is to use
point on wave closing of breaker (in addition to pre-insertion
resistors) so that inrush currents during switching is minimized.

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