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Modern
Power
System
Analysis
I
Consider
the
operation
of
a transmission line
with
a
tap changing transformer
at
each end as shown
in Fig. 5.30.
Let
/5
and
r^
be
the fractions of
the nominal
transformation
ratios, i.e. the tap
ratio/nominal
ratio.
For example, a
trans-
kV
input has rr
-
I2lll
=
1 : fsnl
Fig. 5.30
Transmission
line with tap changing
transformer
at
each
end
With reference to
Fig.
5.30
let the impedances
of the transformer
be lumped
tn Z along
with the line impedance.
To compepsate
for
voltage
in
the line
and
transformers,
let the transformer
taps be set
at off nominal
values,
rr and
ro.
With reference
to the circuit
shown. we
have
trnrVs= t^nrVo+
IZ
(s.8e)
From
Eq.
(5.75)
the
voltage drop
ref'erred to the high voltage
side is
given
by
tAvl
=
!I,!jIQs-
t
on,rlVol
lAVl
-
tsn,
lTsl
-
ton2lVol
Characteristics
and
Performance of Power Transmission
Lines
fi.l7!J,
I
l.{Vl
which is to be compensated.
Thus merely
tap setting as a
method
of
voltage drop compensation
rvould
give
rise to excessively
large tap
setting if
compensation exceeds
certain limits. Thus, if the
tap setting dictated
by Eq.
setting range
(usually
not more than + 20Vo),
it
would
be necessary
to
simultaneously inject
VARs at the receiving-end in
order to maintain
the
desired
voltage
level.
Compensation
of Transmission Lines
The
perfonnance
of
long
EHV AC transmission
systems can be improved
by
reactive compensation
of series or shunt
(parallel)
type.
Series capacitors
and
shunt reactors are used to
reduce artificially the
series reactance
and shunt
susceptance
of lines and thus
they act as the line compensators.
Compensation
of lines
results in improving the system stability
(Ch.
12) and voltage
conffol,
in
increasing
the
efficiency of
power
transmission, facilitating
line energization
and reducing
temporary
and
transient overvoltages.
Series compensation
reduces. the series impedance
of the
line
which
causes
voltage
drop
and
is the
most
important factor
in finding
the maximum power
transmission capability
of a
line
(Eq. (5.70)).
A, C and D constants
are
functions of Z and
therefore the also affected by change in the value
of. Z, but
these
changes are small
in comparison to the change
in B as
B
=
Z for the
nominal
-rr
and
equals Z
(sinh
4ll)
for the equivalent
zr.
.,
The
voltage
drop
AV due to series compensation is
given
by
AV
=
1R cos
S,
+ I(X,.
-
X.) sin ,!,
(s.e4)
Here
X,
=
capacitive reactance of the series capacitor
bank
per
phase
ancl
X,
is thc
total
incluctive rcactance of
the
line/phasc. In
practice,
X.
may be so
selected that the
factor
(XL
-
X.) sin
Q,
becomes
negative
and
equals
(in
magnitude) R cos
/,
so that AV
becomes zero. The
ratio X=IXL
is
called
"compensation
factor"
and when expressed
as a
percentage
is
known
as the
"percentage
compensation".
The extent of
effect of compensation depends
on the number,
location
and
circuit
arrangements
of series capacitor and
shunt reactor
stations. While
planning
long-distance
lines, besides the average
degree
of compensation
required,
it is required
to find out the most appropriate
location
of the
reactors
and capacitor banks,
the optimum connection scheme
and the
number
of
intermediate stations.
For finding the operating conditions
along
the
line, the
ABCD constants of the
portions
of line
on
each
side of the capacitor
bank,
and
ABCD
constants of the
bank may
be
first found
out and
then
equivalent
constants
of the series
combination of line-capacitor-line
can then
be
arrived
at
by
using the formulae
given
in Appendix B.
In India, in states
like UP, series compensation is
quite
important
since
super
thermal
plants
are located
(east)
several hundred kilometers
from
load
centres
(west)
and large
chunks of
power
must be
transmitted
over long
distances.
Series
capacitors also help
in
balancing the voltage
drop of two parallel
lines.
Now
(s.e0)
(s.e1)
In
order that
the voltage
on the
HV side
of
the
two transformers
be of
the
same
order and
the tap setting
of each
transformer
be the
minimum,
we choose
tstn=
1
(5.92)
SubstitutinE
tn=
llttin
Eq.
(5.91)
and
reorganising,
we obtain
trnrlvrl-
tonrlvol
+
RPR+xQR
t
*nrlVol
.r( ,
RPR
+xgo
) _
n2 lvRl
"['
"r"rWW
)-
",
W
(s.93)
For
complete
voltage drop
compensation,
the
right hand side
of Eq.
(5.93)
should
be unity.
It
is obvious
from
Fig. 5.30
that rr
> 1 and
tn 1 I
for voltage
drop
compensation.
Equation
(5.90)
indicates
that
/^
tends
to increase*
the
voltage
-This
is so
because fn
< 1 increases
the line
current / and
hence
voltage
drop.