REACTIVATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CAPACITOR BANK - Joel A. Cardozo F. - Bog

The research, seeks to expose the current situation of the substation of 115kv thermoelectric plant, currently the capacitor banks are developed to the full range, allowing the correction of the power factor, making a diagnosis of the situation of low power factor in the substation and the selection of the type of bank which will be used according to the electrical characteristics of the company was made. The components of a capacitor bank to increase the power factor were identified. Likewise, the types of the main electrical parameters are described. Being referred in great part to the analysis of the efficiency of the capacitor bank for the increase of the active power in electrical substations which, in turn, will serve as a pilot to be applied in other capacitor banks with similar characteristics. Making use of the systemic method to identify the causes of the increase of active power in the substations, which will lead to make decisions in the respective strategic plan.