Shunt Reactor Switching Characteristics and Maintenance Planning in 161 kV System

Horng-Ching HSIAO, Chiang CHENG, Chen-Li FAN

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DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2009.14032                

Abstract

The high frequency transient recovery voltage caused by usually switching operation of the circuit breakers, used on shunt reactor switching, have become a noticeable problem recently. For extension the service life time and normal operation of the circuit breakers, a well modified maintenance strategy is proposed. The field testing and experimental measurement showed the maintenance strategy proposed had been proved effectively and adopted in Taiwan Power Company.

Keywords

GCB, Switching, Shunt Reactors, EMTP

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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