GE Multilin announced the release of the C70, Shunt Capacitor Bank protection, control, automation and monitoring system. The C70 is an advanced protection and control system for shunt capacitor banks ...

The traditional grid has been reliable because it is centralized. When a customer flips a switch, the lights turn on. Originally, the grid was designed with large generators accounting for much of the ...

Major load areas with high levels of shunt capacitors can present special challenges to system planners and operators. Such highly compensated systems are difficult to operate and are subject to ...

Stimulated by the continuous improvement of China's industrial and residential electricity demand, increasing investment in power grid, and accelerated development of reactive power compensation ...

The input stage of an off-line power converter usually contains an LC averaging filter. A common practice is to damp the LC filter using additional reactive/dissipative components. In this article, we ...

Understanding power factor (PF) is important because it gives us a clear understanding of the efficiency of an electrical system. Put simply, it’s the ratio of true power and apparent power, which ...