Reactors

Reactor
Reactor for Detuned Capacitor Banks
Construction
three phase, iron core, double air gap Grain-oriented cold rolled electrical steel IP00, indoor mounting H class natural cooling Double enamelled copper wire. insulation class "H" standard dip varnish coating terminal blocks, cable lags, or temperature-proof flexible cables Insulation winding to core 3 kv, nomex aramid paper o temperature class c (220 C) o Temperature monitoring temperature switch, response class 120 C _ 3% Tolerance of inductance + Adjustment accuracy L=+3% Humidity Load Losses Ambient temperature Standards _ <95% <3% _ ambient < _ 40 C, acc to DIN EN 60934 / IEC 439-1- -5 C < VDE 0570 Part 2 / IEC 96/104/CD
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Design Core Protection class Insulation class Cooling Winding material Impregnation Terminals

24h _ < 35 C

A consumer whose load includes a high proportion of variable speed motor drives and/or other harmonic generating loads may require a detuned capacitor system. This would perform the function of power factor improvement whilst preventing any amplification of harmonic currents and voltages caused by resonance between capacitors and inductances in the mains. USM offers single and three phase filter reactors for this purpose. The low-loss reactors are made of specially selected tra nsformer sheets and manufactured in flat or round copper wire technology. They are dried and impregnated in a vacuum which ensures they can withstand high voltages and maintain a long operating life. Depending on their rated power. the reactors are provided with either terminal blocks or terminal lugs/cables. o If the operating temperature of 120 C is exceeded, the reactor circuit is disconnected by a thermal switch(included as standard).

Adjusted rating
The adjusted reactor is designed to create exactly the required output of reactive power, allowing for the internal voltage rise inside the resonating circuit formed together with the capacitor connected in the circuit. Note that exact sizing of the capacitor is necessary.

Non-adjusted rating
The non-adjusted reactor is matched to a power capacitor with standard rating at mains voltage. This allows for additional installation of detuning reactors in existing non-detuned systems, however, it will lead to increased output of kvar due to voltage rise inside the resonance circuit.

Example 25kvar 400V 60Hz, detuned to 245Hz(p=6%)* capacitor:

current for PFC 25kvar 400V 60Hz: voltage at capacitor terminations: adjustment of the capacitance: 1= UC = C= P = 62.5A U U = 426V 1-p f = 389

Example 25kvar 400V 60Hz, detuned to 245Hz(p=6%)* capacitor:

capacitance of standard capacitor: 414 F (3 138 F)

reactor:
reactance of the capacitor: Xc = 2

1 = 6.4 f C 0.06 = 0.384

1 UC 2

required reactance of the reactor: XL = XC p = 6.4 required inductance: L= XL = 1.02 mH 2 f

reactor:
reactance of the capacitor: required reactance of the reactor: Xc = 2

1 = 6.82 f C

resulting PFC current:

Xtotal = XC - XL = 6.02 I= U 400V = = 66.7A Xtotal 6

XL = XC p = 6.82 required inductance: * Simplified calculation (single phase) L=

0.06 = 0.41

XL = 1.09mH 2 f

Q = U I = 26.7 kvar

* tuning frequency: 189Hz (p=7%, 50Hz), 227Hz (p=7%, 60Hz) 204Hz (p=6%, 50Hz), 245Hz (p=6%, 60Hz)

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*The other voltage, frequency,7%/13%/p(%) on request.

Reactors:

SC Dimensional
TH SWITCH TERMINAL
TH SWITCH TERMINAL

- WIRE

C MAX

THS

D 4-FG A MAX

E B MAX

D
4-FG A MAX

B MAX

Fig 1

Fig 2

C MAX

THS