- Up to 160 MVAr
- 800 kV
- BIL 2,100 kV
A typical application of Shunt reactors is power factor compensation of a circuit, for example to compensate for the capacitance of long overhead transmission line or for much shorter lengths of HV cable. At low loads, the remote end of these lines may rise in voltage (the so called “Ferranti Effect”). This is especially prevalent in developing countries where the system may be only lightly loaded in the early years following installation
The large coils of the shunt reactor provide inductive compensation to guard against this effect. Other advantages of shunt reactors include the prevention of generator self-excitation on leading power factor loads and the reduction of over-voltages on sound phases following a single line-to-ground fault.
