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Effect of the Reactive Power Compensation System on Performance Enhancement in a 900 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant  

Lee, Young Ok (Korea Western Power Corporation)
Yoo, Hoseon (KRIMF)
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Plant Journal / v.17, no.2, 2021 , pp. 48-53 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the case of a 900 MW combined cycle power plant, most of the load on the site is a rotating device and is operated at a low power factor, and the power factor decrease increases the reactive power, which causes the efficiency of the device to be consumed and unnecessary unnecessary power consumption. This study intends to present the results by installing and operating a reactive power compensation device that absorbs and removes reactive power, which is a solution to this problem, on a 6.9 kV on-board bus. As a result of application of this system, first, it was confirmed that the power factor of the rotating machine was improved to 0.22 and the load power in the house was reduced by 1.4%, and the thermal efficiency of the generator was increased by 0.1% and the power generation power by 810 kW. Next, it was confirmed that the cost of construction and operation can be reduced in the future due to economic feasibility, with a decrease of 200 million won/year in electricity loss compared to 1.5 billion won in investment, an increase of 1 billion won/year in sales, and a one-year capital recovery period.
Keywords
Reactive Power Compensation Device; Power Factor Improvement; Internal Power; Generator Thermal Efficiency; Economic Feasibility;
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