HV shunt and series reactor application
HV shunt and series reactor application
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Could someone please advise on whether it is possible to use a busbar connected series reactor (11kV, 5MVA) in shunt mode connected to the same busbar (i.e. converting a series reactor into a shunt reactor)? What are the design and construction differences between a series and a shunt reactor?






RE: HV shunt and series reactor application
The series reactor will see the load current and very little voltage drop across itself in normal conditions. So you cannot use one designed for series conncetion in shunt and vice versa.
RE: HV shunt and series reactor application
RE: HV shunt and series reactor application
Reactors are manufactured by the same people manufacturing power transformers, as reactors are sort of half transformer (single winding) so its construction will be similar to a transformer.