ANALYSIS OF REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION MEANS IN ELECTRIC NETWORKS OF AZERBAİJAN

Abstract

The article analyzes the existing reactive power compensation in the electrical systems of Azerbaijan, and also examines the problems and shortcomings that arise in the reliable supply of electrical energy to consumers and provides information about the sources of RP that are produced in the industry of the republic. The most important task that requires solving the problem of improving the quality of electrical energy in the country's networks, both at the design stage and at the operation stage of electrical power supply systems, is reactive power compensation. Based on this, it is necessary to select RP sources, their favorable placement, regulation and calculation of their power in accordance with the existing power supply system. Benefits RP in industrial electrical networks include many issues, the solution of which is aimed at increasing the effective power factor and stability of electrical devices, their efficiency, improving the quality of electricity and, in general, the reliability of the electrical system. Currently, there are still issues that have not been resolved and require a special approach for their implementation. Such important issues include: determining the installation of compensation devices, choosing their number, type, safe operation and protection. In the industrial power grids of Azerbaijan, issues of automatic control of RP are at the development stage and for this development, adequate mathematical models of a rational RPK system with minimal losses are being considered. To solve the above, targeted scientific methods are created. The problem of RPK in modern electrical systems of Azerbaijan is important for the following reasons: 1) the consumption of reactive energy increases due to an increase in loads with the consumption of reactive current in the country’s electrical networks; 2) the growth of RP consumption is accelerating compared to active consumption in many sectors of industrial production; 3) there is an increase in reactive energy consumption not only in large urban power grids, but also in small rural ones. Keywords: reactive power, compensating devices, electrical devices, energy, system, quality, synchronous compensator, static capacitor.