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2.9 Reactors<br />
Richard F. Dudley, Michael Sharp, Antonio Castanheira, and Behdad Biglar<br />
Reactors, like capacitors, are basic to and an integral part of both distribution and transmission power<br />
systems. Depending on their function, reactors are connected either in shunt or in series with the network.<br />
Reactors are connected either singularly (current-limiting reactors, shunt reactors) or in conjunction<br />
with other basic components such as power capacitors (shunt-capacitor-switching reactors, capacitordischarge<br />
reactors, filter reactors).<br />
Reactors are utilized to provide inductive reactance in power circuits for a wide variety of purposes,<br />
including fault-current limiting, inrush-current limiting (for capacitors and motors), harmonic filtering,<br />
VAR compensation, reduction of ripple currents, blocking of power-line carrier signals, neutral grounding,<br />
damping of switching transients, flicker reduction for arc-furnace applications, circuit detuning,<br />
load balancing, and power conditioning.<br />
Reactors can be installed at any industrial, distribution, or transmission voltage level and can be rated<br />
for any current duty from a few amperes to tens of thousands of amperes and fault-current levels of up<br />
to hundreds of thousands of amperes.<br />
2.9.1 Background and Historical Perspective<br />
Reactors can be either dry type or oil immersed. Dry-type reactors can be of air-core or iron-core<br />
construction. In the past, dry-type air-core reactors were only available in open-style construction (Figure<br />
2.9.1), their windings held in place by a mechanical clamping system and the basic insulation provided<br />
by the air space between turns. Modern dry-type air-core reactors (Figure 2.9.2) feature fully encapsulated<br />
windings with the turns insulation provided by film, fiber, or enamel dielectric. Oil-immersed reactors<br />
can be of gapped iron-core (Figure 2.9.3) or magnetically shielded construction. The application range<br />
FIGURE 2.9.1 Open-style reactor.<br />
for the different reactor technologies has undergone a major realignment from historical usage. In the<br />
past, dry-type air-core reactors (open-style winding technology) were limited to applications at distribution-voltage<br />
class. Modern dry-type air-core reactors (fully encapsulated with solid-dielectric-insulated<br />
windings) are employed over the full range of distribution and transmission voltages, including high<br />
voltage (HV) and extra high voltage (EHV) ac transmission voltage classes (high-voltage series<br />
reactors) and high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) systems (ac and dc filter reactors, smoothing<br />
reactors). Oil-immersed reactors are primarily used for EHV-shunt-reactor and for some HVDCsmoothing-reactor<br />
applications. Dry-type iron-core reactors (Figure 2.9.4) are usually used at low<br />
voltage and indoors for applications such as harmonic filtering and power conditioning (di /dt,<br />
smoothing, etc.). Applicable IEEE standards, such as IEEE C57.21-1990 (R 1995), IEEE C57.16-1996<br />
(R 2001), and IEEE 1277-2000, reflect these practices. [6,8,9]<br />
These standards provide considerable information not only concerning critical reactor ratings, operational<br />
characteristics, tolerances, and test code, but also guidance for installation and important application-specific<br />
considerations.<br />
2.9.2 Applications of Reactors<br />
2.9.2.1 General Overview<br />
Reactors have always been an integral part of power systems. The type of technology employed for the<br />
various applications has changed over the years based on design evolution and breakthroughs in<br />
construction and materials. Dry-type air-core reactors have traditionally been used for current-limiting<br />
applications due to their inherent linearity of inductance vs. current. For this application, fully<br />
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