A large industrial plant receives 3-phase electric power from the local utility. The following loads are being fed in the plant at 11.0 kV: 1.2 +j 1.2 MVA 2.0 MW at 0.8 (lag) power factor 800 kW of pure heating and lighting (negligible reactive power) load A number of induction motors: total power output of 3,000 HP, with a composite efficiency of 0.85 and power factor of 0.88 (lag) (i) Analyse the total active power, reactive power and apparent power (ii) Compute the overall (composite) load power factor and the full load current

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A large industrial plant receives 3-phase electric power from the local utility.
The following loads are being fed in the plant at 11.0 kV:
(i)
(ii)
1.2 +j 1.2 MVA
2.0 MW at 0.8 (lag) power factor
800 kW of pure heating and lighting (negligible reactive power) load
A number of induction motors: total power output of 3,000 HP, with a
composite efficiency of 0.85 and power factor of 0.88 (lag)
Analyse the total active power, reactive power and apparent power
Compute the overall (composite) load power factor and the full load
current
(iii) Plan the capacitive VAR requirements for the capacitor bank if the
overall plant power factor is to be improved to 0.95 lag
(iv) Draw the simplified one-line diagram and the phasor diagram (power
triangle)
Transcribed Image Text:(c) A large industrial plant receives 3-phase electric power from the local utility. The following loads are being fed in the plant at 11.0 kV: (i) (ii) 1.2 +j 1.2 MVA 2.0 MW at 0.8 (lag) power factor 800 kW of pure heating and lighting (negligible reactive power) load A number of induction motors: total power output of 3,000 HP, with a composite efficiency of 0.85 and power factor of 0.88 (lag) Analyse the total active power, reactive power and apparent power Compute the overall (composite) load power factor and the full load current (iii) Plan the capacitive VAR requirements for the capacitor bank if the overall plant power factor is to be improved to 0.95 lag (iv) Draw the simplified one-line diagram and the phasor diagram (power triangle)
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