Voltage Dip/Blackout Compensator
Voltage dip refers to a momentary voltage drop, while a blackout refers to an instantaneous power failure. They are two different phenomena. In power transmission line accidents caused by natural disasters such as lightning, a blackout can be avoided by removing short failures quickly, but a temporary voltage drop (voltage dip) cannot be avoided. Measures against the voltage dips help improve productivity significantly.
Distinction
| Voltage dip | Blackout | |
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| Phenomenon | Voltage dip refers to the phenomenon in which the voltage drops for several cycles. It continues until a failure of a power transmission line (due to lightning, etc.) is removed from the power grid. In general, a voltage dip continues for about 0.1 seconds. | Blackout refers to a phenomenon in which the voltage drops to zero for a long/short period of time. A blackout whose duration is very short is referred to as an instantaneous power failure or instantaneous interruption. Due to the use of the reclosing circuit method (in which forced line charging is conducted after recovery from insulation deterioration due to a failure of the power transmission line), a blackout continues for 10 to 60 seconds in general. |
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Features
Voltage dip/blackout compensators contribute to improving the quality of the power source (measures against voltage dip and blackout).
A lineup of equipment for optimal measures to meet the needs of customers
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| Measures against voltage dip（capacitor type) | UNISAFE(100～400kVA） |
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| MEGASAFE(1000～4000kVA） | ||||||||||
| Measures against voltage dip/blackout （battery type） |
POWERSAFE |
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| Interconnection of power generator | High Speed Fault Current limiting Switch |
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* Conform to the JIS, JEM, and JEC standards
Mechanism
Q&A
- How should I select the capacity of the voltage dip compensators (UNISAFE and MEGASAFE)?
- Voltage dip compensators are series compensators. The rated capacity is indicated based on the throughput capacity. Thus, it is recommended to estimate the maximum operating capacity of the target loads and select the load capacity less than or equal to the voltage dip compensator capacity. When selecting the capacity, it is necessary to check the load current waveform. In the case of a nonlinear load such as a rectifier, the peak value is large compared to the effective current value. Please select a capacity about 1.5-fold that of the load capacity.
- Do the voltage dip compensators feed power to loads other than the target load and cause undercapacity?
- The voltage dip compensators are designed to compensate for the undervoltage of the power source in series. The impedance on the power source is far smaller than the impedance of the target load that is connected to the output side. The compensation voltage output from a voltage dip compensator is applied entirely to the load side to maintain the load voltage. The voltage dip compensators do not feed power to different loads that are connected to the power source side.
- Are the voltage dip compensators capable of compensating for continuous voltage dips caused by multiple lightning strikes, etc.?
- The voltage dip compensators are designed to compensate for the undervoltage of the power source. In the case of a voltage dip of only one phase of the three phases, the energy required for compensation is one third of that of a three-phase drop.
As discussed above, the energy stored in the power capacitor can be used effectively depending on the voltage dips generated. Thus, the power capacitor can cope with continuous voltage dips. The time required to fully charge a completely discharged power capacitor is about 40 seconds. - Are power capacitors the only power source of the voltage dip compensators?
- The voltage dip compensators are designed to compensate for voltage dips only. Thus, power capacitors are the optimal power storage device. If it is necessary to compensate for voltage dips for a long period of time (e.g., blackout), please select POWERSAFE (a battery type).