IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Committee

IEEE Capacitor Subcommittee

Information for Subcommittee Members:

Next Meeting:

• The next meeting of the IEEE Capacitor Subcommittee will be at the 2013 IEEE PES General Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) on July 21-25, 2013. Click here to download the tentative committee meeting schedule. In addition, the meeting website website is now open.

Future Meetings:

• January 12-16, 2014 Joint Technical Committee Meeting (JTCM) (site to be determined)
• July 27-31, 2014 (General Meeting) in National Harbor, MD (Washington, DC Metro Area), USA

IEEE/PES Meeting Schedules and Information:

• IEEE PES Meeting Information
• IEEE PES Joint Technical Committee Meeting
• IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition

Preferred Topics for the Capacitor Subcommittee:

• Innovative Capacitor Designs/Installations
• Experience with the Application of Capacitors
  • Shunt or Series
  • Externally Fused, Internally Fused, Fuseless or Unfused
  • Maintenance Issues, Outages, Failure Investigation/Analysis, etc.
• Harmonic Filter Capacitor Banks
  • Application in Harmonic Rich Environments
  • Unusual Applications and/or Constructions
• Application of Capacitors using Power Electronics
  • Inter-Phase Power Controller (IPC)
  • Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitors (TCSC)
  • Others
• Justification of Capacitors in a Deregulated Environment
• Evaluation of Capacitor Losses
• Mobile Capacitor Banks

Capacitor Related Definitions:

• This is an assembly of definitions used in various standards related to power capacitors. The listing is intended to include all of the definitions in IEEE Standards 18 (Capacitors), 1036 (Application Guide), 824 (Series Capacitors) and 1531 (Filter Guide); and definitions from other standards and references where they are similar to those listed or are otherwise relevant. The purpose is to allow convenient comparison of the definitions used in various standards.
  • CapDefns5.pdf | CapDefns5.doc   (July 2005)

IEEE/PES Resources:

• IEEE Transmission and Distribution Committee
• IEEE Power & Energy Society
• Information on the IEEE Standards Process
• IEEE PES Joint Technical Committee Meeting
• IEEE

Subcommittee Meeting Minutes:

Download the following meeting minutes in Adobe Acrobat format:

• 2012 General Meeting in San Diego | Aaron Kalyuzhny Technical Presentation: Draft Paper | Presentation
• 2012 JTCM Meeting in Anaheim
• 2011 General Meeting in Detroit | R. Morin Technical Presentation
• 2011 JTCM Meeting in Atlanta
• 2010 General Meeting in Minneapolis
• 2010 JTCM Meeting in Lake Buena Vista
• 2009 General Meeting in Calgary
• 2008 General Meeting in Pittsburgh
• 2007 JTCM Meeting in San Antonio
• 2007 General Meeting in Tampa
• 2007 JTCM Meeting in Orlando
• 2006 General Meeting in Montreal
• 2005 JTCM Meeting in San Diego
• 2004 General Meeting in Denver
• 2004 JTCM Meeting in San Diego
• 2003 JTCM Meeting in Las Vegas
• 2002 General Meeting in Chicago
• 2002 WPM
• 2001 WPM | 2001 SPM
• 2000 WPM | 2000 SPM
• 1999 WPM
• 1998 WPM | 1998 SPM

• Shunt Capacitor Standard Working Group

  Chair: Jeffrey Nelson, Tennessee Valley Authority
  Phone: 423-751-8275 / e-mail: jhnelson@tva.gov
  

  The latest published version of the Standard for Shunt Power Capacitors is IEEE 18-2012. This standard applies to capacitors rated 216 V or higher, 2.5 kvar or more, and designed for shunt connection to ac transmission and distribution systems operating at a nominal frequency of 50 or 60 Hz. Service conditions, ratings, manufacturing and testing are covered. The 2002 revision added significant new requirements for units applied in fuseless and internally fused capacitor banks. Currently, the next revision of IEEE 18 is being developed and is close to the balloting stage. Please contact the Working Group Chair, Jeff Nelson, for further information.

• Shunt Capacitor Application Guide Working Group

  Chair: Mark McVey, Dominion Virginia Power
  Phone: 804-257-4637 / e-mail: mark.mcvey@dom.com
  

  This Working Group has just revised IEEE 1036-2010, Guide for the Application of Shunt Power Capacitors. This guide applies to the use of 50 and 60 Hz shunt power capacitors rated 2400 Vac and above, and assemblies of capacitors. Included are guidelines for the application, protection, and ratings of equipment for the safe and reliable utilization of shunt power capacitors. The guide covers applications that range from simple unit utilization to complex bank situations. The Working Group added guidelines for the application of fuseless and internally fused capacitor banks. Additional information was added to the section on capacitor switching which is the source of a task force on capacitor switching application

• Series Capacitor Standard Working Group

  Chair: Mark McVey, Dominion Virginia Power
  Phone: 804-257-4637 / e-mail: mark.mcvey@dom.com
  

  This Working Group recently reaffirmed IEEE 824, Standard for Series Capacitors, which was approved by the IEEE Standards Board at its November 2004 meeting. This standard applies to capacitors and assemblies of capacitors, insulation means, switching, protective equipment, and control accessories that form a complete bank for inserting in series with a transmission line. Included are requirements for safety, rating, and protective device levels. Functional requirements for alarm devices, maintenance, design and production tests, and a guide for operation are included. Functional requirements for protective devices are addressed, including varistors and bypass gaps.

  The Working Group wrote a paper that was published in 2001 regarding the application of series capacitors on distribution systems: Considerations for the Application of Series Capacitors to Radial Power Distribution Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, April 2001, Pages: 306-318.

  The working group is currently working on P1726 “Guide for the Specification of Fixed Series Capacitor Banks for Transmission System Applications“ This document covers a complete list of equipment, systems and engineering studies necessary to tender a Series capacitor bank from a supplier. The format is intended to streamline the design and bid process. This working group is currently working on a draft and will submit for ballot before the end of 2011.

• Series Capacitor Application Guide Working Group

  Chair: Bruce English, General Electric
  Phone: 518-746-5598 / e-mail: bruce.english@ge.com
  

  Co-Chair: Mark McVey, Dominion Virginia Power
  Phone: 804-257-4637 / e-mail: mark.mcvey@dom.com
  

  This Working Group is creating the IEEE Guide for the Specification of Fixed Transmission Series Capacitor Banks.

• Harmonic Filter Working Group

  Chair: Thomas Grebe, Electrotek Concepts, Inc.
  Phone: 423-470-9222 / e-mail: tgrebe@ieee.org
  

  This Working Group is currently not active. The Working Group developed IEEE 1531-2003 R2009, Guide for Application and Specification of Harmonic Filters. This guide addresses the selection of the (1) components, (2) protection, and (3) control of harmonic filters. It does not address the engineering required to establish the proper size and configuration of harmonic filters to achieve desired performance. This document provides guidelines for passive shunt harmonic filters for use on 50 Hz and 60 Hz power systems to reduce harmonic distortion on the system(s). (No specific standards exist for harmonic filters, although standards do exist for most of the components that are used in a filter. This guide references standards where they exist and gives typical criteria where appropriate standards do not exist.

• Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor Working Group

  Chair: Duane Torgerson, Winfield Enterprise, LLC
  Phone: 303-202-3933 / e-mail: torgerson@ieee.org
  

  This Working Group is currently not active. This was a joint Working Group with the High Voltage Power Electronics Stations Subcommittee of the Substations Committee. The Working Group developed IEEE 1534-2002, Recommended Practice for Specifying Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitors. The document addresses issues that consider ratings for TCSC thyristor valve assemblies, capacitors and reactors as well as TCSC control characteristics, protective features, cooling systems, testing, commissioning, training, documentation, operation, and maintenance. Excluded from this document are detailed TCSC modeling considerations.

• Capacitor Technical Paper Working Group

  Chair: Thomas Grebe, Electrotek Concepts, Inc.
  Phone: 423-470-9222 / e-mail: tgrebe@ieee.org
  

  This Working Group is responsible for the technical review of papers submitted for IEEE publication which are related to the economics, technical design, theoretical and experimental performance, installation, application and service operation of power capacitors.

  The technical papers that are reviewed are published in the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. The papers are submitted and reviewed using an on-line paper publication system. For a demonstration of how the paper submittal and review process works, download this Adobe Acrobat tutorial (1.62MB).

• Capacitor Bibliography Working Group

  Chair: Richard Sévigny, Hydro Quebec
  Phone: 514-840-3000 / e-mail: Sevigny.Richard.2@hydro.qc.ca
  

  This Working Group is responsible for compiling a listing of all pertinent publications and articles related to the economics, technical design theoretical and experimental performance, installation, application and service operation of power capacitors. The most current bibliographies are the Bibliography on Shunt Power Capacitors, and the Bibliography on Series Power Capacitors. These two bibliographies are available in the IEEE Power Capacitor Standards Collection.

  • Power Capacitor Bibliography, 1992-2011
  • Power Capacitor for Harmonic Filter Bibliography, 1992-1999
  • Series Power Capacitor Bibliography, 1992-2003

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