Load Flow Analysis Capacitor Bank dengan Metode Konpensasi Individual dan Konpensasi Global

Abstract

Large buildings use lots of electrical equipment. The equipment includes air conditioning systems, building transportation, pumps, and others. One of the problems often encountered is the emergence of a decrease in power factor due to inductive loads. These induction machines cause this inductive load. One way to overcome this problem, Capacitor Bank is needed. The building that we observed is a building that has been operating for more than 20 years and has undergone a Single Line Diagram (SLD) change, where the capacitor bank does not work properly so the power factor is close to 0.85. This study rearranges the SLD according to the latest electrical loads in the building. The new SLD results are simulated using the Load Flow Analysis method with ETAP software, to achieve a quality factor of 0.99. In the Individual Compensation Method, it produces a savings of 13.9 kW, and this will result in a return on investment in the 40th month, and in the 2nd method, we use the Global Compensation Method which results in an improvement of 9.7 kW and a return on investment in the 57th month.