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Reactive Power Mitigation and Power Factor Correction in Power Transmission Networks Using Fixed Capacitor Bank

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  • 1. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, State University of Medical & Applied Sciences Igbo-Eno, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Contributors

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  • 1. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
  • 3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
  • 4. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, State University of Medical & Applied Sciences Igbo-Eno, Enugu State, Nigeria.

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Abstract: Improvement of the power factor and mitigation of reactive power for nonlinear loads is the aim of this article. Power factor plays a significant role in the efficiency of the Electrical power network: a 14-bus 330kV transmission network implemented in the ETAP 19.0 Simulation Environment. A 16MVar capacitor bank was used to inject voltage into the system at bus 6, which had the lowest voltage. The placement of the capacitor bank improved the voltage profile from 94.91% to 95.41% (0.5%). The reactive power component decreased from 100 MVar to 55 MVar. This result enhances the system voltage profile and mitigates the effect of reactive power caused by a lagging power factor.

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DOI
10.35940/ijese.H1117.14020126
EISSN
2319-6378

Dates

Accepted
2026-01-15
Manuscript received on 25 June 2025 | First Revised Manuscript received on 28 October 2025 | Second Revised Manuscript received on 13 December 2025 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 January 2026 | Manuscript published on 30 January 2026.

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