Practical Application for Reactor Installation to Reduce Harmonics Resonance of Steel Factory

Abstract Harmonicis one of the problems in the power system. It needs more focus due to the number of electrical devices that generate a considerable amount of harmonics. In this paper, a reactor was designed, installation and implementation for a steel factory. The installation objective is to solve harmonic resonance and reduce billing penalties for reactive power KVA by the electric power utility—technical analysis applied to the factory main panel. The ETAP software is used to discover the problem and evaluate the solution results. The power flow and harmonics analysis of an 11 kV system is modeled and implemented. Finally, the proper reactor was calculated and installation as practical to solve the harmonic and economic issues.