Special design and testing aspects of the 345 kV East Fishkill substation

The installation of two 135 MVAr capacitor banks in a 345 kV substation required special design of the grounding system, installation of reactors in series with the capacitor banks, closing resistors in the circuit breakers and special shielding of control cables. The authors present some of the special problems encountered in the design of the substation and the results of the tests performed during commissioning of the capacitor banks.<
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