Reactive Power Mitigation and Power Factor Correction in Power Transmission Networks Using Fixed Capacitor Bank
Akeem Babatunde Akinwola1, Bassam Abdulrahman Maigel2, Fahd Alturki3, Karis John4, Ezekiel Nnamere Aneke5
1Akeem Babatunde Akinwola, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia. Email ID:
2Bassam Abdulrahman Maigel, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
3Fahd Alturki, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
4Karis John, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
5Ezekiel Nnamere Aneke, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, State University of Medical & Applied Sciences Igbo-Eno, Enugu State, Nigeria.
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 | PP: 9-13 | Volume-14 Issue-2, January 2026 | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijese.H111714080725 | DOI: 10.35940/ijese.H1117.14020126
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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.
Keywords: ETAP, PCN, FACTS
Scope of the Article: Electrical and Electronics