Project Summary

Within the scope of the project, a Reactive Power Compensation system was required to compensate the capacitive reactive power arising from XLPE underground cables used in the supply of traction transformer centers on the Bursa Light Rail System Phase II line. Accordingly, a thyristor switched reactor (TSR) based 930 kVAr reactive power compensation system was installed and successfully commissioned at SS06 Emek Station. However, due to the new lines added to the light rail system, there has been a need to increase the power of the existing reactive power compensation systems. In this context

- In addition to the 1200 kVAr rated power thyristor switched shunt reactor system at Station SS07, three single phase shunt reactors of 138 kVAr each were installed.
- In parallel with the 550 kVAr breaker-switched three-phase shunt reactor at Station SS08, an additional 100 kVAr three-phase shunt reactor was installed.

In the second phase of the project, a 350 kVA active power filter system was installed and commissioned at SS06 Emek Station to filter the current harmonics arising from the traction rectifiers that adversely affect the power quality of the system.