Gilbert Electrical Systems shunt reactors are built to IEEE Std. C57.21. This is for reactors 500 KVA and over. However, on smaller reactors we use this standard as our guide.
Our pad mounted shunt reactors are built with COPPER WINDINGS and use magnet wire.
The tank is filled with a transformer MINERAL OIL.
The iron core reactor is placed in a ¼ INCH TANK
The air cabinet is constructed of 11GA pickled and oiled welded steel painted with DuPont Powder Coat paint.
Gilbert Electrical Systems is the leader in oil filled and shunt reactors. Shunt reactors are used for adding lagging VARs to compensate for capacitive generation in long cable runs.
Essentially, shunt reactors are sized in the same manner as adding capacitors, by changing the power factor.
These reactors can be three-phase, single phase, and live or dead front, pad mounted design. Or can be single-phase pole mounted design.