Power Factor Correction Actual
Power Factor Correction Actual
Power Factor Correction Actual
For this reason an AC load should be designed to have as little reactive power as possible.
Real power (P) [Unit: W] Reactive power (Q) [Unit: VAR] Apparent power (S) [Unit: VA]
Consider a canal boat being pulled by a horse. If the horse could walk on water then the angle (Phi) would be zero and COSINE =1. Meaning all the horse power is being used to pull the load. However the relative position of the horse influences the power. As the horse gets closer to the barge, angle 1 increases and power is wasted, but, as the horse is positioned further away, then angle 2 gets closer to zero and less power is wasted
Much of the discussion is made about Power Factor. Now we switch towards the means and ways to solve the problem low power factor.
Figure-1
Figure-1