REACTIVE POWER

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WHY REACTIVE POWER IS RETURNED TO SOURCE

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Because The vector of current is leading the vector of voltage. Your load is capacitive

[Nawaz]

This can be viewed from other term too. As we know the average power consumed by a inductor or a capacitor over a complete cycle is zero.During the first half cycle a field builds up across the inductor and during the second half cycle the field collapses. So power has to be returned back to source

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Does reactive power return from the same path where it cames from?

Can u please detail it.

[electricalexpert65]

Nawaz said:

This can be viewed from other term too. As we know the average power consumed by a inductor or a capacitor over a complete cycle is zero.During the first half cycle a field builds up across the inductor and during the second half cycle the field collapses. So power has to be returned back to source

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A bit of correction! It is not between the two half cycles. Even in the same half cycle, the charge builds up from zero to maximum in the first half of the half cycle and then from the peak to zero of the same half cycle, the built-up charge would discharge back to the source. Again, in the next half cycle, the same process is repeated albeit in the reverse polarity.

[Spir Georges GHALI]

Abdul Jabbar said:

WHY REACTIVE POWER IS RETURNED TO SOURCE

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Dear Mr. Abdul Jabbar ;

 

I thnik you are talking about the reactive power that we have from ” Capacitors Bank “.

 

First, we should know that the ” Capacitors ” are like other ” Loads ” installed on the network, so, as we have an ” Inductive Loads ” and a ” Resistive Loads “, we have also a ” Capacitive Loads “, so, the current of the capacitve loads will run to the source. But from the point of view of the source we have the ” Vectorial Sum ” of 3 currents that are ” Inductive, Capacitive, and Resistive currents “.

 

Regards.

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