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What happens to reactive power in a circuit that has both inductance and capacitance?
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Inductors are considered to be a load for reactive power, meaning that they will draw reactive power from the system. Capacitors are considered to be sourced of reactive power, they feed reactive power into the system. If you have a circuit that is at unity (balanced with inductors and capacitors) no reactive power will be drawn from the source. You will have unity power factor. If your circuit is more inductive than capacitive it will be drawing reactive power from the source. The opposite is also true for capacitors.
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Explain what happens to current in a purely inductive circuit?
Current in a purely inductive circuit lags the voltage by 90 degrees. The apparent power in such a circuit will be zero, because the power factor is zero, however, energy will still be transferred, and VARs (Volt-Amps-Reactive) will be non-zero.
What happens to an inductive circuit when capacitance is added for power factor correction?
The capacitance counter acts the inductivity (decreases it) without impacting the resistivivity, thus increasing the power factor, or resistivity / inductivity ratio.
What would happen if the length of wire increase what happens to the capacitance?
capacitance also increase
What happens to the current Amps flowing in a circuit when you raise or lower the frequency Hertz?
This question is not asking about household power circuits which typically have an almost constant frequency of 50 Hz or 60 Hz. If a circuit includes inductance and capacitance then the answer below, marked by *** is incorrect. That answer is correct for purely resistive loads only.An electric motor has inductance as well as resistance. The circuit inside a typical fluorescent light fixture contains a ballast - which has resistance and inductance - and a tube, which has capacitance, inductance and resistance. The currents flowing in the motor and the fluorescent light fixture would vary considerably if the frequency of the applied alternating voltage was allowed to alter.Two other common examples:i) a Hi-Fi or similar audio amplifier, driving a loudspeaker: the speaker has a coil in it which has inductance. The current (and hence the output power) of the speaker varies considerably with the audio frequency, typically between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz (20 kiloHertz). For that reason different sized speakers - such as tweeters, mid-range, woofers and sub-woofers - each having different sizes of inductance and capacitance, are commonly used to produce the best "total overall sound output" from an amplifier.ii) a tuning circuit for a radio: this must use both an inductance coil and a tuning capacitor. The current flowing in those components varies enormously between "out-of-tune" and "in-tune" settings of the tuning capacitor which makes the circuit tune "in" and "out" of radio frequencies in a specific range which the tuning circuit was designed to handle. Radio frequencies range between 50 kiloHertz and hundreds of GigaHertz or more. Changing the power source from AC to DC may have an effect on the current drawn but is dependent on the nature of the load. Any device is designed for AC or DC operation but rarely both. *** Note: the following answer is incorrect except for purely resistive loads. ***The frequency of an AC voltage line has no effect on the current drawn for any given power. Voltage does have an effect on the current.
Why out put current increase in transformer with capacitance load?
ferranti effect...B.*If we use capacitive load the stator MMF aid the rotor MMF. It means that in times of capacitive load rotor flux and main field flux are additive. So the alternator voltage increase with capacitance loading.[By Akhtaruzzaman08]
What happens when inductance is equal capacitance?
Inductance and capacitance are never equal, since they have different units.It's like asking "What happens when temperature is equal to cost ?"It's possible for the inductive and capacitive reactances to be numerically equal,though. That only happens at one frequency, and when it does, your circuit isat resonance.
What happens if current flows through 2 parallel current in the same direction?
With the possible exception of some circuits that have inductance and capacitance in parallel and are excited by a pulse or an alternating voltage, the currents in two parallel branches of a circuit are ALWAYS in the same direction.
What happens to the current in a circuit if a volt battery is removed and is replaced by a 3 volt battery?
The battery cannot be removed quickly! Inductance of the wiring stores energy and keeps the current flowing and decaying smoothly. There will be an opposite polarity, higher voltage pulse on the battery terminals, limited by the circuit capacitance only.
What happens to the current in a circuit if a 1.5-volt battery is removed and is replaced by a 3-volt battery?
The battery cannot be removed quickly! Inductance of the wiring stores energy and keeps the current flowing and decaying smoothly. There will be an opposite polarity, higher voltage pulse on the battery terminals, limited by the circuit capacitance only.
Explain what happens to current in a purely inductive circuit?
Current in a purely inductive circuit lags the voltage by 90 degrees. The apparent power in such a circuit will be zero, because the power factor is zero, however, energy will still be transferred, and VARs (Volt-Amps-Reactive) will be non-zero.
What happens to an inductive circuit when capacitance is added for power factor correction?
The capacitance counter acts the inductivity (decreases it) without impacting the resistivivity, thus increasing the power factor, or resistivity / inductivity ratio.
What happens when you stick a core into a coil inductor in an undriven circuit?
If the circuit is undriven, there is no power, so inserting a core does nothing. In general, however, inserting a core into an inductor increases its inductance. Depending on the circuit, that lowers the resonant frequency.
What happens to the capacitance fi the charge on the plates of a capacitor is doubled?
The capacitance doesn't depend on the charge stored in it. The capacitor has the same capacitance whether it's charged by a DC and just holding it, or in an AC circuit where the charge on it keeps changing and reversing, or in a box on the shelf connected to nothing and not charged at all.
What happens if capacitance of circuit is more than resistance?
Resistance is a completely different quantity to capacitance, resistance being measured in ohms and capacitance in farads. So they are 'apples and oranges'. You should be asking, 'What happens if capacitive reactance (in ohms) is larger than resistance?'. And one answer would be that the phase angle will be greater than 45 degrees. There are other answers, too, but it depends what you want to know,
What would happen if the length of wire increase what happens to the capacitance?
capacitance also increase
Can a magnetic field affect the performance of electrical circuits?
You better believe it can, but only if it's changing, otherwise the magnetic field can just pull or push the electrons in the circuit towards or away from it, but it can't slow them down. If the magnetic field is changing, a phenomenon called inductance happens. Inductance is an applied current to a circuit by a changing magnetic field. As you might imagine, an additional applied current to a circuit can definitely change the circuit's behavior and alter its performance.
What happens to the current Amps flowing in a circuit when you raise or lower the frequency Hertz?
This question is not asking about household power circuits which typically have an almost constant frequency of 50 Hz or 60 Hz. If a circuit includes inductance and capacitance then the answer below, marked by *** is incorrect. That answer is correct for purely resistive loads only.An electric motor has inductance as well as resistance. The circuit inside a typical fluorescent light fixture contains a ballast - which has resistance and inductance - and a tube, which has capacitance, inductance and resistance. The currents flowing in the motor and the fluorescent light fixture would vary considerably if the frequency of the applied alternating voltage was allowed to alter.Two other common examples:i) a Hi-Fi or similar audio amplifier, driving a loudspeaker: the speaker has a coil in it which has inductance. The current (and hence the output power) of the speaker varies considerably with the audio frequency, typically between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz (20 kiloHertz). For that reason different sized speakers - such as tweeters, mid-range, woofers and sub-woofers - each having different sizes of inductance and capacitance, are commonly used to produce the best "total overall sound output" from an amplifier.ii) a tuning circuit for a radio: this must use both an inductance coil and a tuning capacitor. The current flowing in those components varies enormously between "out-of-tune" and "in-tune" settings of the tuning capacitor which makes the circuit tune "in" and "out" of radio frequencies in a specific range which the tuning circuit was designed to handle. Radio frequencies range between 50 kiloHertz and hundreds of GigaHertz or more. Changing the power source from AC to DC may have an effect on the current drawn but is dependent on the nature of the load. Any device is designed for AC or DC operation but rarely both. *** Note: the following answer is incorrect except for purely resistive loads. ***The frequency of an AC voltage line has no effect on the current drawn for any given power. Voltage does have an effect on the current.
