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What is the meaning of real electrical power (p) reactive power (Q) and apparent power (S)?
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Active power: Power that is actually consumed. If you, in the time domain, multiply voltage and current continuously (i.e. via oscilloscope), then take the time-average of the result, that is related to active power.
Reactive power: Power that is stored in components, then released again back to the source through the AC cycle. Capacitors and inductors both do this, just in opposite phase.
Apparent power: The peak voltage times the peak current (or the RMS voltage times the RMS current, depending on if you're looking at peak power or average power). A power supply must be capable of outputting the full apparent power delivered to a circuit, not just the active power.
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Relation between active power plus reactive power plus apparent power?
Apparent Power=Active Power+Reactive Power or Active Power=VI Cos(Phase Angle) Reactive Power=VI Sin(Phase Angle) Apparent Power= VI
Is reactive power greater than true power?
Use a wattmeter, as it only reads 'real power' of your load. Use an ammeter and a voltmeter, and the product of the two readings will give you 'apparent power' of your load. Since apparent power is the vector sum of real power and reactive power, use the following equation to find the reactive power of your load: (reactive power)2 = (apparent power)2 - (real power)2
If a load takes 50 kW at a power factor of 0.5 lagging Calculate the apparent power and reactive power?
If a load takes 50 kW at a power factor of 0.5 lagging calculate the apparent power and reactive power Answer: Apparent power = Active power / Power Factor In this case, Active power = 50 kW and power factor = 0.5 So Apparent power = 50/0.5 = 100 KVA
What kind of power is required to supply both resistive and reactive components of a load or loads?
You may be fishing for the answer "AC" or "alternating current", sinceno reactive component of power is developed in response to DC.AnswerSince true power (in watts) is associated with resistive components, and reactive power (in reactive volt amperes) is associated with reactive loads, the vector-sum of these is called apparent power (in volt amperes). So the answer you are looking for is apparent power.
Electrical what is kva?
On an electric bill, kVA stands for "kilovolt-ampere", which is a unit of apparent power. It measures the total electrical power, both real and reactive, that is consumed by a device or a facility. It represents the maximum power that the electrical system can support and is used by utilities to determine the capacity requirements for supplying electricity to a customer. The actual power consumption in kilowatts (kW) is often lower than the apparent power in kVA due to the presence of reactive elements, such as inductive loads, which cause the power factor to be less than 1.
Relation between active power plus reactive power plus apparent power?
Apparent Power=Active Power+Reactive Power or Active Power=VI Cos(Phase Angle) Reactive Power=VI Sin(Phase Angle) Apparent Power= VI
Is reactive power greater than true power?
Use a wattmeter, as it only reads 'real power' of your load. Use an ammeter and a voltmeter, and the product of the two readings will give you 'apparent power' of your load. Since apparent power is the vector sum of real power and reactive power, use the following equation to find the reactive power of your load: (reactive power)2 = (apparent power)2 - (real power)2
Why VAR meter does not measure real and apparent power?
A VAr meter only measures the reactive (imaginary) power. Apparent power is a combination of real and reactive power; thus having a VAr meter will not suffice to measure apparent power. Likewise, because the VAr meter only measures reactive power, it does not provide any information on real power.
What is the apparent power of an RLC parallel circuit if the true power of the resistor is 4800 watts the reative power of the inductor is 7200 and the reactive power of the capacitor is 3600?
Apparent power is the vectorial sum of the true power and reactive power. In this case, the total reactive power is the difference between 7200 var and 3600 var -i.e. 3600 var.So you can now use the equation,(apparent power)2 = (true power)2 + (total reactive power)2,to determine your answer.
If a load takes 50 kW at a power factor of 0.5 lagging Calculate the apparent power and reactive power?
If a load takes 50 kW at a power factor of 0.5 lagging calculate the apparent power and reactive power Answer: Apparent power = Active power / Power Factor In this case, Active power = 50 kW and power factor = 0.5 So Apparent power = 50/0.5 = 100 KVA
The portion of apparent power that doesn t do any work is termed as?
Reactive power
What kind of power is required to supply both resistive and reactive components of a load or loads?
You may be fishing for the answer "AC" or "alternating current", sinceno reactive component of power is developed in response to DC.AnswerSince true power (in watts) is associated with resistive components, and reactive power (in reactive volt amperes) is associated with reactive loads, the vector-sum of these is called apparent power (in volt amperes). So the answer you are looking for is apparent power.
Is reactive power a vector or scalar?
I am not sure what exactly you mean by "reactive power" (I guess you mean electrical reactive power), but power is the ratio of energy for a period of time. So that makes power (and reactive power as well) a scalar, since you can describe it with only one number. The fact that electrical reactive power is drawn on a XY plane, should not confuse you.
Is the kilowatt apparent power?
According to Wikipedia, all forms of power can be expressed in Watts, but typically one expresses only REAL Power in Watts (& Kilowatts).The standard is to express Apparent Power in Volt-Amperes (VA) (& KVA).The kilowatt is the unit of measure for true power; apparent power is measured in volt amperes.However, the volt ampere and the reactive volt ampere (for reactive power) are traditional units, used to help differentiate between apparent, true, and reactive power. SI recognises the watt as the unit for each.
Is that the reactive power is a combination of both reactive power and imaginary power?
No. It is apparent power (expressed in volt amperes) that is the combination (vector sum) of true power (expressed in watts) and reactive power (expressed in reactive volt amperes). 'Imaginary power' is simply another name for 'reactive power' -where 'imaginary' is simply mathematicians-speak for 'quadrature' or 'right angles'.
Electrical what is kva?
On an electric bill, kVA stands for "kilovolt-ampere", which is a unit of apparent power. It measures the total electrical power, both real and reactive, that is consumed by a device or a facility. It represents the maximum power that the electrical system can support and is used by utilities to determine the capacity requirements for supplying electricity to a customer. The actual power consumption in kilowatts (kW) is often lower than the apparent power in kVA due to the presence of reactive elements, such as inductive loads, which cause the power factor to be less than 1.
What is real power in electricity?
real power is to do do work and it is supplied to the load ,where as the reactive power is used for magnetising and the apparent power is the total power
