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In an AC circuit energy flows into an inductor in one quarter-cycle and flows out on the next. Ditto for a capacitor. Therefore over a cycle, no net power or energy is consumed in a pure capacitor or inductor.

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'Power' is the rate at which energy is transferred. In the case of 'pure' inductance or capacitance, energy flows from the supply to the device during the first quarter-cycle of current, where it is temporarily stored within the magnetic (inductors) or electric (capacitors) field, only to be returned to the supply during the following quarter-cycle. You could describe this action as 'energy sloshing back and forth between the supply and the device'. The rate at which this energy transfer takes place is called 'reactive power' and is expressed in 'reactive volt amperes'. None of this energy is lost or, to use your expression, 'consumed'.

'True power', expressed in watts, is the rate at which energy is expended -i.e. energy taken from the supply and then dispersed through work (e.g. by motors) or heat transfer (losses). This does NOT occur in purely-inductive or in purely-capacitive loads. So, in answer to your question, 'power' (in the sense of 'true power') is NOT 'consumed' by a pure inductor or capacitor (remember, technically, it's energy that gets consumed, not power -power is simply a rate).

You should bear in mind, however, that there is no such thing as a 'pure inductor' or 'pure capacitor' as each will exhibit some degree of resistance. Resistance results in the expenditure of energy, the rate at which it occurs being 'true power'. So 'real' inductors and capacitors combine 'reactive power' with 'true power', the vector-sum of which we call 'apparent power', expressed in volt amperes.

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