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Q: What causes reactive power?
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What is reactive power and why you call like this and what are disadvantage of this power?

Reactive power is a result of capacitance or inductance, which are reactive elements. This is power that is not useful for doing work - these reactive elements hold power, then release it during each half cycle of the AC waveform. This causes a phase shift from the real power. The main disadvantage is it's not useful for doing work, and you have to size equipment for it anyway. This is why much electrical equipment is rated in KVA, which is the vector sum of real power and reactive power, instead of kW.


Why reactive power is named as reactive?

Actually reactive power is a power which flows in between load to source which is a reactive action of the power given from source to load.the given power to load will not be utilised fully.some power will be oscillating from load to source.this is called reactive power.


What happens to reactive power in a circuit that has both inductance and capacitance?

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.


Which line requires compensation?

Basically an AC transmission line require compensation in terms of reactive power. To push the active power across a transmission line certain amount of reactive power is necessary. In AC transmission line reactive power is generated and consumed. Generator is responsible for the production of reactive and active power both. Than this reactive power is consumed by the load and transmission line. Additional reactive power s supplied by the capacitor. This extra power supplied by the capacitor is termed as reactive power compensation. Requirement of this reactive power is there because reactive power is necessary to maintain the voltage stability.


Why wattmeter measure the reactive power?

A watt meter will measure active power, not reactive power.


What are advantages of reactive power?

Real power is power that is used to do work. This is the power a light bulb uses to glow. Reactive power is power that is stored in one part of the AC voltage wave, and released in another. This causes the power to appear as a phase shift, and is generally caused by inductive or capactive loads. With regard to the power system, you can also get reactive power flowing due to unequal source voltages. Under these conditions, the apparent impedance of one source to the other will appear reactive/inductive, resulting in reactive power flow.


How can you reduce reactive power?

If, for example, the reactive power of a load is due to its inductance, then installing a capacitor in parallel with the load will reduce the overall reactive power.


Which excitation synchronous motor drawn reactive power?

Hi, Under excitation - inductive reactive power Over excitation - Capacitive reactive power.


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'.


Why power rating of capacitor is reactive in nature?

A capacitor is composed of metal plates. Voltage is applied to one, which causes electrons to build up on the other. This is reactive in nature, thus a capacitor is reactive. It stores a charge, and releases this charge when the voltage decreases.


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 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