Powers and Compensation in Systems with Nonsinusoidal Voltages and Currents. Part 12. Power factor of single and threephase, linear and nonlinear loads

Abstract

Considerations on effects of various physical phenomena in a load and features of electrical circuits upon the power factor are the subject of the paper. These considerations include both effects of the circuit structure and the features of loads. Erroneous interpretations of the reactive power and erroneous definitions of the apparent power are commented on as well. The Currents’ Physical Components (CPC)-based power theory provides theoretical fundamentals for the paper.

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