Reactive power compensation
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Raising the power factor by supplying the reactive power drawn by inductive loads locally with capacitors.
// EXPLANATION
Automatic capacitor panels switch steps in and out as the load changes. In harmonic-rich environments, banks with detuning reactors are preferred to avoid capacitor resonance.
// ALSO KNOWN AS
compensationpower factor correctionreactive compensation
// RELATED TERMS
Reactive powerThe power component, measured in VAr (kVAr), that is drawn from the source to build magnetic fields and returned, doing no useful work.
kVArKilovolt-ampere reactive; the unit of reactive power and the rating of compensation capacitors.
Power factorThe ratio of real power (kW) to apparent power (kVA); for sinusoidal waveforms it equals cos φ, and the closer to 1 the more efficiently the system runs.
HarmonicsDisturbing current and voltage components at whole multiples of the grid frequency (50 Hz), created by non-linear loads.
