Phil Corso
Senior Member
- Location
- Boca Raton, Fl, USA
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Given a load, kW, and an original power-factor, PFo, here is a formula to determine additional capacitive-reactance to raise the power-factor to a new value, PFn:
∆ kVAr(c) = { Tan [ Cos ⁻? (PFo) ] ? Tan [ Cos ⁻? (PFn) ] } x kW
Regards, Phil Corso
Given a load, kW, and an original power-factor, PFo, here is a formula to determine additional capacitive-reactance to raise the power-factor to a new value, PFn:
∆ kVAr(c) = { Tan [ Cos ⁻? (PFo) ] ? Tan [ Cos ⁻? (PFn) ] } x kW
Regards, Phil Corso