why power factor is important?

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why power factor is important?..

Answer / benu

kva=kw/pf,with low pf,kva will be high,insulation cost in generator and transformer+cu loss in transmission line will rise and efficiency will come down

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why power factor is important?..

Answer / rajivgandhi

should be reduce the losses ..

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why power factor is important?..

Answer / koti

above answer is partially correct i.e, at low pf the kw output is low and is due to inductance and capacitance elements of ckt but not harmonics

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why power factor is important?..

Answer / ghulammohyhuddin

power factor control mager demand form electrical city

because actual lode between appearance lode is power factor

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why power factor is important?..

Answer / purushottam kumar

for constant power and terminal voltage ,if power factor is low current drawn is more ,so more lose ocour ,regulation is poor, conductor size increased than with high power factor

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why power factor is important?..

Answer / sudhakar g

Power factor is imp bcoz....ex: If we have an panel that
will give the o/p of 300KW but if we dont maintain the
powerfactor by using APFCR it will give the o/p of 240KW
only....by maintain the powerfactor by using the APFCR we
can get (0.98%)....power factor means something lagging and
leading in power due to harmonics...

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