Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · RLC Circuits and Resonance · hard

A 6 kW load has a power factor of 0.75 lagging. How many kvar of parallel capacitance raise the power factor to 0.95 lagging?

  1. 5.29 kvar
  2. 7.26 kvar
  3. 2.68 kvar
  4. 3.32 kvar

Answer

D. 3.32 kvar

Solution

Initially Q1=P ( -10.75)=6000(0.8819)=5291 var. After correction Q2=P ( -10.95)=6000(0.3287)=1972 var. QC=Q1-Q2=3.32 kvar.

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