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11: AC Power

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Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Describe current, voltage and power relationships in AC RLC networks.
  • Plot and make use of the power triangle to determine real, apparent and reactive power components in an AC power system.
  • Compute the power factor of an RLC network.
  • Determine necessary components for basic power factor correction.
  • Perform basic power calculations for systems involving power factor and efficiency.


This page titled 11: AC Power is shared under a Public Domain license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by James M. Fiore.

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