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.