what is mean by power factor

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / shri..

The angel between voltage & current.


KW = KVA * Pf

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / raj

cosine of the angle between voltage and current

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / prabhu

power factor is defined as the ratio of true power to the
Apparent power.

Pf= KW/KVA

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / natarajanramkumar

PowerFactor of circuit may be defined as:
a.The ratio of resistance and impedance=R/Z
b.The ratio=Watts/Voltamperes=True power/Apparent
power=V*I*costheta/V*I.

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / keerthi

Power Factor means , if power given by E.B, We cannot use
total amount of power which delivered by it, there will be
sum imaginary power . That imaginary power can be called as
Apparent Power. The ratio between Apparent power and Total
power is called as POWER FACTOR and it always be less than
one. We should maintain the ratio is in nearest of 1.
(i.e.,)0.9..

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / arun kumar

It is the cosine angle between the voltage and current.

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / pavan kumar

power factor is the cosine of the angle between fundamental
component of voltage and current

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / anbumozhi r

The cosine angle between voltage and current is called as power factor

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what is mean by power factor..

Answer / arunsenthil

power factor is the angle between voltage and the current.

if the power factor is a leading one then it will be
efficient.

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