define the power factor in one word
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Answer / arvind arora
RATIO OF REAL POWER/APPRENT POWER,THIS IS BASSICALLY
"EFFICIENCY OF POWER CIRCUIT"
FOR EXA.--PF-.8=80%REAL POWER AND 20%REACTIVE POWER IS
FLOWING IN CIRCUIT.
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The ratio of watts to Volt-Amperes of an AC electric
circuit.
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Answer / shashikumar b n
POwer factor is the effective energy that can be utilized
for the work.
Power factor = Real power/Apparent power
A simple analogy:
It is like, a beer bottle with foam, the percentage of the
actual liquid is the real qty of liquid. The rest is foam.
Similarly, the real power is the qty of liquid beer, the
apparent power is the ful beer bottle with liquid as weel
as foam.
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Answer / sudhir singh
the cosine of the angle between viltage and current is
called power factor
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