ABB - Power factor correction and harmonic filtering in electrical plants
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In AC circuits, the current absorbed by a load can be represented by two components - the active component and the reactive component. Improving the power factor (PF) means increasing it in a defined section of the installation by locally delivering the necessary reactive power. This will result in the current (and power) flowing through the upstream network being reduced, at the same required output power. Therefore, generators and transformers can be economically sized for a lower apparent power, as this ABB Technical paper explains:
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ABB Ltd.,
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ABB Sace
Bergamo, Italy
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