ELECTRICAL MACHINES
Lecture 1
REVIEW OF BASIC CONCEPTS
Dr. Ahmad Al-Subhi
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Outline:
1a. Overview to Power System.
1b. Basic Electric Circuit Elements.
1c. Power Factor Concept.
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ELECTRICAL MACHINES
Lecture 1c
POWER FACTOR CONCEPT
Dr. Ahmad Al-Subhi
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• What is power factor?
- The ratio of the real power, P absorbed by the load to the
apparent power | S | flowing in the circuit.
- The power factor is mathematically defined as the cosine of the
angle between the voltage waveform and the current waveform.
- Power factor is a measure of how effectively we are using
electricity.
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- Types of loads in AC circuits:
resistive inductive capacitive
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- For inductive loads:
- To improve the power factor, we need to add something that
has the same effect of the inductance but in opposite
direction.
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- Opposite action of power for pure inductive and pure capacitive
cases:
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Lecture 2: Review of Three Phase Circuits
Lecture 2a: Three Phase Circuits: Overview
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