For reactive (inductive and/or capacitive) loads, electrical energy is stored in the device and pushed back to the power supply as opposed to doing real work. This phenomenon is called reactive power and is measured in kilovolt-amps-reactive (kVAR). Therefore, typically we try to maximize the...
Power factor is the ratio between apparent power and real power and is a way to represent the amount of power in equipment that’s used to do real work. The remainder of the power is called reactive power, expressed in Kilovolt-amps-reactive (kVAR), and is stored by the inductive and ...