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Capacitor Bank

05/08/2010 2:19 PM

sir kindly can u tell me how to find out the Kvar rating if the load is given (KW)
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Re: Capacitor Bank

05/09/2010 1:24 AM

See this very recent thread:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/54230/Capacitor-value

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Re: Capacitor Bank

05/10/2010 5:12 AM

1800KW
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05/12/2010 10:44 AM

Capacitor kVAR Required = kW (tan phi 1 - tan phi 2)

where kW is the connected load

phi 1 is the power factor angle of existing power factor [cos -1 (pf1)]

phi 2 is the power factor angle of target power factor {cos -1 (pf 2)]
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