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Saminathan
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Leading Power Factor

11/03/2012 2:54 AM

What are the advantages & disadvantages of leading power factor?
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11/03/2012 5:11 AM

THIS will help you to find out yourself.
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11/03/2012 12:43 PM

see this on UPS

Leading power factor impact on UPS capacity
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11/03/2012 8:09 PM

Over compensation is more expensive than under simply because you've paid too much for you're power factor correction equipment.

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11/04/2012 8:54 AM

No perceivable advantage except a marginal boost in bus voltage.

But the disadvantages are many like, again all the problems of low pf (if a very large compensation is provided), penalties, increased demand, increased losses in the system, heating, uneconomical, etc.
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11/05/2012 4:34 AM

In power factor correction, Goldilocks applies, as in most other things.

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