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C. Power factor correction

Capacitor sizing for PF correction, kVAR calculation, economic dispatch of reactive power.

Lessons

Lesson 1

Power factor correction with capacitor banks

Q_cap = P · (tan θ_old − tan θ_new), bank types, where to install, harmonic resonance, and the simple-payback economics.

Sophomore ~11 min