Power Systems - Power Factor Correction
GATE Electrical Engineering · 2 questions across 2 years (2018-2025) · 5% recurrence rate
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All 2 questions on Power Systems - Power Factor Correction
2025 Q63
Using shunt capacitors, the power factor of a 3-phase, 4 kV induction motor (drawing 390 kVA at 0.77 pf lag) is to be corrected to 0.85 pf lag. The line current of the capacitor bank, in A, is ________ (round off to one...
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2018 Q39
A load is supplied by a 230 V, 50 Hz source. The active power P and the reactive power Q consumed by the load are such that 1 kW $\le P \le$ 2 kW and 1 kVAR $\le Q \le$ 2 kVAR. A capacitor connected across the load for p...
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