• engineering, the power factor of an AC power system is defined as the ratio of the real power absorbed by the load to the apparent power flowing in the...
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    Power factor (PF) in practical shooting competitions refers to a ranking system used to reward cartridges with more recoil. Power factor is a measure of...
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    power factor is reported for a thermoelectric material, given by P o w e r   f a c t o r = σ S 2 [ W / m / K 2 ] {\displaystyle \mathrm {Power~factor}...
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    phase. With DC sources, reactive circuits have no impact, therefore power factor correction is not necessary. For a circuit to be modelled with an ideal...
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    The zero power factor curve (also zero power factor characteristic, ZPF, ZPFC) of a synchronous generator is a plot of the output voltage as a function...
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    the power factor in electric power transmission; capacitors (or inductors) are inserted in a circuit to partially compensate for reactive power 'consumed'...
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    relevant period. The capacity factor can be calculated for any electricity producing installation, such as a fuel consuming power plant or one using renewable...
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  • is a tongue-in-cheek play on electronics jargon such as "form factor" and "power factor" and derives from the stereotype that men are predisposed to appreciate...
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    V curve (category Electric power stubs)
    value. The minimum at unity power factor ( cos ⁡ ϕ {\displaystyle \cos \phi } ) is due to the general formula for the power P of a synchronous motor, P...
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    electrical fault, power conditioning to prevent electronic noise or voltage surges on the input from reaching the load, power-factor correction, and storing...
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    considerations, power systems are rarely power factor corrected to unity power factor. Power capacitor application with harmonic currents requires power system...
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    problems if not carefully suppressed, and simple designs may have a poor power factor. 1836 Induction coils use switches to generate high voltages. 1910 An...
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  • stemming from the amount of gunpowder). Thus, the power factor in a way reflects recoil. The power factor must exceed certain thresholds, and is calculated...
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    they wish, as long as the power factor requirements are satisfied. Multigun in general has fewer division specific power factor requirements than USPSA/IPSC...
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  • of power without factoring in harmonic components. The power factor mentioned above is the displacement power factor. There is another power factor that...
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    leads to the lead-acid car battery. In electric power distribution, capacitors are used for power factor correction. Such capacitors often come as three...
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    Capacitor (redirect from Power condenser)
    leads to the lead–acid car battery. In electric power distribution, capacitors are used for power-factor correction. Such capacitors often come as three...
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    within a country. Electricity prices are dependent on many factors, such as the price of power generation, government taxes or subsidies, CO 2 taxes, local...
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    personal computer power supplies conform to the ATX specification, which includes form factor and voltage tolerances. While an ATX power supply is connected...
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    part of the total lost power in a converter. Power handling and dissipation of devices is also critical factor in design. Power electronic devices may...
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  • Power Factor is a 1993 side-scrolling action-platform video game developed by Hand Made Software and published by Atari Corporation in North America and...
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    when the wind speed doubles. Change of wind speed by a factor of 2.1544 increases the wind power by one order of magnitude (multiply by 10). The global...
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    power increases and power factor decreases. For transmission systems with low power factor, losses are higher than for systems with high power factor...
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    in several ways. Power factor is the ratio of resistive (or real) power to volt-amperes. A capacitive load has a leading power factor, and an inductive...
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    80 Plus (category Power supplies)
    at 20%, 50% and 100% of rated load, and a power factor of 0.9 or greater at 100% load. EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) and Ecos Consulting (promoter...
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    Smith charts. Power factor correction devices are intended to cancel the reactive and nonlinear characteristics of a load at the end of a power line. This...
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  • In some uses, power conditioner refers to a voltage regulator with at least one other function to improve power quality (e.g. power factor correction, noise...
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    The power loss factor β describes the loss of electrical power in CHP systems with a variable power-to-heat ratio when an increasing heat flow is extracted...
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    active power, P=VI cos φ. Here, cos φ represents the power factor which shows that the power transmitted may be less than the apparent power obtained...
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    larger sizes) and it can operate at leading or unity power factor and thereby provide power-factor correction.[citation needed] Synchronous motors fall...
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