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BEE-2ABCD

Lecture # 03 Power Factor Correction & Power Measurement


Mr. Abid Mushtaq Lecturer, EE department, SEECS, NUST (EMI/EMC Research Lab, RIMMS),

Agenda

Power Factor correction Example Power Measurement Wattmeter Example

..Previous

Revision of basic concepts of


Impedance Inductive & Capacitive load Power Triangle & Impedance triangle Power types

Complex power Real power, average power, active power Imaginary power, reactive power

Importance of power factor correction & requirement by WAPDA

Power Factor correction

On white board

Derivation Example

Power Measurement

From reference [1]

Power Measurement

Example

Find the wattmeter reading of the circuit below:

Solution

Next Lecture.

Fundamentals of Electrical Bill calculation

Reference

Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Sadiku 3rd edition

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