POWER FACTOR AT RESONANCE

As the maximum current through the circuit at resonance is limited only by thevalue of the resistance (a
pure and real value), the source voltage and circuit currentmust therefore be in phase with each other at
this frequency. Then the phase anglebetween the voltage and current of a series resonance circuit is also
a function of frequency for a fixed supply voltage and which is zero at the resonant frequencypoint
when: V, I and V

are all in phase with each other . Consequently, if the phaseangle is zero then the power factor must
therefore be unity.

Below the resonant frequency point, the inductive susceptance dominates thecircuit producing a
"lagging" power factor, whereas above the resonant frequencypoint the capacitive susceptance
dominates producing a "leading" power factor.Evidently, at the resonant frequency the circuits current is
in phase with the appliedvoltage as there effectively there is only the resistance in the circuit so the
powerfactor becomes one or unity, (  = 0

).