Problem # 4: A company needs to improve its power factor to 0.95 lagging by connecting a 3-phase capacitor bank at a 3-phase motor drawing 50 kVA at 0.85 power factor lagging from a 230-V source. Find the required KVAR rating of the capacitor bank, the line current before and after the capacitors are added.

Problem # 4: A company needs to improve its power factor to 0.95 lagging by connecting a 3-phase capacitor bank at a 3-phase motor drawing 50 kVA at 0.85 power factor lagging from a 230-V source. Find the required KVAR rating of the capacitor bank, the line current before and after the capacitors are added.

Power System Analysis and Design (MindTap Course List)

6th Edition

ISBN:9781305632134

Author:J. Duncan Glover, Thomas Overbye, Mulukutla S. Sarma

Publisher:J. Duncan Glover, Thomas Overbye, Mulukutla S. Sarma

Chapter6: Power Flows

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 6.61P

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