KYLE ALDRICH A.

CALISQUEZ

BSMARE II-A

ELECTRO 3

What I have learned on the remaining topics are about why AC is preferred on
board ship, active power, apparent power, reactive power, and lastly power
factor and it’s significant. Starting on the first topic, AC is preferred over DC
because of the following reasons: Smaller, lighter and compact machine size,
for a given kW. High power and high voltage AC generator can be easily
manufactured. Kilo Volt Ampere is the measure of apparent power in ac circuit.
KVA is usually used to rate sources such as transformers, generators, UPS etc.
It is also called imaginary power. The actual power consumed by the loads
connected in a circuit can be obtained by multiplying apparent power (KVA) with
power factor. If only resistive loads are connected in an AC circuit the power
factor will be one and the apparent power became equal to active power.
Reactive power is the imaginary part of apparent power when it is expressed in
complex form; and lastly, power factor is the measure of how efficiently an A.C.
electrical system operates. A high power factor is an indication that the
apparent power requirements (KVA) is very close to the actual power
requirement (KW) This means that if the power factor was 0.9 And we supply
100 KW to the motor, 90 KW is used effectively to turn the rotor.