Basics of Electrical Circuits

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Lecture 12
AC POWER CALCULATIONS & POWER FACTOR
CORRECTION
Dr. Mohammad Alsharef
 Lecture Contents

• • Introduction
• • Instantaneous and Average Power
• • Effective or RMS Value
• • Apparent Power
• • Complex Power
• • Conservation of AC Power
• • Power Factor and Power Factor Correction
 Introduction
• Every electrical device has a power rating that indicates
how much power the equipment requires; exceeding the
power rating can cause permanent damage.

• The choice of power delivery in 50- or 60-Hz ac form is

due to the allowed high-voltage power transformation

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 Instantaneous Power
The instantaneous power is defined as

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 Average Power
The average power is the average of the instantaneous power over one period

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Example 1

find the instantaneous power and the average power.

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Example 2

Find the average power absorbed by an impedance

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Example 3
Find the average power supplied by the source and the
average power absorbed by the resistor

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 Effective or RMS Value
The effective value of a periodic
current is the dc current that
delivers the same power to a
resistor as the periodic current
The power absorbed by the
resistor in the ac circuit is

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Example 4

Determine real and reactive power losses

And real and reactive power supplied

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Example 7

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