What is power factor | power factor explained | lagging and leading current | electrical | Funlogger

What is power factor | power factor explained | lagging and leading current | electrical | Funlogger | #electrical #electricity #engineering In this video, we will learn about the Basics of Power factor, What is leading, and Lagging current, What types of loads used in the industries, etc What is power factor: Power factor is the ratio of True power to the Apparent Power. It is also represented as the Cosine of the phase angle between the voltage and current. (cosφ) True power: it is the power that is actually utilized for doing some useful work. Reactive Power: It is the power that is used for generating the magnetic field in the inductive component of the load (e.g motors). Apparent Power: This Apparent power is the total power that is being drawn from the mains. It is the vector sum of True and Reactive Power. What is leading and lagging power factor? Leading power factor: When the load is capacitive (Capacitive reactance is dominant) then the current will lead the voltage, and the power factor is known as the leading power factor. Lagging Power Factor: when the load is inductive, (Inductive reactance is dominant, then-current will lag the voltage, and the power factor at that time is known as the lagging power factor.