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If the load is purely inductive, what will be the power factor?

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Question ajoutée par MUHAMMAD ALI TAHIR , trainee , wapda
Date de publication: 2016/12/24
Muhammad Usman
par Muhammad Usman , Assistant Manager Operations , Lahore Electric Supply Company

In inductor  current lags behind voltage by 90 degrees. As power factor is "cosine of angle between voltage and current" so, according to this

Cos(90)=0 

Hence, power factor of pure inductive load is zero.

Aneesh Shandilya
par Aneesh Shandilya , Manager/ Lead Electrical , Orpic

Power factor of purely inductive load is zero (lagging)

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